Recruiting Sourcing Intern

Job description

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<h1 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Recruiting Sourcing Intern</h1>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea"><strong>Location:</strong> San Jose, California, United States<br><strong>Employment type:</strong> Internship</p>
<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">About the role</h2>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">We are looking for a Recruiting Sourcing Intern to join the Talent Acquisition team and help build strong candidate pipelines for Astera Labs’ technical and business roles. This is a hands-on opportunity to learn how recruiting teams identify talent, assess potential, engage candidates, coordinate interviews, and create a thoughtful candidate experience.</p>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">You will work with recruiters, recruiting coordinators, hiring teams, and university or program partners to turn role requirements into focused sourcing strategies. The right candidate is curious, resourceful, organized, and motivated to understand both the people and the work behind each role.</p>
<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">What you’ll do</h2>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Learn Astera Labs’ business, teams, roles, recruiting process, and candidate experience standards through training, shadowing, and hands-on work.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Build candidate-sourcing strategies using role-specific keywords, Boolean search strings, research, and approved recruiting channels.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Research and identify potential candidates for assigned roles, documenting relevant experience and explaining the candidate-to-role connection.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Apply role-specific screening criteria and distinguish must-have qualifications from trainable skills with guidance from the recruiting team.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Maintain accurate candidate, outreach, follow-up, and status information in Greenhouse and other approved recruiting systems.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Support candidate outreach and follow-up with clear, respectful, and timely communication.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Help coordinate interviews, interview materials, scorecards, scheduling, and candidate next steps.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Support campus recruiting, career-fair, university, and program-sourcing activities by collecting candidate information consistently and tracking follow-up owners.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Partner with recruiters, recruiting coordinators, hiring teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to clarify role profiles, school priorities, sourcing plans, and next actions.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Prepare recurring updates on sourcing activity, pipeline quality, follow-up completion, and project progress, including blockers and recommended next steps.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Identify gaps in recruiting workflows and develop an adopted process, tracker, or resource that improves team efficiency.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Own a defined internship project and present the results, documentation, conclusions, and recommended next steps at the end of the internship.</p>
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<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">What you bring</h2>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in human resources, business, communications, psychology, sociology, or a related field.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Strong research, organization, written-communication, and interpersonal skills.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Curiosity about people, technology, and how roles connect to a company’s products and business goals.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Ability to learn new systems and processes, manage details accurately, and follow through on commitments.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Interest in sourcing, talent acquisition, candidate experience, university recruiting, or recruiting operations.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Ability to handle candidate and business information with discretion and professionalism.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Comfort asking questions, receiving feedback, solving problems, and working through ambiguity.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">A proactive, collaborative, learning-oriented approach and the resilience to stay engaged when priorities or sourcing strategies change.</p>
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<h3 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Preferred qualifications</h3>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience with candidate research, Boolean search, recruiting, campus organizations, career services, customer service, or other people-focused work.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Familiarity with applicant-tracking systems, recruiting workflows, spreadsheets, or process documentation.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Experience creating trackers, reports, presentations, or other materials that help a team work more efficiently.</p>
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<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Interest in technical recruiting and willingness to learn enough about engineering, product, and business roles to represent them accurately to candidates.</p>
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<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Equal opportunity</h2>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">Astera Labs is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage anyone with relevant experience to apply.</p>
<h2 class="wnfdnti _1ibi0s33y _1ibi0s34u">Internship experience and compensation</h2>
<p class="wnfdntu _1ibi0s3f5 _1ibi0s3ce _1ibi0s3ea">This is a paid, hourly U.S. internship. The applicable hourly rate is determined as part of the offer process and specified in the offer letter, depending on education level ranges from $35/hour to $55/hour. U.S. interns currently receive a $500-per-week housing/relocation stipend for the duration of the internship. Interns participate in Early Career programming, including technical and professional-development sessions, community events, and an end-of-program project presentation.</p>
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