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The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
Selective Insurance was selected as a 2023 Campus Forward Award Winner for their unwavering commitment to seeking out and hiring early career talent, their emphasis on diversity & inclusion, and investments in nurturing and retaining the next generation of talent. Please see below for the highlights of their approach to early career recruitment.
Demonstrated Investment in Early Career Hiring
Selective offers incredibly unique and robust summer internship programs across the organization for current college students with diverse backgrounds and majors. Selective interns are provided the unique opportunity to learn and contribute to their assigned department, network with professionals across the organization, participate in business-related action-learning projects, volunteer in the community, learn about the various opportunities in the insurance industry, and build relationships with their mentors and others in their internship class. Several of its interns come back after graduation and begin a career with Selective in its Trainee Program.
Innovative and Multi-Faceted Approach to University Recruitment
Selective is committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, and different points of view and experiences – and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support its continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of Selective’s core strategic imperatives, and the company expects and encourages all employees and all of its business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions. When it comes to early career positions, Selective incorporates DE&I into everything that it does, which includes its on-campus strategy, interview panels, ERG's, and so much more.
Overarching Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
By embracing a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Selective seeks to: increase diversity at all levels in the organization through recruitment, hiring, retention, development and promotion practices that help Selective better reflect its customers and communities and serve their needs more effectively; create an environment where employees can confidently bring their authentic selves to work, share their unique ideas, and contribute to Selective’s success; identify and address any conscious and unconscious workplace biases; actively seek out different perspectives, and listen to and value ideas from all levels of the organization. The company also seeks to continue to provide fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all employees, while identifying and eliminating barriers that prevent the full participation of any employee group; and challenge itself to engage in courageous conversations, listen to and understand unique and diverse perspectives, and be allies for fellow employees.
Impactful Internship Program
Selective Insurance offers an award-winning, robust internship program. In a total of 11 weeks, interns experience a variety of valuable activities and events that help them grow in their professional career. For instance, Selective interns experience a Leadership Round Table where they have the opportunity to network with leaders throughout the organization, and sit in on a meet and greet with at least two of our Executives within the organization. Interns also participate in group projects, a volunteer day, lunch and learn sessions, and so much more.
Growth and Development of the Next Generation of Talent
Selective offers development opportunities to all employees throughout the organization. The company has dedicated Talent Partners who assist with development plans as well as career-mapping for all employees. A major part of Selective’s DE&I philosophy involves Employee Resource Groups, which also offer mentorship opportunities and development for anyone within the organization, at any stage in their career. Additionally, Selective offers hands-on training, leadership development courses and classes, and so much more.