Senior Recruiter - Early Careers

Senior Recruiter - Early Careers supports full-cycle recruiting for student and early career talent at Cummins Inc. in Columbus, IN.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for student and early career roles, managing candidate experience from application through onboarding.
• Partner with Talent Scouts, hiring managers, and other stakeholders to align talent strategies to business workforce needs.
• Coordinate timely candidate assessments, selection decisions, and hiring outcomes while following established recruiting standards.
• Build and strengthen early talent pipelines through campus programs, conferences, referrals, and other strategic sourcing channels.
• Provide a high-touch referral and candidate engagement experience to improve employer brand perception and talent attraction.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data, including reporting and applicant tracking, to support informed decision-making and operational effectiveness.
• Support recruiting compliance, governance, and audit needs through timely dispositioning, process adherence, and recruiting documentation management.
• Contribute to strategic recruiting initiatives and Early Careers programs that improve talent acquisition outcomes and support long-term workforce planning.
• Manage assigned full-cycle recruiting for student requisitions, including post-offer candidate activity.
• Partner with Functional Talent Scouts to provide guidance on student role requirements, eligibility, and recruiting processes.
• Review candidate and requisition alignment and raise concerns when requirements are not met to help resolve alignment issues between Talent Scouts and hiring managers.
• Manage students engaged through Campus, Conference, Site Teams, and other direct applicant sources to ensure timely progression and follow-up.
• Deliver a high-touch employee referral experience by engaging referred candidates, managing communications and follow-up, and ensuring timely progression through the recruiting process.
• Keep the recruiting orderboard updated in real time with accurate candidate, requisition, and hiring activity information.
• Support functional pipeline requisitions and ensure timely and accurate applicant dispositioning to support requisition compliance and audit requirements, including the 90-day posting requirement.
• Support the Early Careers conversion process by partnering with the Conversion Coordinator to drive candidate mapping and alignment as student roles become available.
• Support special projects and other strategic recruiting initiatives based on business needs.
• Ensure recruiting activities are completed accurately in accordance with established Talent Acquisition processes, compliance requirements, and governance standards.
• Responsibilities may evolve based on business needs and Early Careers priorities.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple recruiting priorities while balancing stakeholder needs, maintaining urgency, and delivering high-quality hiring outcomes.
• Strong candidate assessment, talent sourcing, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to engage diverse talent pools and influence hiring decisions.
• Effective communication, consulting, and interpersonal skills to collaborate across hiring managers, candidates, Human Resources, and business partners.
• Proficiency using recruiting data, analytics, and business insights to drive informed decisions, improve processes, and support operational excellence.
• Commitment to customer focus, compliance, sound judgment, and inclusive hiring practices while adapting to evolving business needs.
• College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.

Education

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience) required.

• Location: Columbus, IN (onsite)
• Compensation: USD 69,200 - 103,800 per year
• Role Category: On-site with Flexibility
• Job Type: Exempt - Experienced
• Relocation Package: No
• 100% On-Site: No
• ReqID: 2440321