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Parker Dewey Partner Content (June 2025)

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Parker Dewey Partner Content (May 2025)

Real Data. Real Students. Smarter Hiring.

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Gen Z’s New Rules for Hiring: 2025 Student Sentiments on Campus Recruiting

Lessons from a Marketer Who Found Her Path (and Why You Should Expand Your Talent Pool)

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Why Micro-Internships Are the Secret to Your Next Great Hire

Micro-Intern Spotlight: Lexi Bretz

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Outcomes of a Student Ambassador Micro-Internship

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Parker Dewey Partner Content (April/May 2025)

Gigs for Good

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Gigs for Good: A No-Cost Way to Build Your Talent Pipeline (and Get Work Done)

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Parker Dewey Partner Content (March/April 2025)

The Real Internship Challenge: Too Many Applicants, Too Few Matches

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The Real Internship Challenge: Too Many Applicants, Too Few Matches

From Reactive to Strategic: How Companies Can Build a Scalable Early-Career Hiring Model

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Building a Scalable Early-Career Hiring Model

NACE Career Readiness Competencies: Micro-Internship Impact

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The Role of Micro-Internships in Enhancing NACE Career Readiness Competencies

Parker Dewey Content for Partners to Share

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Parker Dewey Partner Content (March 2025)

The Future of Hiring: How HCA North Florida Uses Micro-Internships to Build Its Workforce

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The Future of Hiring: How HCA North Florida Uses Micro-Internships to Build Its Workforce

Parker Dewey content to share with students and employers in February 2025

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Parker Dewey Partner Content (February 2025)

Rethinking Early-Career Hiring: Why More Applications Don’t Mean Better Candidates

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Rethinking Early-Career Hiring: Why More Applications Don’t Mean Better Candidates

The Real Hiring Problem Isn’t Recent Grads—It’s the Process

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The Real Hiring Problem Isn’t Recent Grads—It’s the Process

Keep Career Momentum: Winter Strategies for Success

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How Career Services Can Make the Most of Slower Winter Months

The State of Campus Recruiting Winter 2024

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Winter 2024: The State of Campus Recruiting

The Gift of Experience: Building Careers Through Paid Opportunities

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The Gift of Experience: Building Careers Through Paid Opportunities

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Why Year-Round Experiential Learning Projects are a Smart Move for Students and Companies

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Maximizing Student Engagement with Micro-Internships

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Parker Dewey Partner Content (December 2024)

Skills-Based Hiring: Why GPA Filters Are Making a Comeback—and What Employers Should Do Next

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Skills-Based Hiring: Why GPA Filters Are Making a Comeback—and What Employers Should Do Next

Harnessing Alumni Engagement for Career Success

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Harnessing Alumni Engagement for Career Success

How to Keep Your Talent Pipeline Warm Over the Winter

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How to Keep Your Talent Pipeline Warm Over the Winter

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Your 2025 Talent Engagement Calendar [DOWNLOAD]: Quarterly Ideas for Micro-Internships

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Parker Dewey Partner Content (November 2024)

“With opportunities like this, I’m going to make sure that I not only have the degree when I graduate, but that I also have the experience.” - Trey Newton, Class of 2027

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An Accessible Starting Point with IBM

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Why Early-Career Candidates Are Ghosting You and What You Can Do About It

When the real interview happens by accident...Oops!

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When Recruiters Slip Up and Reveal What They Really Think

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Building Skills with IBM

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Parker Dewey Partner Content (October 2024)

When Job Offers Vanish Before Your Eyes

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The Bait and Switch Nightmare

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Introducing Parker Dewey+

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Introducing Parker Dewey+ for Employers

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Introducing Parker Dewey+ for Education Partners

Learn how to help your employers transform their Career Fair outcomes with the power of Micro-Internships

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Career Services: How to Drive More Employer Engagement at your Career Fairs with Micro-Internships

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Why Your Internship Program Is Failing Interns

How FAMU Helped Students Earn Over $100k AND Employers Recruit

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Revolutionizing Early-Career Hiring with Micro-Internships

The Truth About Your Stupid Interview Questions

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Your Interview Questions Are Stupid

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The Madness of Internship Applications

Do your internship postings have the scam smell

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Students Think Your Internship is a Scam

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Key Takeaways from the 2024 NACE Conference

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When Cost Cuts Eclipse Bright Futures

Candidate turns up and is told interview is cancelled. Then informed the ‘cancellation’ was a test which she failed.

