Job Specifications
Who You'll Work With
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you’ll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have
Continuous learning Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
A voice that matters From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
Global community With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
World-class benefits On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.
Your Impact
As a Junior Recruiter, you will be based in the Paris office as part of our France Talent Attraction team. Our Talent Attraction team plays a pivotal role in ensuring McKinsey's sustained success and growth in this market.
The Talent Attraction team helps strengthen McKinsey’s reputation and attract top-tier talent to support the firm’s broader business objectives. By identifying and hiring top-tier, diverse professionals, you will ensure the firm has the talent needed to meet growing demands across industries and practices. Your efforts will directly contribute to shaping the future of McKinsey by building a pipeline of high-potential individuals who will grow into the firm’s next generation of partners and leaders, reinforcing its mission to create lasting impact for clients and the world.
In this role, you will build relationships with key local external partners to position McKinsey as an employer of choice in the region and manage the community of consultants involved in the recruiting process. Leveraging analytics and market insights, you will refine recruitment strategies to target the right talent pools for both immediate and long-term needs.
From the very beginning, you will assume responsibility for an independent portfolio of tasks.
You will be the first contact person for applicants and represent McKinsey in the job market for high potentials (in campuses and potentially with experienced professionals).
You will further develop our recruiting formats and manage their operational implementation.
You will work with state-of-the-art recruiting systems, create and interpret statistics, and incorporate the results into the further development of your work area.
As your experience grows, so does your responsibility, and you will take on increasingly challenging activities.
This will be a 10-month contract.
Your Qualifications and Skills
A completed university master's degree in a relevant field (e.g. in the field of business HR, psychology, Business Schools)
Initial experience in the HR environment, preferably in recruiting, gained during internships, as a working student or in a full-time role (up to 3 years of experience)
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in French and English, with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels
Ability to build strong working relationships with candidates, consultants at all levels and recruiting colleagues
Excellent organization capabilities, including the ability to initiate tasks independently and see them through to completion
Exceptional time management to meet your responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environment
Committed to representing our firm in a professional way, both in person and on the phone, video call or via email
Proficient in rational decision making based on data, facts, and logical reasoning
Ability to create work product-focused outputs, including PowerPoint decks and Excel analysis, or other written deliverables
Experience in sourcing Top profiles (knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter and sourcing methods)
About the Company
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm. We are the trusted advisor to the world's leading businesses, governments, and institutions.
We work with leading organizations across the private, public and social sectors. Our scale, scope, and knowledge allow us to address problems that no one else can. We have deep functional and industry expertise as well as breadth of geographical reach. We are passionate about taking on immense challenges that matter to our clients and, often, to the world.
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