What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recruiting Intern position at Leland?
Leland’s mission is to unlock human potential by making the world’s expertise more accessible. Our platform connects ambitious people with coaching, content, and courses that can can help them achieve their career and educational goals. Since our founding in 2021, we’ve helped tens of thousands of people reach their most ambitious goals, raised $19M from world-class investors, and built the industry leader in educational, career, and AI coaching.
We're hiring a Recruiting Intern to support our Head of People during a period of active growth. You'll spend the majority of your time building and managing talent pools across a range of roles while also owning the intern recruiting process at Leland from end to end. You'll interact directly with members of our leadership team and get an honest look at what it takes to hire well at a growth-stage startup.
This is a great fit for someone who is organized, articulate, and genuinely interested in building high-performing teams. You will report directly to Dalton Brough, Head of People.
What You'll Do
We're hiring a Recruiting Intern to support our Head of People during a period of active growth. You'll spend the majority of your time building and managing talent pools across a range of roles while also owning the intern recruiting process at Leland from end to end. You'll interact directly with members of our leadership team and get an honest look at what it takes to hire well at a growth-stage startup.
This is a great fit for someone who is organized, articulate, and genuinely interested in building high-performing teams. You will report directly to Dalton Brough, Head of People.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain talent pools to support active searches across the business
- Own the intern recruiting process end-to-end -- sourcing, screening, and managing the candidate experience
- Serve as a talent scout for your university, building a network of ambitious students and connecting the best ones to opportunities at Leland
- Represent Leland on campus and build relationships that feed our early-career pipeline
- Learn and work in our recruiting and HR systems, including Ashby, Gusto, and Slack
- Use AI tools (Claude, n8n) to automate repeatable tasks and improve workflows
- Support office management, event planning, and employee engagement initiatives
- Assist with People Operations projects as needs arise
- Experience in recruiting, sales or other customer-facing position preferred, ideally in a startup environment
- Currently pursuing a business degree (or related field), with an expected graduation date of 2027 or 2028
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Natural communicator with skills in sales, persuasion, and executive presence; you'll interact with hiring managers and candidates daily
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities
- Capable of utilizing AI to automate repeatable work
- Clear, professional communication, both written and verbal
- Available to work in-person in Lehi, UT for 40 hours/week during summer and 20 hours/week during fall/spring semesters
- The chance to join a world-class team helping people achieve their career and educational dreams
- Work in a collaborative, high-energy environment where your contributions have a direct impact
- Operate in a fast-paced, AI-native environment
- We don't hire people who merely want to work for a great company; we hire people who want to make a great company