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The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
Huntington National Bank 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
Huntington Bank’s innovative approach to recruitment starts by building relationships early with students. Huntington’s early identification program, RISE, supports freshmen and sophomores in discovering their career interests and prepares them for future internships while building a pipeline of diverse talent into Huntington’s internship program. As students grow in their college career, the early career team engages with them through career fairs, school-agnostic Huntington information sessions and general campaigns, and events with student organizations on a variety of topics relevant to their development, such as personal branding and resume building. The early career team partners with internal and external community and DE& I organizations, including Career Spring, to ensure no stone is left unturned in Huntington’s effort to attract top talent to begin their career with them.
Overarching Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Huntington’s internship program is designed to bring diverse voices and fresh perspective into the organization to not only move the needle on diversity, but to integrate interns’ diverse perspectives into strategic direction and decision-making. Huntington’s early identification program, RISE, diverse candidates engage early in their college career with Huntington, gaining valuable insight on personal and professional development. Huntington partners with Career Spring to source candidates, an organization that supports first generation college students, which has proven to be an excellent source for diverse candidates. Huntington has forged partnerships with HBCUs such as Central State and West Virginia State to connect with diverse students in Huntington’s footprint. After joining Huntington, interns can join several Business Resource Groups, Communities of Practice, and Inclusion Councils, seeking not only to bring diverse colleagues into the organization, but to ensure that they feel valued, included, and mentored.
Growth and Development of the Next Generation of Talent
Huntington’s early career colleagues (ECC) engage in continued career development through the year-long Momentum program. Momentum introduces converted interns to the Emerging Professional BRG and eases the transition into the workforce by deepening internal connections, and building critical knowledge (taxes, benefits, budgeting). Huntington’s performance engagement process allows for ECC and their managers to discuss career interests and development. Colleagues are encouraged to use Huntington’s Career Hub for internal gig opportunities and mentor matching. Workday Learning provides links to multiple online learning platforms to assist colleagues with skill development and career exploration. Skills are encouraged to be listed in Career Hub to assist our Talent Acquisition teams when proactively seeking to match internal colleagues with career opportunities. Huntington's Top Talent Program, Emerge, further develops future leaders.