Recruitment Assistant

Do you want to gain valuable experience in staffing and recruitment? The role of Recruitment Assistant could be the start of your brilliant career with us! We warmly welcome your application today as selection is ongoing and the start date for the position is after the turn of the year.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The role of Recruitment Assistant gives you the opportunity to kick-start your career in recruitment and staffing! You will belong to a team of truly sharp recruiters and consulting managers who want to share their expertise. The role involves a flexible part-time job that provides you with income, valuable experience, and a lot of new contacts throughout your studies. Even though much of the work is done independently, you are engaged with the team in your common goals, results, and the continued development and growth of the business area.

Your manager and your development - In dialogue with your immediate manager, you will plan your working hours based on the office's needs. We have chosen to have operational managers so that you receive the best support in your role. In your role as a Recruitment Assistant, you will develop through our Training Program. You control your career paths with us, and we provide you with the conditions.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities

• Recruitment process: Work with everything from advertising to a candidate receiving a job offer and employment with us. Imagine how exciting it is to follow a person's journey from CV to their new dream job!
• Administration: Assist with payroll management and employer certificates, among other things.
• Training program: A structured plan where you take on more and more advanced tasks. This allows you to gradually gain more knowledge.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU WHO

To thrive in the role, we see that you are ambitious and driven to work towards goals in collaboration with our recruitment managers. You have a strong sense of responsibility, the ability to organize your work efficiently, and ensure that you deliver on time. Building relationships comes naturally to you, and you act openly and respectfully towards others. You have the ability to take feedback to strengthen collaborations and develop yourself. You handle situations that may be perceived as stressful with confidence, and you have an optimistic attitude towards solving even demanding tasks.

• Are studying a degree in HR/Human Resources and will graduate no earlier than spring 2027. Since we are looking long-term for this position, we prefer that you do not plan to go on exchange or have an internship.
• Have previous experience from jobs in service and customer contact where you have been able to use your ability to take initiative and responsibility.
• Fluent in Swedish in both spoken and written form and proficient in English in both spoken and written form, as you will be communicating, attending training, etc., in both languages.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Start: January 2026

Scope: Part-time, approximately 2 days/week and more work during the summer

Location: Drottninggatan 6, Gävle

Salary: Hourly wage

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Apply for the position by clicking on apply. We review applications continuously, and the ad may close before the position is filled if we have moved on to the selection and interview phase. Please note that this application is made through an external site, which means it will not be visible under “my pages” on your profile.

We use tests from Alva Labs as part of the recruitment process to identify the most suitable candidates. The first step is a logical thinking test that assesses your problem-solving ability, as well as a personality test that gives us insight into your traits. The tests support our ambition to find candidates with the highest potential and to promote equality, diversity, and fairness. If you proceed in the process, the next steps are interviews and reference checks. Throughout all parts of the process, we base our assessments on a clearly defined requirement profile to ensure a structured and objective evaluation.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY

Academic Work is a staffing and recruitment company that has helped over 130,000 young professionals worldwide find jobs since its inception in 1998. We strive to build a world-class workplace; our goal is that no employee at Academic Work should want to work anywhere else. Our culture is characterized by our three values: Share Energy, Beat Yesterday, and Show Heart!