Talent Acquisition Specialist

Who we are

Podium Education partners with colleges and companies to supercharge the undergraduate degree with skills, experience, and a bridge to a great career. In 2023, Podium was the largest accredited producer of technical talent in the United States. Podium serves a population of over 1,000,000 students across more than 70 of the largest and most well-known universities in the country, including Georgetown, UNC, Harvard, ASU, and Texas A&M. In 2023, Podium acquired Untapped, the leading all in one early career software and talent marketplace, to further our mission of making sure every college student has a path to a great career. Together we are building the end to end platform from college to career.

Podium Education programs are offered as online courses within standard university semesters. Through Podium, students gain real-world experience while tackling projects from the world’s most recognized brands, such as Spotify, Netflix, Shopify, Uber, Google, and Airbnb. Our flagship program is the Global Career Accelerator (here’s an example: https://www.globaltech.asu.edu/about) which runs at 70+ universities around the country. 

• Student Experience – Customer NPS is better than Netflix, Apple, and Amazon.
• Student Access – Programs are for credit, count towards graduation, and are financial aid eligible.
• Student Outcomes – Their undergraduate students go on to work at places like JP Morgan, Airbnb, Stripe and Deloitte directly though our careers marketplace. 

Podium Education is a privately held growth stage company based in Austin, TX with prominent investors, including Sequoia Capital, Owl Ventures, Lumos Capital Group, Learn Capital, Lachy Groom, Goldcrest Capital, and Album VC. 

Job Description

We are looking for a contract to hire Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People Operations Team. While this role will have full-time hours (1099 contract position), there is a strong potential for continued FT salaried employment. 

You will work directly with hiring managers across all departments, manage our offshore team and lead the full-cycle recruiting process. You will be able to implement processes and systems to enable us to have the most effective and efficient recruiting experience. 

This is a great opportunity to directly contribute to the growth and success of a dynamic company. 

Responsibilities

• Work closely with hiring managers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the company’s hiring needs for each position, and meet competitive hiring goals and expectations
• Grow and foster high-touch relationships with a database of qualified active and passive talent to pull from as new positions open up
• Continuously partner with recruiting team and senior managers to design, refine, and implement innovative recruiting strategies
• Stay active with current with job boards, social networks, and platforms to find talent, and plan, create, and release job descriptions and announcements
• Ability to successfully meet hiring timelines

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in recruiting, sourcing and/or hiring 
• Proven success in LinkedIn and email lead generation
• Experience in fast-paced, growing companies
• Ability to work with ambiguity and adversity 
• Skillset to create candidate buy-in and inclusion within hiring process
• Success in closing roles within a 30-45 day timeline

This role is remote flexible. We are located on South Congress Ave (next door to Allen’s Boots!) and would love to have you in the office occasionally, but no relocation necessary. 

Benefits for Full-Time Hire Transition:

• 401k, Health, Vision and Dental insurance packages
• Short term disability insurance
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• WellHub Gym Membership
• OneMedical Membership
• 8 Paid For Therapy Sessions per year
• Free access to upskill through our Global Experiential Programs
• Excellent Birthing and Bonding Leave policies
• Sleep coach for infants and post-birth care
• Monthly half days every first Friday of the month with a student-first focus
• Extremely talented and intelligent co-workers
• A massive impact on universities and the lives of others, every single day