Overview
Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager, delivering returns for institutional and individual investors through investments in real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds.
Blackstone seeks a motivated and detail-oriented Associate, Early Careers Recruiter to support hiring for early careers talent across its investing and corporate groups. This role focuses on building a strong candidate pipeline, engaging talent through virtual and in-person events, and partnering with stakeholders to align hiring strategies with business needs.
Responsibilities
Talent Pipeline Development
- Proactively source and build a pipeline of early careers talent across EMEA.
- Develop creative strategies to attract candidates aligned with Blackstone’s values and business needs.
Candidate Engagement
- Plan and execute engaging virtual and in-person events to showcase Blackstone’s culture and career opportunities.
- Act as a trusted advisor to candidates, guiding them through the recruiting process and helping them find roles suited to their skills.
Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with hiring managers across investment and corporate groups to understand their hiring needs and tailor recruiting strategies accordingly.
- Partner with HR to ensure alignment and consistency in hiring processes.
Strategic Recruitment
- Drive strategic initiatives to improve early careers recruiting, including process enhancements, technology adoption, and leveraging data insights.
- Stay ahead of market trends to attract top talent.
Process Management
- Oversee hiring across multiple business units, ensuring a smooth and efficient process for candidates and stakeholders.
- Continuously refine recruitment processes to improve candidate experience and operational efficiency.
Early Careers Program Support
- Serve as a program manager for the full-time analyst population, supporting engagement, development, and overall program coordination.
- Partner with business leaders and HR to manage the analyst development lifecycle, ensuring a consistent and high-quality experience.
The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience at recruiter level in campus recruiting or talent acquisition, within financial or professional services.
- Experience supporting graduate, internship, or early careers hiring programs.
- Proven track record of managing high-volume recruiting efforts across multiple business units or functions.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the capability to build relationships and influence effectively.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail including experience with managing complex scheduling activities.
- Effectively assess and screen candidates based on outlined requirements and business needs.
- Strong interest in candidate engagement, process improvement, and early careers recruiting.
- Proven ability to design and implement end-to-end processes.
- Can work effectively in uncertain or unclear situations.
- Strategic thinker with a focus on process improvement and data-driven decision‑making.
Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.
