| Identify and Eliminate Unconscious Biases to Create a More Inclusive Workplace |
| Depending on one’s position and responsibilities, unconscious biases can permeate the culture and operations of the organization. The first step toward neutralizing or eliminating unconscious biases is bringing them out into the light. |
| Leverage Resources, Technology, Partnerships to Boost URR Efforts While Saving Dollars |
| With many challenges to their budgets—including travel costs for recruiters and candidates, donations to schools to boost brand awareness, and the implementation of new technology—how can URR programs leverage limited resources to maximize their reach and effectiveness? |
| Transparency a Key to Eliminating the Gender Pay Gap |
| How can your organization overcome the gender pay gap and promote equal pay? It’s important first to understand the reasons that this gap exists. |
| Using Data to Strengthen Your URR Case |
| To be persuasive when asking for approval from upper management to fill your URR needs, you need to build your case on a foundation of solid data that provides flexibility. |
| Video Interviewing Helps PwC Boost Candidate Experience |
| When students visit your organization’s career website, they are most likely looking for information about current openings and salaries/compensation and not for employee comments about the organization and internship opportunities, according to NACE’s Class of 2015 Student Survey. |
| Effective Hiring Program Provides Outstanding Candidate Experience |
| The key components that contribute to developing a quick, efficient, and effective hiring process for top talent include a blend of approaches—high tech with an eye focused on the candidate experience. |
| Event Saves Employees’ Time While Filling Positions |
| Rural Sourcing Inc.’s “Interview Day” program saved 240 employee hours without compromising the quality of the firm’s interview process. |
| Hiring Employees With Disabilities |
| With focus and effort, Walgreen’s was able to surpass the new federal regulations that encourage federal contractors to achieve a goal of 7 percent representation of employees with disabilities. |
| Using Data to Develop Your Organization’s URR Strategy |
| When it comes to developing URR strategy, Mark Woodrum, university recruiting leader for Cloudera, encourages organizations to drill deeper than general data. |
| Prepare for the Fair: Eight Best Practices for Career Fair Success |
| Following are eight best practices to use in your career fair planning. |
| Selecting Target Schools: Ensuring Your URR Program Is Hitting the Mark |
| Identifying schools to target for recruitment is critical to the overall success of your recruiting effort. Approach school selection strategically and base your decisions on a foundation of solid data. |
| Communication Tips for Engaging Students on Campus |
| How can recruiters stand out at a crowded career fair to make strong initial connections with students? Start by asking questions and listening. |
| Using Technology, Data to Enhance Candidate Experience |
| When it comes to employer interactions with student candidates, Kayla Woitkowski and Anna Prorock of SAS say that the “Golden Rule definitely applies.” |
| Formality of KPMG’s Referral Program Makes It Work |
| KPMG’s formal referral program enables partners to refer college students to the firm and has helped alleviate the burden on its campus recruiting team. |
| Best Practices for Recruiting New College Graduates |
| Eight best practices provide a foundation for organizations that are focused on recruiting and hiring new college graduates. |
| Internship Issues, Solutions, Best Practices |
| During a recent conference call among NACE Community members, employers discussed issues, solutions, and best practices in their internship programs. |
| Corporate Showcase Strengthens Cerner’s Ties to Campus |
| For nearly 10 years, Cerner's campus recruiting team has hosted its annual Corporate Showcase to strengthen existing and establish new ties on campus. |
| Maximize Diversity Efforts by Boosting Internal, External Focus |
| It is important for organizations to consider both their internal and external efforts to optimize their diversity recruitment and retention efforts. |
| Strong Intern Ties Nets Kellogg’s High Conversion Rate |
| Kellogg’s intern conversion rates have been steadily increasing since the launch of its summer internship program in 2012. |
| Offer Insights Students Want for Effective Info Sessions |
| Effective information sessions allow students to relate to the speaker and provide key information college students are seeking from a company employee. |
| Resource Helps Employers Get the Most From On-Campus Recruiting |
| Jeff Brzozowski and Suzanne Helbig created a resource for recruiting organizations and colleges to use together to help improve recruiting outcomes. |
| Maximize Effectiveness of Case Interviews |
| To get the most out of your case interviews, ensure that students are prepared for this format, which differs markedly from behavioral interviews. |
| Quicken Loans’ Creativity Helps Build Internship Program |
| Quicken Loans has found it helpful to think of building an internship program similar to constructing something we all can relate to—an ice cream sundae. |
| Employers: The Recruitment Methods That Do, Don’t Work |
| When it comes to campus recruitment channels, traditional “high-touch” strategies are deemed most productive among employers satisfied with their campus results. |
| Expo Allows Baxter Interns to Detail Experience, Skills |
| Baxter Healthcare’s Intern Project Expo allows interns to articulate their experiences, and gives the company a true sense of its interns’ skill sets. |
| Employers Cite Fall Recruiting Advantages, Disadvantages |
| Recent research examines the factors contributing to employers’ decisions to conduct most of their college interviews during the fall semester. |
| Growing URR Program Taps Into Employee Base for Support |
| Formal URR at Equifax began a little more than three years ago. As it grows, the URR function taps into the energy of its employees for assistance. |
| National Urban League: Elements of Effective Diversity Initiatives |
Marc
Morial of the National Urban League details several foundational steps
organizations can take to give their diversity efforts a better opportunity to
succeed.
