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The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
Qualcomm 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
Qualcomm has a 360 approach to ensure that students have diverse and equitable opportunities to explore Qualcomm. To create a convenient applicant experience, Qualcomm posts opportunities as Talent Pillars, so that students looking to explore a type of role would only have to apply once to have their application shared with hundreds of managers and vacancies. Qualcomm hosts and collaborates with diverse virtually-accessible to in-person initiatives, from panels, tech-talks, to campus fairs. Qualcomm bring the jobs virtually to the candidate by posting at many university and centralized job boards, to ensure communities of technical alignment and diverse backgrounds are aware of a future with Qualcomm for them. The strategic, inclusive, and accessible recruiting practices create a standout candidate experience for potential future Qualcommers.
Overarching Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Qualcomm recognizes the role they play in ensuring that candidates of diverse backgrounds feel welcomed, supported, and open to bring their authentic selves to Qualcomm. Qualcomm focuses on 3 key areas: 1. Hire, 2. Develop, 3. Retain. Their external givings approach holds Diversity, Belonging, and Inclusion at its core, supporting different venues (ex. student groups like NSBE to SHPE, to technically aligned scholarship opportunities for candidates of diverse backgrounds), different schools (from HBCUs to HSI’s, coast to coast), to diverse backgrounds of those historically-marginalized in the field. When here, Qualcomm strives to ensure that early talent feels welcome, inventive, and inspired, so that Qualcomm can foster a sense of belong and opportunities for professional growth amongst all future and current Qualcommers.
Impactful Internship Program
At Qualcomm, the internship program focuses on creating a positive and impactful learning and developmental experience, while ensuring that interns feel the satisfaction and community warmth of Qualcomm. As a global tech leader, Qualcomm interns gain real-world experiences and technical skills, while being support by the willing community of Qualcomm experts, team members, and fellow interns. This focus on community is also demonstrated in the 35+ in person and hybrid professional and social events for interns, averaging 130+ intern attendees for each event, with even more virtually. The intention put into this well-round internship ensures that interns leave Qualcomm with industry level technical skills, a better understanding of culture, and ultimately, a desire to return, demonstrated in Qualcomm's high retention rate.