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Early career hiring wouldn't be the same without the hardworking talent professionals helping students land awesome opportunities. And we are so grateful for the early career recruiting teams who have decided to invest in the future of talent by partnering with RippleMatch. That’s why we designated November as Customer Appreciation Month.

It’s a challenge many organizations face: finding and hiring top tech talent. In a competitive job market where candidates have numerous options, it can be even more difficult to fill your highest-priority roles. If you’re struggling to find great technical talent at the early career level, it’s important that you re-evaluate your recruitment methods to determine if you’re missing opportunities to connect with great candidates.

Campus recruiting is hard. Whether you’re an individual recruiter on a large team, or a one-person department doing everything from sourcing to managing an entire internship program, every day brings new challenges. Add in a global pandemic and a sudden shift to virtual recruiting, and it’s clear that the talent professionals who’ve weathered the storm are nothing short of rockstars.

Happy Campus Recruiter Appreciation Week!

We’re thrilled to recognize hard-working early career talent acquisition professionals during Campus Recruiter Appreciation Week! Campus recruiters play an integral role in their organizations, finding top talent for internships and early-career positions. They also make a huge difference in students’ lives, helping them begin a new phase by getting them started in their careers.

Catching students’ attention, getting them interested in your company, and keeping them engaged are key concerns of many campus recruitment teams. These challenges have been exacerbated by the move to virtual recruitment over the last two years. With virtual recruitment continuing this fall, recruiters are struggling to get their brand out there and connect with students without being able to physically visit campuses.

Jobs in STEM have some of the highest projected growth rates. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicting a 10.8% growth in STEM employment from 2016 to 2026, compared to the overall average of 7.4%. With this expansion in available jobs there are many colleges putting an emphasis on their STEM programs to increase the amount of highly skilled talent entering the workforce. While private schools like MIT and Johns Hopkins might first come to mind for STEM talent, there are dozens of public universities that provide an excellent top-ranked STEM education. Public colleges offer a college experience to students usually at a lower cost, enabling a more diverse set of students to attend. Expand your university recruiting pipeline and check out these top public schools for STEM.

When recruiting for your software engineering roles and internships, you might generate your list of target schools from our list of the most gender-balanced computer science programs. But your talent acquisition strategy will also benefit from targeting these schools that graduate the highest quantity of female computer science majors each year.

Building your employer brand is a critical part of engaging candidates and attracting top talent to your organization. How do you craft your employer brand to appeal to today’s young job seekers? By speaking to what they value in the workplace.