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Talent Acquisition Specialist - Early Career Recruiting

Cohen & Co

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • 4 days ago

    Highlights

    In this role, you’ll help bring our campus strategy to life through career fairs, student organization partnerships, branding initiatives, and program coordination, while also supporting full-cycle requisitions and our firm-wide internship program alongside our Talent Acquisition team. Estimated Base Range: $50,000 - $56,000 *Base compensation offered to candidates are determined based on factors such as candidate's relevant skillset, experience, licensure, and certifications, as well as job responsibilities, geography, market considerations, and organizational needs.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationChicago, Illinois
    IndustryAccounting and Auditing Services
    Company Size100 to 499 employees
    Year Founded1977
    Websitehttp://www.cohencpa.com/

    Description

    What You'll Do

    As a Talent Acquisition Specialist - Early Career Recruiting, you will play a key role in building and sustaining our early talent pipeline by representing Cohen & Co on campus and delivering an engaging, people-first recruiting experience. In this role, you’ll help bring our campus strategy to life through career fairs, student organization partnerships, branding initiatives, and program coordination, while also supporting full-cycle requisitions and our firm-wide internship program alongside our Talent Acquisition team.

     

    Campus Recruiting & Brand Presence

    • Generate interest in Cohen & Co’s internship and entry-level opportunities at Accounting and Business Career Fairs
    • Build and maintain strong relationships with career services professionals, accounting professors, and campus partners
    • Register for and manage logistics for on-campus recruiting events
    • Attend and support networking events, student organization events, information tables, presentations, etc.
    • Create and refresh campus presentations to keep students engaged and informed
    • Suggest and implement new ways to strengthen our campus brand and remain top-of-mind with students and faculty

     

    Internship Program Management

    • Drive increased intern conversion across the geographies you support through intentional engagement and relationship-building
    • Ensure a top-caliber intern experience from offer acceptance through program completion and conversion to Staff
    • Lead planning and execution of firm-wide internship program events and touchpoints (orientation, mid-program experiences, social and professional development activities, etc.)
    • Collaborate with business and HR partners to deliver meaningful intern evaluations and feedback cycles
    • Support continuous improvement of internship programming based on participant feedback and post-program outcomes

     

    Recruiting Operations & Administration

    • Review applications and on-demand video interviews
    • Lead debriefs post-business interviews
    •  Ensure every candidate has a positive, professional interview experience
    • Support various recruiting administration tasks as needed

    Who You Are

    Requirements:

    • Bachelor’s degree required
    • At least 3 years of recruiting or related experience (internship and campus involvement included)
    • Previous experience with campus recruiting, internship programs, or college outreach strongly preferred
    • Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism
    • Willingness to travel up to 25% and work evenings as needed
    • Strong sense of urgency and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
    • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
    • Strong Microsoft Office skills
    • Highly organized with strong documentation and administrative abilities
    • Experience in recruiting or a professional services firm is a plus
    • Self-starter with project management skills and comfort learning new technologies

    Who We Are

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    Sure, we like numbers. (But we’ll never treat you like one.)


    At Cohen & Co our foundational principles offer insight into how we achieve an inclusive, growth-oriented culture that fuels the success of our firm, our clients and our people. In particular, we honor our foundational principle of “great people first” by:

    • Championing the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion by embracing the unique stories, backgrounds, perspectives and ideas that come from our people; and
    • Offering a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package, which allows each employee to use the benefits that best suits their needs. Our offerings go beyond standard options, including time off outside of your standard PTO to give back to the community, annual discretionary merit increases and bonuses, talent development resources to tap into growth opportunities, and so much more!

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    Estimated Base Range: $50,000 - $56,000

    *Base compensation offered to candidates are determined based on factors such as candidate's relevant skillset, experience, licensure, and certifications, as well as job responsibilities, geography, market considerations, and organizational needs. At Cohen & Co, we don't stop at setting ourselves apart by offering competitive base compensation. As part of our 'great people first' foundational principle, our firm offers a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that allows each employee to design a package that best suits their needs and goes beyond standard options, including time off outside of your standard PTO to recharge and give back to the community, annual discretionary merit increases and bonuses, talent development resources to tap into growth opportunities.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of thought and background to build an inclusive and energized culture and better meet the needs of our clients.

    Agency recruiters may not submit unsolicited candidate information or resumes to any Cohen & Co employee without a recruiting services contract first being entered into with the Cohen & Co Talent Acquisition Team; see policy here.

    About Company

    Cohen & Company was founded in 1977 on the belief that there had to be a better way to help businesses succeed. Now ranked as one of the top accounting, tax and consulting firms in the country, our more than 400 team members serve entrepreneurs; private companies in a variety of industries; and registered and non-registered funds in the investment industry. The firm remains rooted in technical excellence, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Cohen & Company continues to experience consistent growth and serves clients throughout the U.S. from offices in Ohio, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Learn more at cohencpa.com.

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