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The Dangers of Candidate Assessments

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Applying Agilities with Micro-Internships

“After applying to almost 150+ internships and not hearing back from any, i secured an unpaid internship through career fair. initially i was really happy that i’m gonna get some exposure and network, but now...”

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Exploited and Unheard: Why Campus Recruiters Need to Rethink Internships

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2024 Student Sentiments on Campus Recruiting

How to Successfully Recruit Generation Z

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A Guide to Gen Z Recruiting: Understanding Their Values and Aspirations

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Career exploration: What does it mean to work in HR?

“The Salesforce Experience Builder Micro-Internship program is a great internship-to-hire model. You can interview, but you don’t really know how you’ll work with a person until you actually work with them. With this, you get to try someone for 20 hours and make sure your working styles match.”

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Hire Smarter With Salesforce Experience Builder Micro-Internships

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How to Build Your Candidate Pipeline with Early Talent Identification

Rodney Katushabe: Starting from Scratch

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Starting from Scratch

2023 Campus Recruiting Trends

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2023 Campus Recruiting Trends

Mark Cuban's take on DEI

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Mark Cuban's Take on DEI

Early-Career Recruiting: What Organizations Need to Consider for 2024

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Early-Career Recruiting: What Organizations Need to Consider for 2024

Maximizing Year-End Excess Budget: Micro-Internship Programs for Immediate Impact

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Maximizing Year-End Excess Budget: Micro-Internship Programs for Immediate Impact

The State of Campus Recruiting featuring panelists Kelsey Williams and Eric Borsche

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Fall 2023: The State of Campus Recruiting

You can hire a Micro-Intern in just three easy steps!

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Hiring a Micro-Intern is as easy as 1-2-3!

Xylem Micro-Internship Program: Parker Dewey Case Study

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How Xylem expanded brand awareness and improved early-career inclusion

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How to Supercharge These 3 Campus Recruiting Activities

How making a skills-first approach the standard for who gets an interview can transform your organization

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The benefits of skills-based hiring

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How to Supercharge Your Resume Review Session with Micro-Internships

How to supercharge your info session with Micro-Internships

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How to Supercharge Your Info Session with Micro-Internships

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Find the Right Fit, Train for the Skills

How to supercharge your career fair with Micro-Internships

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How to Supercharge Your Career Fair with Micro-Internships

Micro-Intern Spotlight: Keion Adams, Class of 2023.

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Avoiding Additional Debt

Why Employers Are Missing First-Generation Talent - And How To Fix It

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Why Employers Are Missing First-Generation Talent - And How to Fix It

6 Campus Recruiting Challenges: How Micro-Internships Help

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6 Top Campus Recruiting Challenges—and How to Solve Them

Tips for Posting a Custom Micro-Internship

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Posting a Custom Micro-Internship Project

6 Campus Recruiting Challenges: Recruiting with Limited Resources

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Recruiting with Limited Resources

Professional Communication Tips for Micro-Interns

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Professional Communication Tips for Micro-Interns

6 Campus Recruiting Challenges: Supporting Busy Hiring Managers

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Supporting Busy Hiring Managers

6 Campus Recruiting Challenges: Building Genuine Candidate Relationships

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Building Genuine Candidate Relationships

6 Campus Recruiting Challenges: Leveraging Effective Hiring Signals

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Leveraging Effective Hiring Signals

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Achieving DEI Goals

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How to Optimize Your Internship Program with Micro-Internships

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Overcoming Lack of Student Awareness

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The Business Case for Micro-Internships

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Two Key Takeaways from the 2023 NACE Conference

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5 Takeaways from College Students on Campus Recruiting

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Hiring the right talent and increasing employer brand awareness through experiential opportunities

Company Talent University

The Frederick A. DeLuca Micro-Internship Program

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Spring 2023: The State of Campus Recruiting

Career Launcher Spotlight: Abe Escobar, Class of 2023

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A Real-World Outlet for Classroom-Backed Skills

Micro-Intern Spotlight: Chinaemelum Okoye, Class of 2025,

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Keeping Options Open

Career Launcher Spotlight: Lydia Nunez De La Torre, Class of 2024

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Skill-Building that Works With Student Schedules

Micro-Intern Spotlight: Emily McClung, Class of 2026

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Making Meaningful Alumni Connections

Career Launcher Spotlight: Sai Chandu Matti, Class of 2022

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Building a Network in the United States

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2022: Micro-Internships by the Numbers

Micro-Internships vs. Job Shadows: How job shadows fall short as a recruiting strategy and fail to engage students.

