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Category: Internships

  • Navigating Your Early Career Journey with A.I.: a Roadmap to Achieving Professional Success

    Introduction In today’s fast-paced job market, landing your dream job as an early career job seeker can seem like an overwhelming task. With the ever-evolving job landscape and increased competition, it’s crucial to stay ahead of the curve. Thankfully, there’s a powerful ally in your corner: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). In this blog post, we’ll explore…

  • Supercharge Your Talent Game with Intern Management System: Taking Your Talent Program to the Next Level

    Introduction Hey there, in today’s ever-changing business world, finding top-notch talent is like uncovering a hidden gem. But here’s the twist – it’s not just about finding these gems; it’s about nurturing them into the powerhouse of your team. That’s where GradLeaders steps in. We get that finely-tuned talent programs are the secret sauce to…

  • Career Fair Domination – You Got This!

    Everyone wants to shine when speaking with prospective employers at a career fair. However, much of the event outcome for jobseekers is determined BEFORE event attendance. Follow the best practices outlined in our career development guide for career fairs and you WILL be successful. Have any other best practices for career fairs? If so, share…

  • How to Calculate and Maximize the ROI of Your Internship Program

    Internship programs are a great way for employers to find productive talent, evaluate potential employees, and gain new insights from diverse perspectives. There are obvious benefits. But have you ever thought about all the costs that go into those programs? Not just the hourly rate you pay that intern (and yes, you better be paying…

  • Why you need to be hiring university talent – Guest Blog

    As a corporate recruiting leader, I spent several years overseeing early talent recruiting programs for a large, global Fortune 500 company. With almost 3,000 annual intern, Co-op, undergraduate, and graduate hires, this was quite an undertaking. As I tried to understand our organization and how early talent hires could assist the company in reaching its…

  • Interview with Marla Meredith, Goodwill Industries of North Florida

    Just over a year ago, GradLeaders launched a partnership with Goodwill Industries of North Florida, Inc (GWINFL) based in Jacksonville, Florida. At the time, one of their mission programs called the Mayor’s Youth at Work Partnership (MYAWP), sponsored by the Jacksonville Mayor’s office, was seeking a software solution to automate, streamline and measure many aspects…

  • Best Practices to Keep Interns Warm Before Your Internship Starts

    Congratulations on identifying and selecting your incoming interns! Like many employers competing for top student talent today, you may have extended offers to your interns months before your internship program begins. What you do between offer acceptance and Day One is critical to your interns’ overall experience, satisfaction, and engagement with your organization. However, maintaining…

  • Top 10 Internship Challenges Employers Face Today and the #1 Solution to Recruiting, Managing and Converting Interns

    Download the infographic (PDF) We recently surveyed a range of global employers to better understand their 2020-2021 internship program outcomes as well as current and anticipated challenges for the 2021-2022 intern recruiting season. The average size of responding companies was 14,489 employees, but 30% of the respondents were also small businesses with fewer than 100…

  • Best Practices to Keep Interns Warm Before Your Internship Starts

    Congratulations on identifying and selecting your incoming interns! Like many employers competing for top student talent today, you may have extended offers to your interns months before your

  • 5 Easy-to-Accomplish New Year’s Resolutions for Interns

    With New Year’s quickly approaching, many students find themselves thinking of what resolution they can aim for this year. While the first thought is usually fitness and health-related resolutions, interns should also be making New Year’s resolutions that can drastically improve their internship experience. Create Designated Times to Work and Communicate Many employers are offering…