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| Effective URR Relationships Are Sustainable |
When
it comes to working with colleges and universities, URR functions should develop
and nurture relationships that are strong and sustainable. |
| Offer to Acceptance: How Much Time Do You Give Interns? |
How long do employers give interns to
decide whether to accept an offer of a full-time position? Employers want to
give soon-to-be graduates plenty of time to make their decision. |
| How to Vet Public Domain Data Sources |
Mary
Scott, founder of Scott Resource Group, offers two suggestions for evaluating
the reliability of public domain data. |
| How to Vet Commissioned and Fee-Based Research |
Mary
Scott, founder of Scott Resource Group, offers several considerations for
assessing the reliability and applicability of commissioned and fee-based
research. |
| Developing Women Leaders: Eliminating Bias, Providing Support |
| A recent study has found that progress to increase the representation of women at each level of the leadership pipeline has stalled. |
| Toolkits Provide Key Information to Interns, Managers |
| Ellucian’s internship toolkits are intended to enhance the employee experience, while providing interns and their managers with key information and resources. |
| How Many Recruiters Does It Take to Work a Career Fair? |
| How many representatives and recruiters does it take to engage students during a career fair? It depends on the answers to several questions. |
| What Employers Give Interns to Remember Their Experiences |
What, if anything, do you give your
interns to welcome them to their internship or help them remember their intern
experience? |
| Virtual Recruiting: Creating a Presence Without Being Present |
| In recent years, A.T. Kearney has been shifting its college recruiting to a more virtual approach. How does it ensure that candidates are getting a personalized experience? |
| How to Classify Returning Interns Who Also Worked Part Time |
| How should organizations classify returning summer interns who also worked for the organization part time during the school year? |
| Assess, Connect to Stave Off Job Offer Reneges |
| Several employers have reported an uptick in students reneging on job offers this year. What can you do to help your organization avoid reneges? |
| Building a URR Program in Just Six Months |
Kellie Nickovich’s challenge was that she had just six months to ensure that
AECOM’s URR program was up and running for the fall 2018 recruiting period. |
| Op Ed: Why “GTW” Is a Toxic Career Fair Practice |
| Directing students at a career fair to “go to the website” is a brand killer for employers. |
| Keeping in Touch With Interns Who Have Accepted Your Job Offer |
| NACE Community members share ideas for keeping interns who have accepted their job offers interested and excited until the first day of employment. |
| Meetups Allow for Deeper First Connections With Students |
| Meetups are effective recruiting tools as they allow students and recruiters to establish personal connections. |
| Plusses and Potential Pitfalls in Using Recruiting Analytics |
| While analytics can be important drivers of recruiting success, there are practices to incorporate and pitfalls to avoid when using them. |
| Calculating and Using an Intern-to-Full Time Conversion Rate |
| When calculating the conversion rate for your interns, it is critical to ensure you are only including your eligible interns, not all of your interns. |
| Calculating and Using Interview-to-Offer, Offer-to-Acceptance Rates |
| Track interview-to-offer and offer-to-acceptance rates to identify problems and successes in your recruiting operations. The formulas and suggestions on how to apply them are featured. |
| Focus on Micro-Moments to Dazzle Gen Z Candidates |
| Throughout the college recruiting process, employers need to take advantage of micro-moments to personalize interactions and dazzle their candidates. |
| Setting Up a Campus Champion Model |
| Employers share ideas on “campus champion” programs, including staffing, responsibilities and expectations, and guidelines for campus engagement. |
| Calculating and Using an Interviews-Per-Hire Average |
| The interviews-per-hire average (IPHA) increases with an increase in the number of interviews for each college hire. A low IPHA can be a reflection of strong candidates. |
| Developing Interns in Areas Critical to Their Careers |
| Providing impactful professional development opportunities for interns can have positive implications for organizations. |
| The Evolving Response From the Field to the Spread of Coronavirus |
| The threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has career services and URR professionals working to address how to manage their operations to ensure the safety of staff and students. |
| Best Practices for Supporting Students Remotely |
| During these times, it is important for those in URR to lean forward and provide support to their organization’s interns and candidates. |
| KPMG Taking Measured Approach in Coronavirus Response |
| In light of significant responses to the coronavirus pandemic, KPMG is taking a measured and practical approach to college recruiting. |
| Communication With Interns Critical During Uncertain Times |