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Three reasons why job shadows fall short as a recruiting strategy

Career Launcher Spotlight: Cem Sagiroglu, Class of 2024

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Exposure to a New (Corporate) Culture

Career Launcher Spotlight: Ashley Rodriguez, Class of 2023

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A Micro-Internship for Masters-Level Skills

Liberal Arts in the Workplace: How to Hire for Skills Using Micro-Internships

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Why Employers Should Engage Liberal Arts Students

Learn how a talented entrepreneur launched her company with on-demand support from college students

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Launching a new business with support from college students

Micro-Internships vs. Apprenticeships

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Three reasons why apprenticeships fall short as a recruiting strategy

The State of Campus Recruiting: the intersection of diversity and skills-based hiring graphic with headshots and names of panelists on a blue background

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Winter 2022: The State of Campus Recruiting

Career Launcher Spotlight: Richard Mbanaso, Class of 2024

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Micro-Intern Success: Making the Most of an Academic Break

Career Launcher Spotlight: Michael Petronzio, Class of 2023

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Micro-Intern Success: Working Toward a Cure

Micro-Internships for Manufacturing: Overcoming candidate perceptions through hands-on experiences

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How manufacturers can create pathways to tomorrow's jobs today

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Micro-Internships for Nontraditional Students

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Parker Dewey's Month of Gratitude

Career Launcher Spotlight: Sophie Osborn, Class of 2024

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Micro-Intern Success: Kick-Starting a Career in Kansas

Career Launcher Spotlight: Melanie Garcia, Class of 2024

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Micro-Intern Success: Connecting a Liberal Arts Education to Career Opportunities

Confidence and Micro-Internships

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Confidence and Micro-Internships

The State of Campus Recruiting webinar graphic with images and job titles of panelists

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Fall 2022: The State of Campus Recruiting

Career Launcher Spotlight: Alex Mora, Class of 2022

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Micro-Intern Success: Turning an Interest into an Internship

Career Launcher Spotlight: Claire Telfer, Class of 2022

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Micro-Intern Success: Skills-Based Applying

Creating Opportunity for Historically Excluded Populations

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Creating Opportunity for Historically Excluded Populations

Incorporating Micro-Internships into your early-career recruiting process will is highly effective.

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Three reasons why job simulations fall short as a recruiting strategy

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Company Voice: How One Hiring Manager Auditioned Full-Time Candidates With Micro-Internships

Career Launcher Spotlight: Jessica Tardy, Class of 2022

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Micro-Intern Success: Finding a Fit

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Getting Earlier Access to Early-Career Talent

Career Launcher Spotlight: Mishwa Bhavsar, Class of 2023

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Micro-Intern Success: Changing the World, One Project at a Time

Career Launcher Spotlight: Christina Barlas

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Micro-Intern Success: Finding Opportunity While Working Full-Time

How Micro-Internships Support Women in the Workforce

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How Micro-Internships Support Women in the Workforce

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Micro-Intern Success: Exposure, Exploration, and Experience

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Supporting Equitable Access for Meaningful Change

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Company Voice: How Micro-Interns Supported This Busy HubSpot Team

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NACE 2022: Lessons From the Small Business Candidate Experience

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Developing Early Marketing Talent with HubSpot

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Developing Early-Career Talent for Highly Competitive Digital Marketing Roles with HubSpot

Career Launcher Spotlight: Olabanji Sonuga, Class of 2022

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Micro-Intern Success: Pursuing New Career Goals

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Reflections on the NACE 2022 Conference

How Micro-Internships Support Neurodiverse Talent

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How Micro-Internships Support Neurodiverse Talent

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Student Success: Lessons in Leadership

Career Launcher Spotlight: Raeven Veal, Class of 2021

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Micro-Intern Success: Determining a Post-Graduation Path

How to create an internship program in 7 steps

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How to Create an Internship Program in 7 Steps

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Student Success: A Life-Changing Study Break

