Does any of this sound familiar? 

• Feeling inadequate in a situation despite your experiences, accomplishments qualifications or feedback that clearly suggest otherwise

• Discounting your experience or underselling yourself 

• Believing you're a fraud and living in fear that your perceived inadequacy will be discovered by others

Well you’re certainly not alone! This experience, commonly known as imposter syndrome, is reported across 70% of adults.

I myself have experienced this feeling in my corporate and personal lives for many years. And then I got tired of trying to constantly fool everyone else into believing I belonged while not really believing it myself. I decided to make a change in my thinking so that I could release the imposter within and start showing up in a way that honored my experience and contributions. I want to help you do the same.

In this 2-part interactive workshop we will discuss the experience of feeling like an imposter, the thoughts we have around those experiences and how to rewrite those stories so we can spend less time worrying about convincing others we belong and more time adding the value that our presence brings. 

Join us on the main stage to kick off URx22!

Talking with our HBCU partners brings so much insight! So join Deitrick and Lavonya as they continue the conversation around HBCU's, partnerships, and their perspective on early career talent. 

Talent comes in all shapes and forms, but as companies expand their early talent programs, how can companies leverage candidates that follow non-traditional paths? Join our Apprenticeships discussion to learn how our panelists have sourced, hired, and leveraged these programs to bring talent into their organizations.

Before you arrive on campus, there are so many aspects that need thoughtful consideration. This is where our incredible program managers activate. Whether you are building a program from the ground up or leveling up your existing program, our panelists bring a variety of experience to share - from tips on setting up resources, obtaining buy-in, and designing a mentorship program to ensure long term success. Join our panel to talk all things program.

So much goes into preparing and executing a hiring strategy. From headcount planning, to benchmarking strategies, to converting those amazing interns so what are all the pieces you need to consider? Hear this panel's experience and expertise on how they approached creating their hiring strategy.

Are you thinking about growing your internship program? For many early career talent leaders, scaling internships is a key initiative and area of focus. As your organization grows and demand for talent accelerates, early career programs are essential to building a healthy talent pipeline. But not every program should and is ready to scale.Join Symba for a panel discussion to learn:

• Why you should scale your program
• When you should (and should not) scale your program
• How to scale your program effectively

Are you going hybrid with this summer’s program? Are your intern events virtual? Will you be hosting any events on campus? What swag do you order? These are the questions we are all asking. So join our panel as they share their best tips on how to not only navigate the ever changing program landscape, but level up your program.

You’ve laid the foundation, you're committed to ambitious goals, now what? Join this panel for conversions that are focused on diversity, equity and belonging as our panelists reflect on what events have proved to deliver the best ROI? Hear about best partners within your organization as well as those externally.and learn about how best to leverage tools & platforms and what metrics to track.  

As defined by its creator, Kobe Bryant, the Mamba Mentality “is the belief that hard work outweighs talent — every time". It's a mindset. A constant quest to be better today than you were yesterday. Your personal brand is a vivid indication of the best you have to offer – the performance, contributions, and value others can – and should - expect from you. The brand you communicate marks your reputation and is in some respects, your personal pledge. ‘The Mamba Mentality: Building your Professional Brand’ is aimed at helping you to assess and hone your professional brand, regardless of where you are in your career journey. Whether you are currently in the process of looking for a job, jumping into a new profession or starting a new business, your professional brand is forever critical to your immediate and long-term success as it reveals 1. Who you are 2. What your brand stands for and 3. What your brand will deliver.  Most importantly, you should understand how your brand evolves and grows as you evolve and grow, becoming better each day. You will walk away from this session feeling equipped and inspired on how to best present your brand and subsequently, boost your professional reputation and advance your career.

The growing global skills gap and evolving early talent landscape means employers need to innovate. After conducting multiple studies across 10,000+ students around the world, running in-depth interviews with educators across the US, and working closely with some of the world's largest employers - we have a toolkit for future-proofing your early talent recruiting strategy. That toolkit centers on preskilling. Hear from Tom Brunskill, CEO at Forage, and Nana-Gyasi Kessie, law clerk at White & Case, about preskilling, how it impacts employers and students, and how talent teams can incorporate it into their strategies.

