Area Recruiter

Area Recruiter - Remote Role

As an Area Recruiter, you’ll play an important role in supporting hiring efforts across multiple locations and markets. This remote position includes travel as needed to support recruiting initiatives, hiring events, and location-specific staffing needs. You’ll partner closely with operational leaders, manage multiple requisitions, and develop recruiting strategies that help attract and engage qualified talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong candidate pipelines for assigned positions.

• Conduct phone, virtual, and in-person interviews.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce needs, role requirements, and hiring timelines.

• Support onsite recruiting events, job fairs, school visits, and community outreach initiatives.

• Represent the organization professionally at recruiting events and partner locations.

• Utilize applicant tracking systems (ATS) to track candidates, interviews, and hiring activity.

• Coordinate onboarding activities and support a smooth candidate transition into employment.

• Maintain compliance with company policies and applicable employment laws.

• Provide regular recruiting updates and reporting to leadership.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruiting, staffing, or talent acquisition experience; high-volume or multi-location recruiting experience preferred.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Ability to build effective relationships with candidates, hiring managers, operational leaders, and community partners.

• Experience using ATS platforms and Microsoft Office or Google Workspace.

• Strong time-management, organization, and prioritization skills.

• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation, with the ability to travel as needed to support assigned locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in the transportation industry, preferably school bus, CDL, or high-volume driver recruitment.

• Experience recruiting across multiple markets or geographic areas.

• Experience with community outreach, hiring events, or campus recruiting.

Skills & Competencies

• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently in a remote environment.

• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Professional, adaptable, collaborative, and solution-oriented.

• Strong attention to detail and follow-through.

• Ability to adjust recruiting strategies based on hiring needs, candidate flow, and market conditions.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

• Flexible remote work environment with travel as needed.

• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

• Supportive and collaborative recruiting team.

Annual Salary Range: $65,000-$75,000

Language Requirement

This role requires English proficiency. Federal, state, and local requirements, including U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, require training, safety communications, company policies, employment documents, and other job-related communications be conducted in English.

First for a reason:

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

In the state of Washington, all technician and driving positions, including but not limited to van drivers and any other position requiring employees to drive a company-owned vehicle, are considered safety-sensitive and are therefore subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. First is also committed to providing a drug-free workplace. First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law. Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is at this link or upon request https://www.phila.gov/media/20210423160847/Fair-Chance-Hiring-law-poster.pdf.