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2023 has brought with it economic uncertainty, hybrid anxiety, and changing expectations of employers from those entering the world of work. This means that bringing interns together, helping them enter the workplace, and ensuring they flourish is not without its challenges.
Building workplace skills. Fostering inclusivity, diversity, equity, and belonging. Creating connection in virtual and hybrid. And, crucially, converting interns into future applicants at a time where competition for talent is fiercer than ever.
Is it possible to design an internship programme that meets the needs of your organisation and your future talent?
Three crucial elements of high-impact internship design: accelerating speed-to-value for early talent, designing immersive learning experiences, and embedding diversity and inclusion in your programme planning.
Tried-and-tested internship solutions that boost retention rates and help interns flourish, including soft skill development, self-led learning, and fostering wellbeing.
Supporting case studies from our internship programme partnerships with pioneering global brands, including lululemon.
An award-winning innovator, Khairunnisa has a unique take on organisational culture, innovation and human-centred design. Khairunnisa is The Smarty Train’s Chief Innovation Officer and works cross-sector.
An economist, author and founder of The Smarty Train, Saj is adept in finding resolutions for issues to do with recruitment, talent and development. His book, The Smarts (Penguin, 2019), was endorsed by Harvard’s Heidi Gardner and is a best-seller.
As the economy tightens, organisations are facing growing pressure to deliver measurable outcomes across all aspects of their talent strategies, and Early Careers programmes are no exception. However, a troubling gap is emerging between ambition and execution in this critical area.
Read moreNew research from ECO and The Smarty Train has identified a concerning trend: nearly one-third of Early Careers hires are leaving their organisations within three years of joining.
Read moreAs organisations grapple with meeting their commitments to reduce bias in Early Careers recruitment, Labour's manifesto and US affirmative action rulings could be about to usher in a new era of additional DE&I recruitment challenges.
Read moreBacked by never-before-released ECO data, the 2025 Early Careers Trends Report provides a forward-looking analysis of key trends and opportunities impacting Early Careers functions over the coming year.
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