14 Companies Hiring Early Career and Returnship Candidates
Read on to hear directly from the companies we selected about the programs and support they offer:
HashiCorp
HashiCorp's Early Career Program kicked off when our first class of interns joined us in Summer 2021.
The program seeks a diverse pool of interns from a wide variety of educational institutions and includes professional and personal growth opportunities to help them grow into future, full-time employees.
We offer a formalized university hiring program to bring on interns during the summer every year. At this time, we focus on incoming Seniors (current Juniors) in hopes of converting them to full-time employees the following year.
Learn more about Hashicorp.
ScienceLogic
ScienceLogic offers a variety of paid internship opportunities across all departments. Our intern program includes formal in-person and remote learning opportunities, career development, along with a final project.
But it doesn’t end there! Our summer Intern Program serves as a pipeline for our annual College Hire Program which aims to:
- Create a strong network of college hires
- Introduce what our company does and how we talk about it
- Provide an overview of our product and what problems it solves for our customers
- Reflect on our core values
- Introduce the different departments and discuss how they all cross-collaborate
- Learn about our individual strengths and how they apply to our work style
Stryker
Stryker is proud to offer a variety of early career opportunities, including internships, sales-trainee programs, apprenticeship programs, rotational programs, and internal mentorship programs to help develop employees as they begin their new journey.
Our internships are geared toward current college/university students looking to gain hands-on experience in the workplace.
As an intern at Stryker, you won’t be delegated to coffee duty, our interns are given projects designed to challenge their knowledge, build their network, and help set the foundation to build careers on.
We are excited to offer many post-graduation programs focused on specific career fields including, finance, sales and marketing, engineering, leadership, and more. These programs typically last 12 months to 4 years. Programs are comprised of different elements based on the functional area but often include official training, rotating through different areas of our business, job shadowing, and formal projects, these elements provide our participants the opportunity to build valuable global networks and experiences to grow their careers.
In addition to dedicated early career programs, we offer a number of formal mentorship opportunities sponsored by our Employee Resource Groups (ERGS) including Stryker’s Emerging Professionals (SEP). SEP is committed to engaging, supporting, and inspiring the next generation of professionals through networking, community impact, and individual development.
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Art Processors
Art Processors is committed to creating a workplace that not only supports emerging talent but flexes with a person's changing stages of life, empowering everyone on our team to be the best version of themselves at home and at work.
We partner with CareerTrackers, a program that supports Indigenous students to accelerate their professional development via paid, multi-year internships to help them achieve full-time employment on completion of their university degree.
We're a certified Family Friendly Workplace. In addition to offering flexible working options, we offer parents returning from parental leave the option to work part-time at full pay for the first four weeks and a stipend to pay for items like breast pumps and office equipment.
Our employee assistance provider, The Mind Room, is available to everyone on our team, providing therapy, coaching and workshops to support all types of life transitions.
Learn more about Art Processors here.
Atlassian
At Atlassian, we foster a culture where everyone has the opportunity to do meaningful work and be recognized for their efforts—whether you’re just starting your career or returning to work after a break.
We’ve partnered with Girlscript, which provides an immersive internship to students, Ananya, which mentors and grants scholarships for young women in India pursuing STEM education, and Grace Hopper, which hosts and sponsors events to connect women with opportunities that can catalyze their careers.
In addition to these strategic partnerships, we also have work practices that create a supportive and inclusive environment. One of our Engineering Manager, Deeksha Sood, said after using our 26 weeks of parental leave, “I was a little skeptical about transiting back, but Atlassian’s strong process of documentation made it easy for me to read up about the work developments in my absence.”
Learn more about Atlassian.
ASM
It’s a new year and ASM is focusing on early career opportunities for post- and undergraduates, interns, and we’re even piloting a rotational engineering leadership program. Have you considered a career in the semiconductor industry? Hear about Nathan’s experience starting as an intern and how he successfully transitioned to a full-time role as a Process Engineer at ASM. Learn more about early career ASM opportunities by visiting our brand page or by visiting asm.com/en/careers. #ASMCareers #Earlycareers
Learn more about ASM.
PagerDuty
PagerDuty offers an internship program, Career Accelerator Program (CAP), and a rotational program, Leadership Development Program (LDP), that gives early talent development and leadership opportunities.
As part of LDP, new graduates complete a 27-month road map consisting of three, nine-month-long rotations across various functions.
Although CAP currently focuses on Engineering and Product and LDP operates within the People Team, the goal of both these programs is to expand into additional areas of the business. As a company, CAP and LDP help us to identify top talent early and provide a direct pathway to full-time employment with PagerDuty.
Duck Creek Technologies
Early career opportunities with Duck Creek include our paid summer internship program and full-time roles that support individual growth and career development. Our internship program includes training, mentorship, executive exposure, and group projects. Duck Creek has five employee resource groups including our Black Resource Group, Women’s Resource Group, Volar, Veterans Resource Group, and Emerging Leaders Employee Resource Group.
Emerging Leaders is made up of individuals who encourage professional growth by learning from one another and by building bridges across different generations. For January’s National Mentorship Month, they will host opportunities to elevate the power of supportive and meaningful mentor relationships.
Learn more about Duck Creek Technologies.
Zapier
Built-in mechanisms for support and personal growth are pivotal for those early in their career or returning to the workforce. Our Personal Growth Plans help identify goals and proactively plan how to achieve them, and our #personal-growth-cohorts in Slack encourage Zapiens to prioritize their growth.
If folks need/want additional skills, our Conference & Education budget and Learning & Development resources enable them to develop and/or refine any skill they need. And for added support, all Zapiens can opt into internal coaching. Coaches act as sounding boards, share feedback on growth plans, and help folks settle into their work.
Learn more about Zapier.
Samsara
Starting your career at Samsara means you will drive impact by solving complex real-world problems for the organizations that power our economy. Whether you join as an intern or a new graduate, you will get hands-on experience working on projects that directly impact our products and processes. Our current programs include a summer internship program, a product management rotational program, an operations rotational program, as well as new graduate opportunities across a number of departments.
Click here to learn about our internship program and here to learn about all of our early career opportunities.
Learn more about Samsara.
Datadog
Datadog has a robust internship program and entry-level opportunities across our global departments. We provide new joiners with resources and tools to help grow their confidence, take pride in building new features, help customers solve interesting problems, and make a lasting impact on our business. All of our interns are given ample responsibility to enable their growth and impact and will gain an authentic experience that emulates that of a full-time Datadog employee. In 2023, we will continue to hire for both Business and Technical early-in-career opportunities.
For more, head to: https://careers.datadoghq.com/early-careers/.
Learn more about Datadog.
Dropbox
Dropbox offers internships, apprenticeships, and early-in-career full-time opportunities to help anyone find a space to grow and thrive. Supported by a community of mentors, program graduates, and fellow participants, our Emerging Talent programs are designed to build pathways for anyone to jumpstart their career in tech. This includes students, recent university/bootcamp graduates, career-track changers, or early-in-career talent.
Check out our open 2023 Internship roles here!
Learn more about Dropbox.
Workiva
Whether it’s an internship, first job, or new job after a break, Workiva’s resources set all employees up for success. Our values-based culture focused on collaboration ensures employees can bring their best self to work. Along with a new and improved onboarding program, tools like Slack and a robust intranet foster easy communication with fellow employees across the company, whether you’re remote or in an office.
Our Business Employees Resource Groups are another great way to connect, and you’ll find lots of ways to grow and develop your skills with the help of self-paced learning libraries and live training sessions.
Learn more about Workiva.
Healthfirst
Healthfirst offers a suite of early career opportunities, including a summer internship, an IT early career development program, and Cyber Security Associate pathways. Our programs are committed to hiring diverse talent from local institutions and community organizations, who are representative of our member population. As a result of strong partnerships with colleges and community programs, many of our early career hires are first-generation college students from underrepresented communities.
These programs are designed to support the workforce needs of the organization and equip early talent with the critical skills and meaningful experiences they need to grow professionally.
Learn more about Healthfirst.
