Design4Excellence: Imagining Excellence in the Workplace

Have you ever imagined what it could be like to be in an inclusive environment? Have you ever thought of other’s excellence? Have you been curious about how to create a more inclusive space? Read on to get a few …

By Clifton E. Shambry Jr.
Clifton E. Shambry Jr. Associate Director of Life Design for Student Community and Belonging
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Job Descriptions 101: How to Capture the Eye of a Hopkins Applicant

With the rise of a new recruiting season, we wanted to look into what attracts someone to a job description/listing. More specifically, we wanted these answers to be from Hopkins students to truly get to the bottom of “What do …

By Hanju Lee
Hanju Lee
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Hire Hopkins | September 2022

A Message From Our Directors

Dear reader,

It’s a great time of year at Hopkins; the students have all returned, eager to dive in to nine months of learning. And in the midst of all this excitement, we’re in the …

By Chloe Donelan
Chloe Donelan
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Why [Not] Us? Top Reasons Our Students Accepted Or Rejected Internship Offers

With summer nearing its end, summer internships coming to a close, and a new internship recruiting season upon us, there’s a question we’re pondering: what makes a student accept or reject an internship offer?

When considering possible answers to this …

By Chloe Donelan
Chloe Donelan
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The Principle of Life Design

You may have heard us throw around the terminology “life design” a bunch. But apart from a fun-sounding practice, what does it entail? When Farouk Dey, our Vice Provost of Integrative Learning and Life Design arrived at JHU in 2018, …

By Hanju Lee
Hanju Lee
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The Benefits Women Look For

In 2020, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations published a comprehensive report in collaboration with the EU with specific recommended policies and practices for increasing gender equality at work.

There are five key themes, with recommended practices for …

By Alia Poonawala
Alia Poonawala Executive Director, Hire Hopkins
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Hire Hopkins | August 2022

A Message From Our Directors

Dear reader,

I can’t believe summer is ending (and from what you all are telling me, I think you feel similarly ;)) Our students are starting in 2 weeks and they are ready to hit the ground …

By Chloe Donelan
Chloe Donelan
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Bridging the Gap from Concepts to Products: Infinite Biomedical Technologies

Taj El-Khalili (Engineering Intern and InBaltimore Cohort 2022) 

My First Ever Internship as a College Student 

I wanted to intern at a place where I would be accepted and trusted to do important work.  But was this scene illusory …

By Hanju Lee
Hanju Lee
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Inclusive Pay is the Inclusive Way: 5 Reasons You Should Post Salaries

The Inclusive Workplace

By Alia Poonawala and Angel Odukoya

Over the past 3 years, we at Hire Hopkins have run several hiring initiatives and partnered with hundreds of companies to recruit thousands of candidates across job types, skill levels, and …

By Alia Poonawala
Alia Poonawala Executive Director, Hire Hopkins
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Hire Hopkins | July 2022

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 …

By Chloe Donelan
Chloe Donelan
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