| During the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, companies need to communicate the status of their summer internships to their interns. |
| Communication, Connection Keys for High-Quality Remote Internships |
| MITRE was tracking to host 500 interns this year. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the company has not abandoned plans to hold its internship program this year. |
| Top Perks for Interns Can Be Adapted for Virtual Workplace |
| The employers that could best weather the pandemic will find ways to deliver on the aspects of their internship programs that are most important to college students. |
| Employers Report Internal Resistance to Virtual Internships |
| URR operations participating in NACE’s URR Virtual Roundtables report that some leadership and hiring managers are resistant to or unsure about having virtual interns. |
| Duolingo Takes Strategic, Innovative Steps in Virtual Internship Program |
| There are several strategic and innovative steps Duolingo is taking to ensure it delivers a valuable experience for interns in the virtual work environment. |
| Providing Support to “Onlies” in the Workplace and Remotely |
| There are several key steps that organizations can take to best support “onlies” and provide a healthy space for them to excel at work. |
| Challenges to Account for With Virtual Internships |
| Virtual internships are essential in the current work environment, but it is important to recognize that many benefits of a traditional internship are lost. |
| ECS Reconfigures Intern Summit for Virtual Delivery |
| Engineering Consulting Services has taken a different perspective to adapt its annual intern summit to the virtual space. |
| Asurion Adding Additional Training, Networking Opportunities for Virtual Interns |
| Asurion is keeping its 12-week, full-pay internship format and offering additional learning opportunities and intentional networking for its interns every week. |
| Future-Proofing Your Organization’s Talent Pipeline |
| Following the Great Recession a little more than a decade ago, many organizations learned a costly, yet valuable, lesson. |
| PwC Preparing Interns for Its New Virtual World |
| PwC is providing its more than 3,600 summer interns with an experience that is preparing them for the new virtual world. |
| More Strategies for Maintaining a Talent Pipeline |
| Companies that currently do not have jobs or internships should try to provide students with learning engagement support or development, and strive to make connections with them. |
| Swinburne Initiative Provides Inclusive Experience for Students With Disabilities |
| Swinburne University created the AccessAbility Careers Hub, which provides targeted career education for students with disabilities. |
| Offboarding Interns in a Virtual Environment |
| CDK Global’s retooling of its internship offboarding process has expanded opportunities for interns to stay connected with the firm. |
| The Importance of Humanizing Technology in the Time of COVID |
| For talent acquisition, given its emerging technology-intensive ecosystem, is what role does human interaction appropriately play? Where is the humanity in the technology of talent acquisition? |
| 7 Ways to Make an Impact During a Hiring Freeze |
| A NACE poll found that 27% of companies have instituted a hiring freeze as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, seven professionals share their insights about how recruiters can make an impact while under a hiring freeze. |
| Abbott Laboratories Internship Program Exposing Diverse Students to STEM |
| Abbott Laboratories’ high school internship program exposes students from diverse backgrounds across the United States to STEM fields. |
| When Do You Do Background Checks? |
| Does your organization run a background check immediately after making an offer or closer to the new hire’s start date? URR professionals in the NACE Community share their approaches. |
| Addressing Student Gap Years in an Internship Program |
| Although AOIC requires potential interns to be enrolled in college, in certain cases, summer interns who did not return to school because of COVID have been allowed to stay on. |
| Employers Made Changes to 2020 Summer Internships Due to COVID-19 |
| By the end of April, more than half of employers planned to move their internship programs to virtual and nearly half expected to delay intern start dates in responses to the pandemic. |
| Questions Students May Ask to Assess Your Organization’s Commitment to DEI |
| Students may ask specific questions to assess your organization’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Be prepared to answer them. |
| Gearing Your Organization’s Website to Attract Candidates |
| There is a disconnect between students’ use of employer websites and their perception of the usefulness of those sites. Here’s why and how to fix it. |
| Insight Into Student Use of Mobile, Other Tech in the Recruiting Process |
| Research conducted by Mary Scott reveals that students are far more likely to use laptops than smartphones to complete key tasks throughout the recruiting process. |
| Shifting Perceptions, Adding Value to Your Virtual Career Fair Participation |
| Long-promoted as a viable replacement for employers’ physical presence on campus, virtual career fairs had not gained significant traction prior to COVID-19. |