Purdue University
Recruitment Specialist
🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Enrollment
🗓️ December 9th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Facilitate recruitment of prospective students for the College of Health and Human Sciences.
- Counsel prospective students during their college search and selection process.
- Represent the university at high schools, college fairs, receptions, and outreach events.
- Participate in admissions eligibility decisions and respond to inquiries from students, parents, and other groups.
- Required Bachelor’s Degree and two years of experience in admissions, student recruitment, or related fields.
- Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, social media, and publication software.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of Purdue’s programs and majors is essential.
- Position requires ability to travel and work weekends as needed.
- Exempt position; requires background check; university will not sponsor employment authorization.
Recruitment Specialist Full Description
- Facilitate the effective recruitment of prospective students.
- Counsel prospective students in the college search and selection process.
- Represent the university and College of Health and Human Sciences at high schools, college fairs, college and admissions receptions, and other outreach events.
- May give presentations to large and small audiences, both on campus and across the state.
- Participate in the admissions eligibility determination process.
- Answer a wide variety of inquiries from prospective and admitted students, parents, and other constituent groups.
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Two years of experience in admissions, college student recruitment, or related field.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, students, and parents.
- Basic skills in Outlook, World, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Experience with social media and publication software.
- Ability to problem-solve and utilize campus resources for individuals and groups.
- Willingness to work in a changing environment.
- Knowledge of programs and majors at Purdue University.
- Knowledge of undergraduate student recruitment and marketing.
- This position requires the ability to travel and work weekends, based on business need.
- For full consideration, this position requires an attached resume and cover letter along with the application.
- To learn more about Purdue’s benefits summary CLICK HERE
- Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
- A background check will be required for employment in this position
- FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
- Retirement Eligibility: Non-exempt Defined Contribution Plan
Job Code #20003022
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