A Message From Our Directors
Dear reader,
Welcome to another edition of the Hire Hopkins newsletter – where we share data-driven best practices around hiring college talent. We’re happy to serve as your concierge for hiring and engaging students from JHU’s 9 different schools and academic divisions. In this edition, we want to start giving you a sneak peek of what’s coming up this fall.
- Future Fest – our most comprehensive career fair this year yet with undergrad, grad, PhD and postdoc talent!
- The DEI Collective – the 3rd run of our most successful diversity internship recruiting program
Scroll down to see dates and sign up links so you can stay posted!
In the meantime, here’s what we want to share: in the past months, Emma and I have been presenting at national conferences about the work we’re doing at JHU and what we’ve uncovered. In our experience and in looking at the data, there are some things we’ve noticed about traditional hiring practices and how they’re creating bias. We’ve started a series on our blog – and you can read our first post here: Inclusive Pay is the Inclusive Way: 5 reasons you should post salaries.
Warmly,
Alia Poonawala
Executive Director @ Hire Hopkins
Emma O’Rourke Powell
Associate Director @ Hire Hopkins
We ran our internship hiring initiative, the DEI Collective, from fall through spring of last year, resulting in 125 summer internship offers extended.
But don’t just listen to us! What do the employers have to say?
86% of employers answered yes to “were you happy with the quality of DEI Collective applicants?”
Net Promoters Score: 69
- “The interns we hire are always of the top caliber and show great enthusiasm and interest in our work, so we are very appreciative of the partnership! The team at Hopkins over-communicates, which resonates with me beautifully, and makes it very clear what my responsibilities are as the partner with this program.”
- “Great and very efficient opportunity for us to see a lot of strong and diverse candidates. Very well organized, high quality of candidates”
- “The process was very organized. JHU staff are extremely friendly, responsive and deeply and genuinely care about DEI and you can feel that. The training was well put together, interactive and engaging. We have hired two students this summer from DEI and cannot wait for them to join us soon.“
Future Fest 2022
Sept 19 & 20, 10am-3pm EST
The Life Design Lab, PHutures, and the Professional Development and Career Office (PDCO) are proud to announce the third annual Future Fest career fair, Hopkins’ premiere virtual exhibition & recruitment extravaganza that fosters authentic connections between employers and the Hopkins community!
This recruitment opportunity is open to students from all nine JHU campuses, allowing you to meet a range of students from various backgrounds and education levels to meet your recruitment needs. Please go to our website to learn more about Future Fest including how to register.
CLE Connect
Wednesday, September 21, 6-8 pm EST
Save the date for this opportunity to network with undergraduate and graduate students in engineering, the humanities, and public health who have a passion for enterprise and leadership. We welcome professionals in the fields of finance, marketing, consulting, product management, engineering, healthcare, public relations, and more!
Email Emily Myrick, emyrick2@jhu.edu, for more information.
The DEI Collective 3.0
Our national award-winning diversity internship recruiting program is back for its third year in a row. Last summer, our hiring partners made 122 internship offers, with 70% of those qualifying as a DEI* hire.
Get matched with students from diverse backgrounds who are looking for internships at companies like yours, and recruit for your summer 2023 internship cycle.
We only accept ~50 companies/year, so to be the FIRST to hear about our program launch dates, enter your email here.
*Confirmed DEI hire = first generation, limited income, black, hispanic, or international student (students with disabilities and LGBTQIA status are also considered DEI in our definition, however, those attributes are not disclosed in profiles, so we are unable to track that segment of our offers and hires.)
Hop to the PHuture Resume Books & Interview Week
October 3 – 7
Are you interested in recruiting and connecting directly with graduate-level talent from Hopkins for open roles and internships? Join our Hop to the PHuture networking and hiring event (hosted by PHutures and the PDCO.)
This event serves all doctoral students and Postdoctoral Fellows. Through this unique & data-driven hiring opportunity, your team can access all doctoral students and Postdoctoral Fellows.
HopHacks is seeking employer partners and sponsors!
HopHacks is JHU’s premier hackathon, conceived to help students explore new ideas and create new applications! During the weekend of September 16th, connect with hundreds of creative, driven, and entrepreneurial students from all over the country on the Johns Hopkins campus. Sponsors will benefit from:
- special access to a talent pool actively looking for internships and new graduate opportunities
- increased brand awareness by distributing merchandise, offering unique and memorable hackathon prizes, and mentoring teams as they build their projects
There are several options for partnering with us. Please review the form below to learn more and connect with HopHacks.
Host an Event with a JHU School
Check out our new website!
Trying to gather data and insight into the JHU student population across the various schools, departments, and campuses? Look no further!
Here are three easy steps to connect:
- Log into Handshake – https://jhu.joinhandshake.com/
- Select Create an Event > On-campus: My company is hosting this event at a school
- Choose JHU as the host school and the name of the career center
