Job Description

With direction from a higher-level recruiting role or other leadership team member and in partnership with the College Unit Director, this role is responsible for district network office or network office campus recruitment and selection efforts for Northwestern Mutual’s Internship Program. This role will execute office recruiting plans to reach selection process activity and intern contract and conversion goals. The below role description is not all-inclusive as the ideal candidate will bring additional skills and competencies to the table to enhance the Campus Recruiter role.

Why Northwestern Mutual?

Northwestern Mutual’s College Financial Representative Internship has been around for over 50 years. NM’s College Financial Representatives get to experience what it’s like to be a financial advisor, just on a smaller scale. Interns become licensed financial representatives and work with their own clients to help them achieve financial security. The Campus Recruiter will be the face of Northwestern Mutual, a Fortune 111 company, on college campuses to attract top tier students for the College Financial Representative Internship: a truly unique internship opportunity. 98% of the over 52,000 students that have participated in the College Financial Representative Internship reported that the program was instrumental or very helpful to their future careers—whether in the financial services industry, sales or other business endeavor.

Primary Responsibilities

Sourcing

• Build and develop effective referral sources

• In-office: current and former interns, FRs, staff, leaders

• On-campus: COIs, professors, department heads, athletics, career services, student organizations

• Actively participate in campus clubs and organizations to promote and brand Northwestern Mutual

• Determine, schedule and coordinate on-campus recruiting activities

• Coordinate advertising and marketing strategies on campus, through social media, and through job boards to attract candidates

• Develop relationships with other Northwestern Mutual recruiters to share leads and best practices

• Prepare and maintain recruiting and marketing materials

• Mine resumes and candidate information through job boards

Selection

• Review resumes, conduct phone screens, and schedule initial interviews

• Conduct initial interviews with prospective candidates

• Communicate effectively about information and language regarding all aspects of the college financial representative internship and each step of the selection process

• Administer selection process tools and assignments

• Coordinate and schedule additional interviews with candidates and team members

• Serve as the point of contact for candidates during the selection process

Accountability, Tracking and Analysis

• Report campus recruiting activity to leadership team

• Use home office-supported software to organize candidate information and internal notes to ensure efficiency of the selection process

• Assist in the coordination of leadership team meetings and the preparation of activity/results reports

• Analyze recruiting ratios to identify inefficiencies in selection process; establish and implement improvements

• May include the oversight of contract and licensing responsibilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Minimum of one year of professional work experience, preferably in sales, recruiting or the financial services industry

• Demonstrated ability to work professionally as a team member and with all levels of people

• Experience with prospecting; generating leads via phone or face-to-face interactions preferred

• Strong personal network and/or community involvement to leverage from a recruiting perspective, preferably including a local college campus

Competencie s

Competency

Description

Action Oriented

Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things they see as challenging; ready to take action and try things; seizes new opportunities to learn and grow; can adjust to changing environments and quickly create an action plan

Drive for Results

Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results; will raise their hand to help get things done even if it is outside the bounds of this role description

Interpersonal Savvy

Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably; enjoys connecting with new people

Listening

Practices attentive and active listening; has the patience to hear people out; can accurately restate the opinions of others even when they disagree

Priority Setting

Spends their time and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus

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