Recognized for Excellence
Royal Caribbean Group received a Campus Forward Award for Excellence in Recruitment Strategies, Tech Innovation, DE&I, and Internship Programming.
This reflects Royal Caribbean Group's unwavering excellence and commitment to providing the best experience for the next generation of talent. Royal Caribbean Group invests in multi-faceted recruitment strategies, innovative technology, inclusive recruitment practices, and standout internship programs. See below for the highlights of their strategies in each one of these categories.
Excellence in Recruitment Strategies
Royal Caribbean launched Early ID Programs, called Excursion & Immersion Programs focused on attracting students early in their school journey. These programs include behind the scene ship tours, professional development workshops and opportunity to hear from executives and network with recent grads / alumni.
Excellence in Tech Innovation
Royal Caribbean has leveraged Handshake Premium to capture evaluations of thousands of students during career fairs. The Group also leverages Royal GPT (their internal gen AI tool) as well as CoPilot to reduce admin time spent on creating job descriptions and external messaging.
Excellence in DE&I
Royal Caribbean Group aims to have diverse candidates as part of any slate they share with managers. Additionally, the Group has formal partnerships with HBCU's & HSI' and investment into Handshake Premium to bolster efforts to source diverse talent. At larger universities that are local, Royal Caribbean aims to build strong relationships with Affinity groups.
Excellence in Internship Programming
Royal Caribbean Group offered a 3 day cruise to it's intern class to experience the product, grow their industry knowledge & build a community. Over 80% of the interns converted to full time, in many ways due to the impactful and exciting work as well as a experiencing a collaborative and innovation focused culture. Royal Caribbean interns participate in a community service day and get to hear from multiple executives throughout the program. From Finance to Interior Design, from Naval Architecture to Data Science, Royal has interns working across many departments!
