Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Salary:
OVERALL FUNCTION
The Berry Network Office of Northwestern Mutual is seeking a motivated and relationship-driven Athlete Recruiter to identify, engage, and recruiter top-tier athletic talent for our organization. This individual will build strong relationships with athletic programs, former athletes, and sports networks to create a pipeline of competitive, disciplined, and goal-oriented candidates. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Source and recruit current and former athletes for the Financial Representative career or other roles aligned with their skill sets
- Build and maintain strong relationships with college athletic departments, sports organizations, and alumni associations
- Developed targeted outreach strategies via campus visits, networking events, career fairs, and social media
- Conduct interviews and assess candidate fit and whether it makes sense to introduce them to a local office for further consideration
- Act as a brand ambassador, promoting the companys commitment to developing talent from athletic background
- Track recruiting metrics and provide regular updates to hiring managers and leadership
- Collaborate with marketing and other recruiters to craft compelling campaigns that appeal to athlete candidates
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree required
- 2+ years of recruiting experience; experience with athlete recruiting or campus recruitment preferred
- Former athlete or deep understanding of athletic culture and values
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to practice attentive and active listening and communicate in an open and direct manner
- High level of coaching skills, e.g., empathy paired with honesty, listening, supportive, trustworthy, goal-oriented
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and build high-trust relationships
- Familiarity with Microsoft applications, data entry, and information retrieval software
- Demonstrate organizational and time management skills and ability to multitask, set priorities and meet deadlines
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to work with a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to embrace change and work in a fast-paced environment, as well as manage multiple diverse projects and assignments in a timely and quality manner
- Ability to work both independently and on a team
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- High level of credibility with the leadership team and representatives in the office
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Experience as a technical or sales recruiter preferred
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written
- Time management abilities to stay on track
- Experience with full cycle recruiting
- Excellent networking abilities for maintaining a candidate pool
- Three or more years progressively responsible work experience, preferably in sales, recruiting or related field; experience in the financial services or related industry is desired
- Strong communication skills required with the ability to build rapport and influence others
- 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
Job Tags
Work experience placement, Work at office, Local area,