Jenn Picone - Nominee for Exceptional Leader Award - 2022 Campus Recruiting Choice Awards

Jenn Picone is a MN-based Early Talent Manager for Polaris Inc. Jenn has over 10 years of Talent Acquisition experience, primarily focused in Early Talent. Prior to joining Polaris in 2019 as the Early Talent Program Leader, Jenn held various positions within Talent Acquisition at Ingersoll Rand. She currently leads an Early Talent team recruiting for six U.S. Early Talent Programs, inclusive of summer internship and entry-level rotational development programs of which she is the program manager, and led the charge in transitioning Polaris’ Early Talent programming and recruitment virtually during the pandemic. Jenn's background is in education which has drawn her to the early talent space as she works to build inclusive and dynamic programs in which entry-level talent can thrive.

Career Highlight

During her three years at Polaris, Jenn has centralized early talent recruitment practices and processes across six functions. To enable centralized recruitment, Jenn has crafted in-depth inclusive campus training for recruitment teams across the organization. During the pandemic, she built out a virtual development road map for entry-level talent and partnered with the business to provide a playbook and other tools to effectively support virtual internships. Her proudest accomplishment is growing and training Polaris' Early Talent team to enable elevated candidate and university relationships during a busy fall recruitment season. This team hired one of the most diverse classes of intern talent in Polaris history and was recognized for Excellence in Early Talent Hiring by RippleMatch.