memoryBlue is a Campus Forward Award Winner

memoryBlue is a sales development consulting firm headquartered outside of Washington, D.C, with offices in Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Denver, CO, Seattle, WA, and Silicon Valley, CA. Since 2002, over 950 high-tech clients have trusted memoryBlue to fuel their growth. Industry royalty – EMC, Symantec, McAfee, Quest Software – and a host of startups rely on memoryBlue's top inside sales talent to secure new revenue opportunities, further qualify inbound leads, and scale existing inside sales teams to grow their business faster. The company is passionate about helping high-tech companies grow faster and more profitably by maximizing the effectiveness of sales development efforts, while at the same time advancing the careers of stellar inside sales professionals. memoryBlue believes these two goals shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. The memoryBlue “Try + Hire” offering gives clients the option to hire their consultants at any time during an engagement. This powerful model reduces client risk while it attracts top talent to a proven launching pad for future high-tech sales leaders. These leaders feed the memoryBlue Alumni Network of over 375+ high-tech sales professionals.

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Building an Innovative and Multi-Faceted Approach to University Recruiting

memoryBlue's Campus Talent Team was ecstatic this year to be heading back onto campuses in person. The team typically attends 20-30 campus events throughout the US; these events are career expos, career networking nights, sales competitions, role play/case studies within classrooms, etc. The team is constantly adding universities and colleges to their list of partners, and have established great relationships with all types of schools and organizations.

Crafting a Standout Candidate Experience

The early career team, or at memoryBlue, the Campus Talent Team, goes above and beyond to ensure that their roles are a good fit for what the candidate wants both to start their career and for future career moves. The Campus Talent Team makes sure they clearly understand what it is the candidate needs in order to make an educated decision on whether memoryBlue is right for them. This includes, but is not limited to, transparency about the role and company, immediate follow-up after interviews, timely offers when selected, and availability to speak with the candidate day or night. memoryBlue's Campus Talent Team is dedicated to ensuring candidates have a smooth and positive experience.

Moving the Needle on Diversity & Inclusion

Representation at the entry-level can move the needle on diversity across the company. That's why the Campus Talent Team at memoryBlue is so passionate about finding and connecting with a diverse range of students across the country. To recruit a diverse slate of candidates, the team has begun forging new relationships with HBCUs, HSIs, and public universities as well as built out a robust set of diversity-focused partnerships with national programs. The team's current largest partnership is with the YearUp program. In addition to recruitment, memoryBlue is proud to offer interns and new grads from underrepresented backgrounds specialized mentorship when they join the company.

Investing in Impactful Internship Programs

memoryBlue's internship program is unlike any other. The interns are integrated into the full-time teams, and are given real-world, hands on, B2B tech sales experience. During their internship, memoryBlue interns will go through memoryBlue's world-class academy, alongside other interns, as well as full-time employees. They will participate in the memoryBlue mentorship program while here, and will be taking on responsibilities similar to that of memoryBlue's full-time employees.

Supporting the Growth and Development of Entry-Level Talent

memoryBlue's full-time roles are exceptional because of how much growth is offered to the candidates. memoryBlue's success with candidates come from three main things. First, memoryBlue has a world-class, technology agnostic, training academy. Second, memoryBlue offers multiple different promotional paths and allows their employees to choose the direction they want their career to go. Third, memoryBlue's culture. memoryBlue is a community of like-minded, driven individuals, who want to see each other succeed.

Congratulations to the team at memoryBlue for being selected as one of the winners of RippleMatch's 2022 Campus Forward Awards!

RippleMatch's Campus Forward Awards recognizes the top early career teams and programs in the nation. Through a detailed application process, early career teams shared their approach to recruitment, candidate experience, D&I, and internship & entry-level programming. The programs picked for this award represent the best of the best, selected from applications submitted by campus recruiting teams across industries.

See all Award Winners for the category of Mid-Size Early Career Programs below