Campus Forward Award Winner:
TechStyleOS
About TechStyleOS
COMPANY SIZE:
Privately Held Large Enterprise (1000+ employees)
INDUSTRY:
Retail
The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
The Highlights of TechStyleOS' Approach to Early Career Hiring
Building an Innovative and Multi-Faceted Approach to University Recruiting
The biggest challenge for the University Recruiting and Internship Program team at TechStyleOS is access to similar budget sizes that larger competitors have for these programs. The team gets creative with their strategies, by seeking out free or low-cost career fairs and portfolio review days with local universities, as well as staying closely keyed in to registration dates of events to get the best deal and meet as many students as they can each recruiting season. They also utilize their employee network who may be alumni of local or national universities in which they can speak to groups of students through classes and therefore create organic student ambassadors at those schools.
Crafting a Standout Candidate Experience
The University Recruiting and Internship Program team at TechStyleOS is passionate about connecting with students and ensuring a world-class candidate experience. They focus on creating diverse, inclusive, and equitable programs that empower students. The team continues to innovate each year, especially through uncertain periods of time where programs and student outreach shifted to a virtual capacity. Though the team is very new and still growing, they have received outstanding feedback from former interns and have recently begun using LinkedIn Groups as a way to reconnect and stay in touch with the engaged students they met with at virtual career fairs.
Moving the Needle on Diversity & Inclusion
At TechStyleOS, the University Recruiting and Internship Program team works closely with the Diversity & Inclusion team to ensure diverse and equitable hiring for internship and entry-level roles. They are dedicated to D&I via four commitments: increasing recruitment of underrepresented groups, conducting company-wide D&I training (most recently on unconscious bias), weaving multiculturalism into their corporate DNA through Employee Resource Groups, and engaging and mentoring young adults from historically underprivileged local communities.
Investing in Impactful Internship Programs
Internships at TechStyleOS are anything but conventional – interns have the unique opportunity to be immersed into the various functional areas across the organization. They work on significant business projects as well as their own unique capstone project during their assignment. They participate in professional skill-building workshops led by internal subject matter experts, enjoy coffee chats and lunch & learns with executive leaders, and connect with their fellow interns through engaging social events. They report to a mentor and have regular touch bases with them to discuss project feedback, areas for growth and development, and more!
Supporting the Growth and Development of Entry-Level Talent
TechStyleOS believes in building programs that engage, excite, and develop entry-level employees in their life and career. New hires begin their journey with a comprehensive onboarding program built to accelerate performance and engagement called "Fashion Week." Additionally, they recently launched Mentoring@TechStyle which connects those who want to mentor with employees seeking a mentor. They regularly host employee learning and development workshops, as well as use a quarterly review program to provide employees with the tools to help cultivate their growth on a regular basis, with the support of their manager.
Congratulations to the team at TechStyleOS 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 Small Early Career Programs below
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