What are the responsibilities and job description for the HR Recruiting Intern position at Gregory Poole Equipment Company?
Company Description
Gregory Poole Equipment Company, established in 1951 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, specializes in sales, rentals, parts, and service for a diverse range of equipment, including construction, forestry, agriculture, lift systems, marine power, and more. Serving eastern North Carolina, as well as parts of South Carolina and Virginia, the company operates across 25 locations. With a decades-long history, Gregory Poole is a trusted Cat construction equipment dealer with a strong commitment to delivering quality and innovation in its industry.
Primary Function
The HR Intern will participate in foundational HR duties by performing day-to-day human resource activities. This role will include exposure to multiple HR domains with added emphasis on recruiting and talent acquisition support. Focus areas will depend on the intern’s education, experience, and interest.
Essential Duties
HR Functions
- Engage in professional training and development activities in support of organizational and departmental training initiatives
- Actively support recruiting and talent acquisition efforts, including candidate sourcing assistance, event preparation, outreach to high schools and technical schools, digital campaign support, background checks, and interview scheduling
- Coordinate new hire onboarding including preparing packets and collecting I-9 Internal documentation
- Assist in planning and executing company events to promote positive employee relations
- Maintain and update the internal HR intranet page to support HR communications
- Provide general administrative and operational support to the HR team as needed
- Provide administrative support for benefits-related tasks such as assisting with communication materials, tracking enrollment documentation, and responding to basic employee inquiries
- Assist with people data activities including data entry, data quality reviews, and generating basic HR reports
Continuous Improvement Projects
- Plan and execute small-scale HR projects related to compensation, diversity and inclusion, HR analytics, benefits, learning and development, and recruiting process improvements
Minimum Requirements
Education
Undergraduate student who is majoring in HR or related field with minimum 3.0 GPA.
Work Experience
- 1 year work experience, HR related experience preferred.
Physical
- Ability to periodically travel (sometimes overnight).
- Ability to lift various materials that could weigh up to 50 lbs., stoop, bend and stretch to assemble/disassemble marketing displays.
- Ability to sit for long periods using a PC and telephone.
Other
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong research skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Familiar with Microsoft SharePoint and capable of managing content preferred.
- Familiar with using Microsoft Publisher or similar application preferred.
- Highly organized, detail-focused, and customer service-oriented.
- Comfortable using social media platforms (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc.).
- Must be interested in Human Resources and/or Organizational Development as a discipline.
Gregory Poole Equipment Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.