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Emory University

Recruiter I

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Atlanta, Georgia 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Human Resources 🗓️ September 19th, 2026
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Emory University is hiring a Recruiter I. This role involves managing full life cycle recruiting for staff vacancies across various university divisions, ensuring compliance with pre-employment standards, and maintaining equal opportunity hiring practices. The recruiter will also handle employment advertising, candidate selection, salary recommendations, and record keeping to support diversity and compliance goals.

Highlights
  • Conducts high volume full life cycle recruiting for regular full time, part-time, and temporary positions across schools, divisions, and affiliates.
  • Completes pre-employment checks including reference, criminal background, employment, degree verification, and health assessments.
  • Ensures applicant pools meet diversity and equal opportunity objectives.
  • Develops employment advertisements and selects qualified candidates for interviews.
  • Recommends starting salaries and reviews market trends and internal equity.
  • Maintains records for OFCCP and DOL EEO compliance.
  • Requires proficiency with applicant tracking systems, MS Excel, and PowerPoint for data extraction and reporting.
  • Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree in HR, business administration or related field plus six months office experience or equivalent combination.
  • Strong customer service and exceptional communication skills are essential.
  • Preferred candidates have at least one year of recruiting or recruitment support experience.

Recruiter I Full Description

Discover Your Career at Emory University:

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.

Description:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Sources and identifies resumes for high volume full life cycle recruiting for staff vacancies across schools, divisions and affiliates; may be focused on regular full time/part time or temporary positions.
  • Ensures pre-employment processes are completed to meet university standards including reference checks, criminal background screening, employment validation, degree verification and health assessments, as required; reviews with manager, as needed.
  • Ensures the applicant referral pool has a cross section of diverse candidates, consistent with established equal opportunity and affirmative action goals.
  • Composes employment advertisements and contacts appropriate advertising sources.
  • Determines which applicants are most qualified for specific positions and refers for interviews.
  • May recommend appropriate starting salaries for final job candidates.
  • Reviews internal equity, professional tenure and market trends.
  • May participate in process improvement efforts of the department.
  • Maintains required records and documentation to ensure OFCCP and DOL EEO compliance.
  • May advise and enforce organizational policies and procedures. Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • A bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration or a related field and six months of work experience in an office environment, preferably within a staffing/recruiting agency or a human resources function or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
  • Strong customer service skills.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to extract data from applicant tracking system and manipulate in MS Excel and PowerPoint.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • One year of recruiting or recruiting support experience.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University location as needed.  All biweekly employees must reside within the State of Georgia.  Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee. 

Additional Details:

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).

Emory University is committed to ensuring equal access and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to seek a reasonable accommodation, please contact the Department of Accessibility Services at [email protected] or call 404-727-9877 (Voice) | 404-712-2049 (TDD). We kindly ask that requests be made at least seven business days in advance to allow adequate time for coordination.