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**Join Our Team as a Campus Recruiter at Southern Company Talent Acquisition!** Are you a highly professional, fast paced, and well-organized individual with a passion for connecting with top talent? Southern Company Talent Acquisition - Campus Recruiting organization is excited to announce an opening for an enthusiastic full-time **Campus Recruiter** to support our dynamic campus recruiting efforts. As a Campus Recruiter, you will be instrumental in attracting and hiring top talent from universities and colleges. In this role, you will collaborate with business leaders, career services, and fellow campus recruiters to develop and implement effective recruitment strategies. You will organize and participate in both in-person and virtual events, such as career fairs, information sessions, and professional development workshops, to engage potential candidates. Additionally, you will cultivate and maintain relationships with university career services, professors, and student groups to enhance our company's visibility on campus. This position involves 75% travel throughout the Southeast. **Responsibilities include but are not limited to:** + **Hosting Career Events:** Take the lead in organizing engaging in-house career days and attending vibrant college career fairs to connect with the brightest potential candidates. + **Screening Candidates:** Dive into reviewing resumes, conducting insightful interviews, and performing thorough skills assessments for junior positions and internships. + **Building Relationships:** Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with universities, college career services, professors, and student groups to enhance the company's visibility on campus. + **Promoting Employer Brand:** Actively market the company to students and recent graduates, showcasing our brand to attract high-potential employees. + **Reporting Metrics:** Track and report on key recruitment metrics to measure and optimize the effectiveness of our recruitment strategies. **Skills and Attributes:** + **Communication Skills:** Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with students, university staff, and hiring managers. + **Organizational Skills:** Strong organizational skills to manage multiple recruitment events and processes simultaneously. + **Interpersonal Skills:** Ability to build and maintain relationships with a diverse range of individuals. + **Analytical Skills:** Ability to assess candidates' skills and qualifications accurately. + **Knowledge of Recruitment Tools** : Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other recruitment software. **Job Qualifications:** **Education Requirements:** + Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related discipline required **Experience Requirements:** + Minimum of 1 year of experience as a campus recruiter required + **Relevant Background:** Experience working with students or recent graduates, either as a recruiter, in a career services role, or in a supervisory capacity, is highly advantageous. + **Key Skills:** Exceptional consultative, strategic thinking, problem-solving, influential, and interpersonal skills. + **Client Engagement:** Proven ability to engage, consult, and partner effectively with both external and internal clients. + **Event Participation:** Prior involvement in college/university and community-wide recruiting events is preferred. + **Technical Proficiency:** Advanced skills with Applicant Tracking Systems, Oracle HCM, Microsoft Word, and Excel are preferred. Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million residential and commercial customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company with national capabilities, a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience, and sustainability, we are taking action to meet our customers' and communities' needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture and hiring practices have earned the company national awards and recognition from numerous organizations, including Forbes, Military Times, DiversityInc, Black Enterprise, J.D. Power, Fortune, Human Rights Campaign and more. To learn more, visit . Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process. Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law. Job Identification: 11699 Job Category: Campus Job Schedule: Full time Company: Southern Company Services

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