Early career recruiting centers around investment and as the search for talent becomes even more competitive, how can companies identify potential in first-year and second-year candidates? Would the purpose of the internship program change? What do you look for on a resume in the absence of academic and professional experience? How do you assess ROI when there could be a  long return on that investment? We are excited to see Early ID programs popping up more and more and are excited to dedicate a session exclusively on designing and identifying that talent early. 

Thinking about joining the amazing community of early career recruiters & program managers? How could you not?  With a diversity of skill sets needed to execute a successful recruiting program, let’s talk about the transferable skills you can bring over. Hear from those that have successfully made the transition and excelled in their respective roles since.

Meet us back on the mainstage for our afternoon Keynote and wrap up. 

As recruiters we plan, strategize, and ideate on what will catch students attention, but why not hear directly from them. Our students bring so much insight and we are thrilled to have Dr Austin leading the conversation and answering your questions.

Let's wrap up an amazing day 1!

Join us on for a networking happy hour with conference attendees and members of our recruiting community. You'll have the chance to meet other leading talent professionals while enjoying an open bar and provided hors d'oeuvres. Please note that you must provide proof of vaccination to enter the venue in compliance with all local regulations. Location and will be shared upon receipt fo your RSVP! 

Join us on for a networking happy hour with conference attendees and members of our recruiting community. You'll have the chance to meet other leading talent professionals while enjoying an open bar and provided hors d'oeuvres. Please note that you must provide proof of vaccination to enter the venue in compliance with all local regulations. Location and will be shared upon receipt fo your RSVP! 

Join us on for a networking happy hour with conference attendees and members of our recruiting community. You'll have the chance to meet other leading talent professionals while enjoying an open bar and provided hors d'oeuvres. Please note that you must provide proof of vaccination to enter the venue in compliance with all local regulations. Location and will be shared upon receipt fo your RSVP! 

Does any of this sound familiar? 

• Feeling inadequate in a situation despite your experiences, accomplishments qualifications or feedback that clearly suggest otherwise

• Discounting your experience or underselling yourself 

• Believing you're a fraud and living in fear that your perceived inadequacy will be discovered by others

Well you’re certainly not alone! This experience, commonly known as imposter syndrome, is reported across 70% of adults.

I myself have experienced this feeling in my corporate and personal lives for many years. And then I got tired of trying to constantly fool everyone else into believing I belonged while not really believing it myself. I decided to make a change in my thinking so that I could release the imposter within and start showing up in a way that honored my experience and contributions. I want to help you do the same.

In this 2-part interactive workshop we will discuss the experience of feeling like an imposter, the thoughts we have around those experiences and how to rewrite those stories so we can spend less time worrying about convincing others we belong and more time adding the value that our presence brings. 

Let's kick off day 2!

What does the future hold for internship programs? As life continues to adjust to post-pandemic norms, UR and early career talent leaders are facing uncertainty - do internship programs stay remote, go hybrid, or return in-person? How can you prepare your programs for the unexpected? And with the competition for talent so high, what are the best practices to attract and retain Gen Z and future early in career talent?

In this keynote session, Ahva Sadeghi, CEO and co-founder of title sponsor Symba, sits down with panelists to discuss how to:  

• Build an efficient, scalable, and repeatable program

• Track data and demonstrate clear ROI to ensure leadership buy-in and resources

• Cultivate inclusive experiences that have interns and all hiring managers excited and committed no matter the program format.

Before you arrive on campus, there are so many aspects that need thoughtful consideration. This is where our incredible program managers activate. Whether you are building a program from the ground up or leveling up your existing program, our panelists bring a variety of experience to share - from tips on setting up resources, obtaining buy-in, and designing a mentorship program to ensure long term success. Join our panel to talk all things program.

