Campus Recruiter

Campus Recruiter

This position is a six-month contract role, with the possibility of becoming permanent.

This is a hybrid in-office position based at our Boston HQ, with work from home on Fridays. You'll be in the office Monday through Thursday.

Salary Range: $30 - $35 hourly

The Wayfair Campus and Early Careers team is strategic to the company's overall success and continued growth. Our recruiters are true business partners and charged with finding, attracting, and hiring top talent into entry level roles (co-op, intern and full-time) across all parts of the company against a high bar for performance, potential, and culture. Our team is strategic to the company's overall success and continued growth.

The Campus Team is looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented individual with a passion for attracting top students and driving a best-in-class candidate hiring experience. As a Campus Recruiter, you will play a major role in hiring top early talent and managing Wayfair's brand with schools and partners, showing prospective students how they can begin and grow their career with Wayfair. An ideal applicant possesses an exceptional communication style, has an operational mindset that enables them to excel in the high-volume recruiting arena, and is adaptable to thrive within an ever-changing role.

Our team is very agile to adapt to the seasonality of Campus Recruiting and shifting priorities throughout the year. If you're enthusiastic about attracting and recruiting talent and enjoy getting a chance to step outside the classic Talent Acquisition box, the Campus and Early Careers team is the place for you.

What You'll Do

• Develop, implement, and measure unique engagement strategies across assigned schools by leveraging market knowledge of competitor trends to influence candidate decisions and track program success.
• Manage and facilitate on-campus and virtual recruiting activities, including networking events, classroom visits, and presentations to attract a high caliber of applicants.
• Serve as a knowledgeable business representative to answer candidate questions about all campus tracks at Wayfair.
• Manage key relationships with external (university career services, student groups, academic leaders, and inclusion partners) and internal partners (Campus Ambassadors and business partners) to drive candidate engagement and hire top talent.
• Participate in the planning and execution of our corporate summer internship, Early Leaders and co-op programs.
• Collaborate with other campus recruiters to understand hiring priorities and efficiently move candidates through the interview process.
• Work to improve existing processes and develop innovative approaches around converting early talent to roles at Wayfair.

What You'll Need

• 1+ years of applicable experience in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
• Full-lifecycle recruiting expertise; specifically in campus, university, or high-volume settings.
• Experience establishing relationships and promoting a compelling employment brand internally and externally.
• Stakeholder management, with a focus on consultative skills, tact, and diplomacy.
• Ability to be self-directed with a high sense of urgency, balancing a high sense of urgency with effective teamwork.
• Exceptional communication and organization, skilled at prioritizing in high-demand environments.
• Tech-forward mindset, proficient in integrating generative AI (e.g., Gemini) to optimize recruiting.
• Process-oriented and flexible mindset, driving workflow efficiencies while maintaining a premium candidate and stakeholder experience.
• Bachelor's degree required

Why You'll Love Wayfair:

Benefits & Perks:

• Medical health benefits available after 90 days of employment
• 401(k) plan with match from Wayfair
• Wayfair Employee Discount.
• Exclusive access to thousands of perks & discounts through BenefitHub.
• Free virtual education and skills programs through online learning platform

Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair:

At Wayfair, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where every individual experiences a fair and equitable employee journey. We are committed to developing targeted resources that raise awareness around inclusion and eliminate barriers, ensuring Wayfair provides a fair and inclusive workplace experience for everyone.

Social Impact & Responsibility:

At Wayfair, we focus on helping people on their journey to home - specifically those who have lost their way from home. We do this by leveraging our best assets, such as collaborating with leading nonprofit organizations, coordinating in-kind product donations, empowering our employees to get involved through paid volunteer time off programs, and encouraging our customers to donate. This multi-faceted approach allows us to support communities in need in authentic ways that align with Wayfair's broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.

The above base pay range may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. The range listed is just one component of Wayfair's total compensation package for employees. Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commissions and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a comprehensive suite of medical, financial and additional benefits.