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The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
PepsiCo 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
PepsiCo’s top priority is to support candidates through an informative and thorough recruitment process. Early Talent Managers kick off the candidate experience by ensuring there are clear job descriptions, so candidates have a solid foundation on the type of role they are applying for. The team coordinates dedicated time for applicants to ask questions about PepsiCo, career growth opportunities and the interview process. PepsiCo also enhances clear lines of communication throughout the interview stage by providing information on the interview schedule, interview tips and timeline. Hires are provided with a robust overview of the onboarding process, key timelines and first day orientation. PepsiCo also utilizes Service Now, onboarding platform, and relocation vendor, Urbanbound, to make sure new hires are well prepared for their first day.
Overarching Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
PepsiCo remains committed to providing equitable spaces of opportunity for underrepresented talent through partnerships, scholarships and spaces of development. PepsiCo invests in hiring high caliber talent through partnerships with SHPE, MLT, and Consortium and provides candidates deeper insights into its “Dare for Better” culture. PepsiCo’s S.M.I.L.E. scholarships and Uplift programs provide financial support and professional development while helping to bridge the gap in access to higher education, and career readiness, for students most in need. Scholars benefit from leadership exposure through executive fireside panels, and development workshops that aid in the transition from campus to career. Finally, through PepsiCo’s Campus to Corporate program, a preparatory bootcamp aimed to support incoming interns from HBCUs excel in their summer experiences, and Kickstart, a 5 week Sophomore leadership program supporting students across diverse backgrounds and lived experiences develop sustainable habits and skillsets for career success.
Impactful Internship Program
The interns at PepsiCo are offered a well-rounded curriculum throughout the 10-12 week program that offers networking, a structured mentorship program, executive speaker series, former intern panels, Food for Good philanthropy events, and on-the-job training. PepsiCo provides their interns with a competitive compensation package which includes relocation support. The goal of PepsiCo’s internship program is to convert high performing summer interns to full time colleagues and the company succeeds in this endeavor by showing the interns the PepsiCo Way from Day 1. Interns at PepsiCo have made impacts to further our pep+ agenda and improve sustainability throughout the globe with their innovative ideas. VR and AR projects to help with interactive, outside the box onboarding and training have also been a product of intern innovations.