RippleMatch Product Pulse Newsletter: July Edition
Jul 31, 2024
Welcome to the RippleMatch Product Pulse, your monthly hub to learn about the products & features we’ve released to help you make the most of our platform.
Highlights this month include:
Highlights this month include:
- Interview Scheduling: Easily coordinate interviews within RippleMatch.
- Candidate Activity Feed: Get visibility into each candidate's journey in your hiring process.
- AI Chat Filter: Quickly find the best candidates for you with natural language prompts.
- Updates to our Communities product: New Themes and Templates that help you save time and own your brand identity.
Learn more about these features and other recent releases below!
3 Impactful Ways University Recruitment Teams Can Prepare For The 2024 Fall Season
Jul 19, 2024
The landscape of recruitment is always changing – are you ready for the latest challenges fall recruitment has for you? To help you prepare, we’ve identified 4 key areas to focus on to ensure you have a smooth and successful season, informed by recent data collected from hundreds of recruiters, thousands of Gen Z candidates, and thousands of data points pulled from user behavior on the RippleMatch platform.
For a more in-depth analysis at each of these areas, you can download our full Fall Readiness Guide here!
All Articles
How to Host High-Impact Virtual Events
After more than a year of hosting events almost exclusively online, we’ve all learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn’t. However, what kept students engaged at the beginning of the pandemic may not be enough now that so many are suffering from Zoom fatigue and struggling to balance overprogramming. Whether you’re looking to improve your virtual recruitment events or are hoping to wow your summer interns, it’s important to reevaluate and refresh your virtual event strategy.
The Top Women’s Colleges to Find Entry-Level Candidates
Today, women make up nearly 60% of undergraduate enrollment in colleges across the United States — a major increase since the 1960s when just 41% of higher education students were female. While most colleges today are coeducational, there are just over 30 women-only colleges remaining in the United States and Canada (down from 230 schools in 1960), according to the Women's College Coalition. These schools offer their students a unique cultural and academic experience. Women’s colleges enroll hundreds of thousands of college students yearly, with accepted students from all backgrounds.
The Top Tribal Colleges and Universities to Recruit From
American Indians and Alaska Natives are vastly underrepresented in certain job fields. Less than 1% percent of people employed in STEM are American Indians or Alaska Natives. Plus, less than 10% of medical schools today have four or more American Indian and Alaska Native students enrolled.
Summer 2021 Internships: Virtual, Hybrid, or In-Person?
When the coronavirus pandemic upended daily life in 2020, the way we work changed almost overnight. Many employees began working from home, originally expecting to return to the office within a few weeks. As it became clear that remote work would continue indefinitely, companies were forced to make decisions about their summer internships. According to NACE, the National Association of Colleges and Employers, more than 1 in 5 companies cancelled their internships entirely in 2020. Of those who held summer internships, 70% conducted them virtually or in an otherwise adapted setting. We found very similar results in a recent survey of campus recruiters.
Tips for Hosting Virtual Internship Programs in 2021
In 2020, many companies were forced to host their internships virtually, with little time to plan. The ability of university teams to adapt in-person programs in as little as a few months or even weeks was impressive, but many lessons were learned from the hastily-formed programs.
How to Leverage Diverse Partnerships to Connect With Top Black Talent
Now, more than ever, companies understand the importance of building diverse teams. However, Black workers remain underrepresented in the fastest growing markets and industries. Almost half of Black private-sector employees work in low-salary industries like retail, food service, or healthcare, which have the highest share of workers making under $30,000. Conversely, Black workers are underrepresented in high-growth and high-paying industries like financial services, information technology, and professional services. Even in industries with high representation, like retail, Black employees are rarely represented at the executive level.
How (and Why) You Should Make ‘Job Security’ Part of Your Recruitment Marketing
This year’s graduates face challenges they never could have imagined when they entered college. The unexpected emergence of COVID-19 led to decreased employment rates, changes to work environments (largely a shift to remote work), and new hiring practices. Now, with the end of the school year just around the corner, juniors and seniors continue to face an uncertain academic and professional future.
6 Ideas To Build Community During A Remote Internship
Internships are about so much more than work. They’re also an invaluable opportunity for potential future candidates to get a feel for company culture, colleagues and build a sense of community with their fellow interns. But shifting to a remote internship can make building those same relationships more difficult. In fact, in a RippleMatch survey of over 1,000 college juniors and seniors from 235 schools, only 44% of students rated community-building with peers as a positive experience during their remote internship.
6 Things We Know About How Generation Z Communicates in the Workplace in the Era of COVID-19
Tech-savvy, independent, and impact-focused are a few of the descriptors that come to mind when thinking about Gen Z. But changes brought about by COVID-19 means there are many new things for managers and campus recruiters to learn about this generation. One major facet is understanding how Gen Z communicates in the workplace -- especially a remote one.
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