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Summer HR Intern

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Chicago, IL
24-24
Internship
Chicago, IL
24-24
Internship
The internship provides insight into human resources functions, involving tasks like processing HR transactions, maintaining paperwork, and assisting teams across various HR areas.
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Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is the world’s foremost advisor on executive leadership, driving superior client performance through premier human capital leadership advisory services. For more than 70 years, we’ve delivered value for our clients by leveraging unrivaled expertise to help organizations discover and enable outstanding leaders and teams. Learn more at www.heidrick.com

Job Description:

Who we Are

Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior-level talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. In our role as trusted leadership advisors, we partner with our clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations, bringing together our services and offerings in executive search, diversity and inclusion, leadership assessment and development, organization and team acceleration, culture shaping and on-demand, independent talent solutions. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the profession of executive search more than 70 years ago. Today, the firm provides integrated talent and human capital solutions to help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.®

Additional information on the firm can be found at www.heidrick.com.

The Role

Our internship program gives you true insight into a career in human resources, while helping you develop highly sought-after skills that will help you jump start your career. You will be exposed to all the facets of a human resources function in a global corporate department. The position is located downtown Chicago in our corporate headquarters in the Willis Tower.

Responsibilities

  • Process simple transactions in our HR Information System Workday working closely with the HR Coordinators.
  • Maintain new hire paperwork, tracking open items and follow-up as needed.
  • Maintain electronic personnel files and assist teams with file clean-up.
  • Assist benefits team in reviewing and processing related invoices.
  • Assist talent acquisition team with scheduling candidate interviews.
  • Partner with Learning and Development team to revamp dashboard and monitor metrics.
  • Work closely with Talent Management team during the Mid-Year review process and provide support building PowerPoint decks.
  • Various other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

  • Must be a student seeking an undergraduate education.
  • Strong communication skills; listening, speaking and writing.
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills.
  • Ability to multi-task and manage multiple priorities.
  • Team-oriented, adding value to a collegial, collaborative environment.
  • Proactive and self-motivated; possesses a strong sense of urgency.
  • Strong aptitude in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Seeking undergraduate education in Human Resources.
  • Ability to learn our HRIS (Workday).

Pay Range Guidelines for this Position:

The hourly range for this position is 24.00 USD to 24.00 USD. Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience and skills.


Heidrick & Struggles is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or citizenship status.

Heidrick & Struggles is committed to providing reasonable accommodations and/or adjustments during our recruitment process. If you are selected for an interview and require an accommodation and/or adjustment, please inform your Talent Acquisition professional.

Top Skills

Excel
PowerPoint
Word
Workday
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Heidrick & Struggles Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

233. South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, United States, 60606

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