Associate Talent Acquisition Specialist Early Careers

As an Associate, Talent Acquisition Partner for Early Careers, you will serve as the dedicated early careers partner to the Austin (ATX), San Antonio (SATX), and Houston (HOU) divisions, working closely with hiring managers, division leadership, and HR Business Partners to attract and hire intern and new college graduate talent. Reporting to the Head of Early Careers and working as part of Southland’s enterprise Early Careers team, you will apply best practices, playbooks, and programs within your divisions and adapt them with your business partners where local market and campus dynamics warrant.

You will coordinate campus activity and interview events, guide hiring managers and candidates through the process, and help deliver an internship experience compelling enough that participants return to Southland and recommend us to their peers.

• Lead the recruiting process for intern, co-op, and new college graduate roles across your divisions — organizing recruiting events, interview coordination, selection support, offer, and onboarding — in close partnership with hiring managers.
• Work with your division partners to sustain pipeline continuity year-round rather than only during peak season, maintaining candidate engagement between touchpoints.
• Maintain requisitions, candidate records, and pipeline activity in the ATS and CRM with accuracy and discipline.
• Deliver a candidate experience that reflects Southland's culture — responsive, personal, and transparent at every step.

• Serve as the dedicated early careers partner to hiring managers, division leadership, and HR Business Partners, earning trust through consistency and follow-through.
• Execute each division's campus recruiting plan in coordination with the enterprise team and division stakeholders, keeping hiring managers engaged in the schools and events that matter most to their pipeline.
• Advise hiring managers on interviewing early talent, supervising interns, and the expectations students carry into today's job market.
• Keep stakeholders informed on pipeline health, event outcomes, and hiring progress; raise risks early with recommended options.

• Cultivate relationships with target campuses in your markets — career centers, faculty, and student organizations — partner with campus champions to set recruiting events calendars that match hiring goals.
• In partnership with division representatives, facilitate hiring events, career fairs, info sessions, classroom visits, jobsite tours, and early talent conferences.
• Represent Southland on campus and at early career events as an approachable and credible voice for our work and our people.
• Share best practices and market intelligence with the enterprise team, including competitor activity, student expectations, and program feedback that should inform enterprise strategy.

• Plan and execute division interview events, including scheduling, interviewer preparation, logistics, candidate communication, and follow-through on decisions.
• Coordinate interview panels and support a consistent, structured evaluation approach across your divisions.
• Maintain momentum from interview event to offer, coordinating offer logistics with HR and compensation partners.
• Lead communication campaign to keep in touch with candidates between offer accept and their internship or start, giving candidates a clear view of what a career at Southland offers.

• Partner with hiring managers and division leadership to shape the intern experience — project assignments, mentor pairing, orientation, and onboarding.
• Coordinate the program calendar, including speaker series, learning sessions,…