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The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
Cardinal Health was selected as a 2024 Campus Forward Award Winner for their unwavering commitment to seeking out and hiring early career talent and investments in nurturing and retaining the next generation of diverse talent. Please see below for the highlights of their approach to early career recruitment.
Standout Candidate Experience
At Cardinal Health, candidate experience is essential to attract and retain talent. The College Recruiting team places a strong emphasis on ensuring candidates have a positive experience, regardless of if they are selected to receive an offer or not. The team provides tools and resources to candidates to set them up for success throughout the hiring process. This includes interview prep materials to educate them on the company, tips for a successful interview and a pre-interview information session to network with previous interns and new hires. After offer acceptance, the team offers engagement events to learn more about the company, network and meet their peers prior to their first day of employment. This ensures candidates feel engaged, motivated and welcomed when they join the company.
Impactful Internship Program
At Cardinal Health, interns provide meaningful contributions through projects that tackle real business challenges. The company is passionate about providing a robust and practical work experience. In addition to their projects, interns participate in formalized programming to enhance the experience and offer personal and professional development through workshops, networking, mentoring, career path exploration and more. Some key highlights of the program include the Executive Speaker Series, where interns meet with members of the executive leadership team, and intern-run committees. Through the committees, interns build their business acumen, work on their leadership and collaboration skills and take ownership of their development and experiences throughout their internship. At the end of the summer, interns deliver an end of summer presentation to showcase their work and accomplishments.
Growth and Development of the Next Generation of Talent
Cardinal Health is committed to providing early career hires with the tools and resources needed for long-term success. The company offers an early career development program where participants receive learning opportunities to build career readiness skills, navigate the organization and build connections and competencies that aid in growing and owning their career. The program offers flexible training through multiple delivery platforms to meet the needs of the participants as they grow and develop during their first year at Cardinal Health. This includes self-led trainings, group discussions and in person learning opportunities. Employees receive coaching and support through a mentor program and participate in employee resource groups which provide further opportunities to partner with others to exercise leadership skills and focus on their development and networking.