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The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
Wells Fargo 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.
Innovative Use of Technology
Leveraging technology as a core element of their early career recruiting strategy allows Wells Fargo to attract, recruit, and hire exceptional talent across the country irrespective of school affiliation. It gives them an efficient way to facilitate meaningful connections with students who align to company’s values and strategic objectives, and will bring their innovative thinking and diverse perspectives into Wells Fargo. Whether it’s using a tool such as Beamery to build future talent pipelines, pushing out targeted campaigns to students via Handshake when their profiles match ideal skillsets for one of our programs, or utilizing ModernHire for first-round, non-technical interviews so candidates can complete on their own when their busy schedules permit, technology is critical to driving a dynamic, inclusive, and engaging end-to-end candidate experience.
Overarching Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Wells Fargo is committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining exceptional early career talent that will grow into the next generation of leaders. Through strategic investments with HBCUs, HSIs, diversity focused organizations (both nationally and regionally), and other key partnerships, Wells Fargo aims to empower the minds of talent from all backgrounds and hire early career cohorts that are reflective of the communities served. Wells Fargo also anchors their efforts in helping prepare students to show up as their best selves throughout the recruiting process whether at Wells Fargo or elsewhere. Furthermore, Wells Fargo supports early career talent beyond the recruiting process through robust program offerings that include tailored learning & development, mentoring, networking, wellbeing resources, connectivity to Employee Resource Networks (ERNs), and dedicated program managers.
Impactful Internship Program
The Wells Fargo internship prides itself on eliminating silos and giving interns a holistic, well-rounded look across the firm. While they offer 25+ different programs, Wells Fargo focuses on a comprehensive experience that begins with a best-in-class induction week for all interns. Wells Fargo carefully crafts a summer that extends outside traditional internship events and incorporates tailored learning curriculums, networking opportunities, career planning discussions, senior leader engagements (including a CEO fireside chat), volunteer activities, and more. However, at the center of it all are the meaningful, strategic projects interns are given as well as the dedicated intern managers. End-of-internship survey results show strongly that interns felt their work made an impact and managers positively supported their growth – two contributing factors for a strong intern conversion rate over 70%.