Recruiting Coordinator (Contract)

🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA 🕑 Contractor 💰 TBD 💻 Human Resources 🗓️ July 9th, 2026

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Handshake is hiring a Recruiting Coordinator (Contract) to support and scale its hiring efforts by managing interview logistics and ensuring a smooth, people-first candidate experience. The role involves coordinating interviews, maintaining recruiting tool data, and representing the company with professionalism and empathy throughout the hiring process.

Highlights

Coordinate and schedule interviews to optimize the candidate experience
Maintain accurate data within recruiting tools
Communicate professionally with candidates and internal teams
Serve as a friendly and reliable point of contact during recruitment
Support additional coordination projects as needed
Requires 1+ year of scheduling or coordination experience, preferably in a dynamic environment
Strong organizational, time-management, and written communication skills
Ability to exercise sound judgment and handle sensitive information discreetly
Preference for candidates with experience using Ashby recruiting software
Emphasis on proactivity, adaptability, and growth mindset

Recruiting Coordinator (Contract) Full Description

About Handshake

Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions.

In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. Weâve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.

Why join Handshake now:

Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the worldâs top educational institutions
Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

The Role

Weâre looking for a highly organized and collaborative contract Recruiting Coordinator to help support and scale our hiring efforts. In this role, youâll play a key part in delivering a people-first candidate experience by managing interview logistics, serving as a welcoming point of contact, and ensuring a smooth experience throughout the hiring process.

The ideal candidate is proactive, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment. Youâre eager to learn, take initiative, and build strong cross-functional relationships.

Key responsibilities include:

Schedule and coordinate interviews efficiently while delivering a seamless candidate experience
Manage recruiting tools with care, maintaining accurate and up-to-date data
Communicate with professionalism, empathy, and discretion
Represent Handshake as a warm, friendly, and reliable point of contact for candidates
Support ad hoc and strategic coordination projects as needed

You Have

Must Haves:

1+ year(s) of scheduling or coordination experience, ideally in a high-energy, fast-paced setting
Exceptional organizational and time-management skills
Impeccable attention to detail and strong written communication
A bias for action, humility, and a growth mindset
Sound judgment and comfort handling sensitive information

Bonus Point(s):

Experience with Ashby

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