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Student Success: Disability, Accessibility, and Micro-Internships

Career Launcher Spotlight: Darren Brar, Class of 2022

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Student Success: Expanding Horizons with HubSpot

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Webinar Recap: Real Experiences, Real Relationships

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Training the U.S. Workforce Driven by Global Talent with Open Avenues Foundation

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What the Class of 2023 is looking for from Employers

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Student Success: A New Way to Network

How to Maintain your Network

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How to Maintain Your Network

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Launching My Career Through Micro-Internships

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Student Success: Portfolio Building

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Company Voice: Revolutionizing Traditional Recruiting with Alison Keefe

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Micro-Intern Success: Micro-Internship to Full-Time Offer

Student & Company Voices: Impacts of Kansas's state-wide Micro-Internship Program

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Student & Company Voices: Impacts of Kansas' State-Wide Micro-Internship Program

Parker Dewey Presents The State of Campus Recruiting Quarterly Event - Winter 2022

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The State of Campus Recruiting - Winter 2022

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Micro-Internship Destination Survey 2021

One answer to The Great Resignation: The Great Candidate Experience

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The Great Candidate Experience

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Parker Dewey's year in review

Company voice: How a former CTO used Micro-Internships to launch a successful product

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Company voice: How a former CTO used Micro-Internships to launch a successful product

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Student success: Micro-Internships for career exploration

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What happens after the career fair?

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Micro-Internship Myths, Part Two: The Career Launcher Perspective

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Micro-Internship Myths, Part One: The Hiring Manager Perspective

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Unpaid Internships in Disguise

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Reflections on Unpaid Experiential Recruiting

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Four Quick Professional Development Opportunities for College Students

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A Pulse Check on the Career Fair

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Company Voice: Finding Early-Career Talent as the Steel Industry Continues to Rise

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How 93% of college students want to engage with employers

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Missing out on untapped talent? Here's how to fix it.

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What's happening in the job market right now?

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You Asked, They Answered: Reaching Out to Recruiters

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The Myths of Micro-Internships

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Anxious about fall recruiting?

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Leveraging Mentorship as a Recruiting Tool

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Here's Why No Role Needs to be Hard-to-Fill

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Webinar Recap: Hard-to-Fill Roles

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Why Early-Career Recruiting Matters in the Talent Shortage

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How Micro-Internship Programs Create Equitable Access

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Company Voice: Attracting Talent to the Banking Industry

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On Engaging Top Talent This Fall

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Why Recent Graduates Should Consider a Micro-Internship

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Summer 2021: The State of Campus Recruiting

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Why It's Time to Ditch "Static and Monolithic" Hiring Assessments

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On Competing for Top Talent While Keeping Your Existing Team

How Micro-Internships Bridge the Core Skills Gap

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How Micro-Internships Bridge the Core Skills Gap

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Student Success: Lily's Kansas Micro-Internships

A Hands-On Approach to Building Core Skills

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A Hands-On Approach to Building Core Skills

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Why Remote Experiential Recruiting Belongs in Your Tool Box

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Reinventing University Recruiting: (Kinda) Post COVID-19

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Perspectives from the Parker Dewey Community

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Translating Your Leadership Experience to Employers

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Student Success: Micro-Intern to Full-Time

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You Asked, They Answered: How you spent your pandemic

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Where Virtual Recruiting Fits In

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PA Bankers Micro-Internship Program

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2020 Micro-Internship Destination Survey

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Here's Why Micro-Internships are Always Paid

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On Harnessing the Power of Remote Work

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How to Build an Inclusive Recruiting Process with Skills-Based Hiring

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What Students and Recent Grads Want From Recruiting Experiences

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Student Success: How Kenzie's Micro-Internship Shaped Her Career Plans

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Are you burning hours on tasks that aren't the best use of your time?

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Webinar Recap: The Gig Economy's Impact on Campus Recruiting

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Student Success: Persistence Pays Off

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Coming Up This Week

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Starting Your Micro-Internship Off On the Right Foot

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Let's Talk Apprenticeships

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Parker Dewey Nonprofit Partnerships: FAQs and Strategies for Success

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A Rude Awakening: Transitioning from College to the Working World

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Spring 2021: Recruiting Student-Athletes

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How Will You Close the Equity Gap?

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You Asked, They Answered: How to answer the dreaded "why should we hire you" question