Recruiting Intern

CRST The Transportation Solution • Cedar Rapids, IA

13h • Onsite

About The Position

CRST is seeking energetic, focused, and driven students for their summer internship program as a Recruiting Intern on the Human Resources team. This role is part of the Early Talent Program within the Corporate Recruiting team, supporting all facets of the business including operations across all business units and enterprise support functions. The intern will gain hands-on experience in recruiting processes, candidate attraction strategies, recruiting analytics, employment branding, and workforce planning, while developing professional and business skills. The Recruiting Intern contributes to team objectives while supporting both driver and corporate recruiting efforts and preparing for future career opportunities.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in human resources, business, communications, psychology, marketing, organizational leadership, or a related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to engage professionally with candidates, employees, and stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments while maintaining attention to detail.
• Ability to learn new systems, recruiting processes, and business concepts quickly.
• Applicants must be enrolled in undergraduate courses at least the fall semester following the summer internship.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in recruiting, candidate sourcing, employment branding, HR, sales, customer acquisition, or related fields.
• Experience working directly with customers, candidates, employees, students, or other stakeholders.
• Experience using Microsoft Office, applicant tracking systems, CRM platforms, social media, or recruiting tools.
• Experience supporting projects, events, research, or organizational initiatives.
• Participation in student organizations, athletics, volunteer groups, or leadership activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with day-to-day recruiting activities, candidate tracking, scheduling, and recruiting operations.
• Support candidate communications, interview coordination, hiring events, and recruiting outreach efforts.
• Assist with identifying and researching potential candidates through recruiting platforms, databases, networking resources, and lead-generation activities.
• Support recruiting reports, hiring metrics, dashboards, and recruiting data analysis.
• Assist with job postings, recruiting marketing efforts, career fairs, hiring events, referral programs, and employment brand initiatives.
• Support candidate workflow, application review, documentation, background screening coordination, and hiring processes.
• Support recruiting initiatives through research, coordination, documentation, and implementation activities.
• Assist with identifying opportunities to improve recruiting processes, candidate experience, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with recruiting team members, HR partners, operational leaders, and business stakeholders to support hiring objectives.
• Participate in learning opportunities, mentorship activities, and business meetings to build recruiting and business knowledge.
• Learn recruiting systems, hiring processes, sourcing strategies, and business operations while supporting assigned work.
• Learn from Senior Leaders and present project and experience at the end of the summer.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance while performing other duties as assigned to support team and business needs.

Benefits

• Interns who successfully complete the Early Talent Program are considered for full-time positions within CRST upon graduation with additional benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed