-: My name is Ben Knapp, I work at Quad/Graphics,
headquartered in Sussex, Wisconsin.
I am a Corporate Trainee.
We have a rotational program where you rotate around
and learn different parts of the business.
So, right now, I actually work in our
Corporate Communications Department,
so, how do we efficiently communicate within our company,
as well as outside of the company.
And, on top of that, I have a role where I
am the Recruiting Coordinator for
our Corporate Training Program.
So, I'm able to travel and recruit for the position
and kind of talk with candidates about what
career opportunities are, here, at Quad/Graphics.
For recruiting, its actually interesting,
because we hire all year round.
So, within our Corporate Training program,
we're trying to bring a diverse group of talent
into the company on an ongoing basis.
So, we have groups start all throughout the year.
So, for May graduates, we have start groups
of Corporate Trainees start in
June, July and August, as well as, November.
And, then, for December graduates,
we start trainees in January and March.
So, we're trying to bring an incoming stream of talent
that really is going to touch all aspects of the company.
So, the project starts in September,
when we open up our job posting and it goes through
the entire academic year until the year end.
So, we'll start hiring for our December graduates,
as well as May graduates, right away
and, it'll go through about April or May.
Right now, I usually go to, at least,
one career fair per week, so a lot of them will be
in Wisconsin, so it might just be 30 minutes away.
Minnesota, you know, is a five hour drive.
So, most weeks I will go to, at least, one career fair
recruiting event to kind of spread word about the program
and talk with potential candidates.
On top of that, for the recruiting side of my role,
we have a lot of strategy thinking
about how many trainees do we need to bring in,
what sort of backgrounds, what sort of skill sets
are going to be required to help us
function as a company within the next
one to three years and help us innovate.
So, kind of thinking about the strategy
and working with my team, I report to the
manager of the program, as well as the VP of Talent.
So, we have some discussions about how
we can efficiently recruit the diverse
group of talent that's gonna help us succeed.
Within that, I also host candidates, I do phone screens,
I interview candidates whether it be
on the phone or an on-campus interview.
I take candidates out to dinner,
and if they make it to the final interview,
and I host them for the final interview
and kind of give them a full picture of what we have
to offer as a company, as well as, a program.