So much goes into preparing and executing a hiring strategy. From headcount planning, to benchmarking strategies, to converting those amazing interns so what are all the pieces you need to consider? Hear this panel's experience and expertise on how they approached creating their hiring strategy.

2022 is the year of the renege. A red hot job market means that candidates aren't just hard to win over — they're hard to keep even after they've signed the offer letter. This rise in reneges is happening in record levels among Gen Z candidates and their internships and full-time offers, throwing a wrench in carefully curated workforce planning. But what's behind the uptick in rescinded offers, and what can recruiters do to prevent — and deal with the fallout of — reneges? In this session, RippleMatch will share new data on why candidates accept and rescind offers, and will talk with UR leaders Rebecca Roa (Yext), Becky Gavin (Bose), and Julie Montrose (Chainalysis) on how they're grappling with and combating the emergence of reneged offers.

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You’ve laid the foundation, you're committed to ambitious goals, now what? Join this panel for conversions that are focused on diversity, equity and belonging as our panelists reflect on what events have proved to deliver the best ROI? Hear about best partners within your organization as well as those externally.and learn about how best to leverage tools & platforms and what metrics to track.  

Behind every early-career technical hire you make is an ecosystem that brought the candidate to your company: from the school or program that taught them the skills they need, to the recruiter that saw a potential fit, to the hiring manager that envisioned them on the team. 

With distinct but overlapping roles, how can this cross-functional network share knowledge and work together to better identify, engage, and hire the best talent? 

In this panel discussion, we will bring together perspectives from a Dean of a College of Engineering, recruiter, and engineering manager to share insights on how the broader hiring team can improve their process. 

You’ll learn:

• How top students are preparing for the job market and approaching their search

• What the common threads are between great students and great hires

• Strategies to strengthen relations with university and hiring manager counterparts

The gap between the needs of industry and the priorities of higher education institutions is well documented and yet the problem seems to be getting worse, not better. Industry- particularly technology companies- are aggressively competing for a finite pool of talent (particularly technical skill sets from underrepresented backgrounds) and both academia and nonprofits are figuring out their important roles in addressing how to recruit, teach, mentor, and develop a larger population of underserved communities that are well prepared for early-career roles at top-notch companies.  Join for a great panel discussion to dig into the challenges and opportunities of companies, higher education, and nonprofits working together to grow the pool of diverse talent.

Discussion around expansion of Apprenticeship, Associateship and Fellowship programs to increase representation, provide opportunities for career transition-ers (i.e. coding bootcamps, non-traditional backgrounds), and amplitude internal mobility. 

How we built and sold our internship and new-in-career programs to executive leadership, getting buy-in to hire 25 interns in our first year and 50 interns and 100+ new-in-career roles in year 2, and how executive engagement helped our interns leave the summer excited and thrilled with their time at Sprinklr.

So much goes into preparing and executing a hiring strategy. From headcount planning, to benchmarking strategies, to converting those amazing interns so what are all the pieces you need to consider? Hear this panel's experience and expertise on how they approached creating their hiring strategy.

Before you arrive on campus, there are so many aspects that need thoughtful consideration. This is where our incredible program managers activate. Whether you are building a program from the ground up or leveling up your existing program, our panelists bring a variety of experience to share - from tips on setting up resources, obtaining buy-in, and designing a mentorship program to ensure long term success. Join our panel to talk all things program.

The pathway to move up or gain different experiences within UR is clear but what about those of us interested in leveraging our skill sets in other arenas? Emerging Talent & University Recruiting requires a diverse skill set - from deep technical knowledge, to recruiting experience, to program management, and even people management.  Armed with this diverse slate of knowledge, where have former recruiters, program managers, and leads taken their career? Hear interesting stories from engineers, program managers, directors who all started where you are today. If you are looking to transition to a new career or if this sparks your curiosity, check out our panel on transitioning out of UR.

Meet us back on the mainstage for our afternoon Keynote and wrap up. 

It has been an amazing 2 days packed with so many great insights and tangible resources to take back to your teams. Let's come together 1 more time to wrap up.