When COVID-19 shut the doors to much of the world’s economy earlier this year, internships also took a hard blow as companies canceled their planned … Read more
How 3 Companies Adapted Internships Due to COVID-19
According to a recent survey, 35% of students who had accepted summer internships this year learned that they were canceled due to COVID-19. That’s bad … Read more
How to Design and Implement a Winning Internship Program — and One That Will Grow the Ideal Employee of Tomorrow
Gone are the days of hiring interns to fetch coffee and complete administrative work. Today, interns are recognized as providing a true value to the … Read more
What Makes a Great Internship? 5 Lessons From Top-ranked Companies
As someone who firmly believes that a college internship is a huge factor in jump-starting a career, I was intrigued by this new survey of the best … Read more
What Your Candidate Rejection Process Says About Your Culture
We recently hired a new intern class for the summer. Every year, I’m reminded how much rejecting finalist intern candidates stinks, mostly because college … Read more
New Intern Test Could Mean Good News for HR/Talent-acquisition professionals
HR professionals have been struggling with wage and hour class-action lawsuits brought by interns claiming they were misclassified and entitled to wages … Read more
These 3 Things Will Resonate With Potential Interns
As a recent intern-turned-full-timer and recruitment marketer, intern recruitment strategy hits close to home. By taking the time to really understand an … Read more
5 Best Practices for Running a More Successful Internship Program
This summer, thousands of young adults in New York City participated in internships that will start them toward successful careers. The interns aren’t the … Read more
Ericsson Logs Off LinkedIn, Unplugs the Phone, and Hits the Streets to Recruit
Recruiting industry pundits, including yours truly, spend a lot of time chasing shiny objects. News releases touting artificial intelligence, chatbots, and … Read more
7 Steps to Better Internship Programs
A few years ago we created our first internship program at OmniUpdate. As a growing software company, we always seemed to have more open positions than we … Read more
Moderate Practices That Can Improve Your University Recruiting
As college recruiting heats up, it’s an ideal time to re-examine your strategy, processes, and recruiting methods. First update all of your existing … Read more
Don’t Pass on Game-changer Candidates Who Are Still Rookies
Don’t Pass On Game-changer Candidates Who Are Still Rookies Professional sports lead the way in recruiting “game-changer” candidates who are only rookies, … Read more
4 Hiring Lessons From Business Guru Michael Gerber
When I was afforded the opportunity to talk one-on-one with renowned business author Michael Gerber, I cleared my schedule. And of course I asked him about … Read more
Cut Down on the Number of Students Who Change Their Minds
The Wall Street Journal story “The Workers Who Say ‘Thanks, but No Thanks’ to Jobs” last week talked about the jump in students reneging on … Read more
Improve the ROI of Internships
It is becoming more difficult for companies to convert interns into full-time hires. Companies need to re-assess how they structure these programs in order … Read more
Creative Ways to Keep Your Interns Working for You
What’s the difference between university and experienced hire recruiting? It’s more than just the age of the applicants. The purpose of … Read more
Recruiting Against the Private Sector: What Government Can Do to Better to Compete for Talent From Campus
In a previous article, we described the keen interest in employment in the public sector by millenials. Federal employment provides many of the most … Read more
Social Recruiting: Too Important for Interns
At ah HR event earlier this month, I advised organizations on adding more social media to their 2014 talent acquisition efforts. Since then, I’ve … Read more
Remote College Recruiting — Capturing Top Students From Schools You Don’t Visit
Many exceptional students probably do not attend the schools that you visit If you assume that the best students only attend the top ranked schools, you … Read more
Going Once. Going Twice. Sold: Internships on the Auction Block
With the recent headlines shining a light on the corporate exploitation of interns, it’s shocking to me that some firms are auctioning off internships in … Read more