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D&I Champion Spotlight : William Chichester III, Peloton
Jun 28, 2024

William, the Global Head of Early Career Talent at Peloton, is incredibly passionate about diversity within early career recruitment. His commitment to D&I extends beyond university recruiting and into his own team, life, and extracurricular pursuits. A University of Virginia alumni, he was a first generation college student who began achieving big goals and setting the foundation for a successful career early on. William lived on The Lawn at UVA, an honor reserved for just 100 students from an undergrad population of over 13,000. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 100 Black Men of America, and an alumni spokesman of the Sallie Mae Fund’s Kids2College Program. 

Nearly 60% of Candidates Say A Company’s Mission And Values Sparked Their Interest In Interviewing For A Role
Jun 28, 2024

We know that professional development and company culture are extremely important to early-career candidates in their job search. But when it comes to interviewing with specific companies, a company’s mission and values plays the biggest role in sparking candidate interest.

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The Biggest Challenges For Students Searching for a Job During COVID-19
RippleMatch
It’s a stressful time to be a college student. Halfway through the spring semester, most colleges transitioned to remote instruction and canceled major events such as graduation ceremonies. College seniors also have the added stress of finding their first full-time job in the middle of a global pandemic. Last month, RippleMatch conducted a survey of 2,210 college students across 367 universities to learn more about the biggest challenges that college students are facing in their job search during COVID-19. For most students, the biggest job search challenges are not knowing which companies are hiring and not hearing back from employers after submitting an application.
14 Campus Recruiting Trends to Watch in 2023
RippleMatch
The early career recruitment landscape is always evolving, and if recruiters and employers want to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to attracting the best Gen Z talent, they need to keep up with the latest campus recruiting trends related to the newest crop of workers.
How to Plan for a Hybrid Campus Recruiting Season This Fall
RippleMatch
For years, campus recruiting looked essentially the same every fall. You’d fill out your schedule with a full slate of on-campus, in-person career fairs and recruitment events, relying heavily on specific schools to fill positions. But in 2020, everything changed. Companies were forced to recruit almost entirely virtually, learning how to navigate everything from events to interviews on Zoom. This year, with students returning to campus nationwide, in-person events are popping up on the schedule once again. But the campus recruitment landscape has been changed forever.
How Entry-Level Recruiters Can Reduce the Gender Gap in STEM
RippleMatch
Despite comprising about half of the U.S. workforce, women are vastly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. A report from the American Association of University Women found that women make up only 28% of the workforce in STEM fields, with an even wider gap in occupations related to computers and mathematics (25%), and engineering and architecture (17%). While some progress has been made over the past fifty years, there’s still a long way to go in achieving gender parity in STEM careers. Entry-level recruiters — and the companies they work for — play a pivotal role in recruiting women into STEM and providing opportunities for advancement and success throughout their careers.
The Top​ Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to Recruit Entry-Level Candidates
RippleMatch
To fill talent pipelines with high-caliber entry-level and early-career candidates from diverse backgrounds, many companies have focused on recruiting at HBCUs, Women’s Colleges, and HSIs. The latter of the three – Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) – are defined as non-profit institutions of higher learning with a full-time undergraduate population of at least 25% Hispanic. HSIs have been around since the 1980s. In 1992, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities prompted Congress to formally recognize campuses with high Hispanic enrollment as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and allocate federal appropriations.
How to Recruit Gen Z for Careers in the Supply Chain Industry
RippleMatch
The supply chain industry has been subject to unprecedented upheaval over the last few years, as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down factories and businesses across the globe, many of which are still struggling to return to their pre-pandemic pace. At the same time, the industry is expected to grow by nearly 10% over the next four years — and companies big and small will have to source top talent to both help them catch up, and keep up.
What Student Job-Seekers Value In Recruitment Events
RippleMatch
This upcoming recruitment season will be unlike any other. With many schools sticking with distance learning for the fall semester, employers will need to be more creative than ever in their campus recruiting, especially when it comes to events.
4 Challenges First-Generation College Students Face During Their Job Search
RippleMatch
For many college seniors and recent graduates, the job search is a time filled with stress and uncertainty. But for some students, there’s another added pressure: the lack of parental guidance to help navigate the working world after college.
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