Senior University Relations Recruiter

About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Senior University Relations Recruiter

Role can be based in either Lake County, IL, Worcester, MA or Cambridge, MA, with the opportunity for a hybrid of remote and in-person work."

Responsibilities

The University Relations Recruiter will be responsible for full lifecycle recruitment of intern and early career hires. Responsibilities may include:

• Managing candidates through full lifecycle recruitment of key internship and full-time roles, including participating in campus recruitment events, conducting interviews, managing candidate communications, documenting candidate progress in appropriate systems, extending offers and other recruitment-related processes.
• Partnering closely with business and HR partners to understand intern and early career talent forecasts and deliver to plan.
• Being a strategic advisor to our business partners by leveraging data and market intelligence to develop innovative university recruitment attraction and sourcing strategies aligned to business priorities.
• Cultivating deep relationships with university staff and student organizations, enhancing AbbVie’s employment brand with targeted universities and organizations.

• Developing and optimizing peer relationships within the university recruitment space; compile and communicate university recruiting knowledge, best practices and market trends to team members and key stakeholders.
• Annual project work and support of strategic initiatives.
• Supporting intern programming and event logistics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of four years of HR experience, at least two years within University Relations recruitment
• Proficiency in recruiting systems (such as Taleo, Avature, Yello, Handshake, and Brazen) is preferred
• Proficiency in MS Office is preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively influence at all levels of an organization
• Ability to travel up to 20% (primarily during campus recruitment seasons)

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
Yes, 20 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.