
About Verizon
Verizon powers and empowers how its millions of customers live, work and play, delivering on their demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity and security. The V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, V Teamers come together— lifting up communities and building trust in how they show up, everywhere and always. That’s life in the V Team Life.
INDUSTRY
Telecommunications
RECRUITMENT TEAM SIZE
Mid-size Team
Recognized for Excellence
Verizon received a Campus Forward Award for Excellence in Early Career Recruitment Strategy.
This award recognizes this team’s university recruiting program for exemplifying excellence in early talent strategy—from building strong campus partnerships to creating data-driven, scalable approaches for attracting and converting top student talent. Verizon set the benchmark for what best-in-class university recruitment looks like today.
Excellence in Early Career Recruitment Strategy
The university recruiting team at Verizon drives early career engagement through their innovative "V Teamers for a Day" immersion event. Hosted across key offices in Basking Ridge, NJ ; Irving, Texas; Alpharetta, GA and Lake Mary, FL this initiative offers a high-touch experience that connects students directly to target roles while showcasing the V Team culture. By integrating community service projects alongside data-driven burnout prevention workshops, the team highlights Verizon’s commitment to social impact and employee well-being.The results reflect a standout candidate experience: the event earned a 97% satisfaction rate among 117 student attendees, with 81% applying for roles afterward. Furthermore, 100% of the 43 administrators recommended Verizon as a top-tier employer, proving that this immersive, purpose-driven approach successfully builds a robust and inspired talent pipeline.
Congratulations to the team at Verizon for being selected as one of the winners of RippleMatch’s 2026 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, and technology. The programs recognized in the Campus Forward Awards represent the best of the best, selected from applications submitted by campus recruiting teams across industries.
See all Award Winners and their standout programs below.
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