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The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
CBIZ 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.
Multi-Faceted and Thoughtful Approach to University Recruitment
CBIZ recognizes that campus recruiting is a critical starting point for bringing in top talent to their staff teams. In the past several years, the campus recruiting team has grown over 300% to ensure that candidates receive world-class experiences starting from the first touch point. Through crafting partnerships with over 275 universities across the nation, providing presentations or networking events to various student organizations, and creating a hybrid approach for both virtual and in person opportunities, CBIZ has expanded their reach far and wide. Not to mention the creation and implementation of CBIZ’s premiere recruiting event, Career Academy, held during the fall and winter semesters, which connects students to professionals for an all-star panel Q&A, breakout rooms, and exposure to top CBIZ leadership. Though a firm with 6,000+ employees, the recruiting process ensures that each candidate is instantly connected to CBIZ staff and provided an opportunity to be known and to thrive.
Standout Candidate Experience
At CBIZ, interns receive robust opportunities to help assist in their professional development. CBIZ enables their teams across the nation to provide well-rounded internship experiences that best align with needs of the current intern class. Interns can expect to get face time with top leadership, participate in the national intern learning series, and most importantly, do real billable work for clients, including site visits. It is the hope that CBIZ interns will return as full-time associates, so from day one of their internship, CBIZ staff members treat interns as such. In addition to their workload, interns engage in events such as scavenger hunts, happy hours, volunteer work, and team sports. Interns have a seat at the table and are encouraged to use their voice to create positive change and bring solutions forward. It’s in that vein that CBIZ has seen such success with creating meaningful experiences for interns.
Impactful Internship Program
Answering calls to strengthen D&I initiatives, CBIZ has been working intentionally to find innovative solutions to creating spaces for those with marginalized and/or underrepresented identities within the public accounting field. In working with college campuses across the nation, CBIZ has crafted relationships with student led organizations such as the National Association of Black Accountants and Association of Latino Professionals For America. CBIZ continues to elevate the experiences of our marginalized teammates by providing employee resource groups and community support for teammates who identify as female, BIPOC, and Queer . CBIZ has spent the last year critically evaluating and growing their university partnerships with institutions that support marginalized students, such as with Hispanic Serving Institutions like the University of Colorado Denver, and more. While it is understood that recruiting talent of underrepresented groups is important, CBIZ recognizes that it is a critical part of creating a shared narrative for all.