DOD Skillbridge Intern

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS

For more info on the Department of Defense Skillbridge Program: https://skillbridge.osd.mil/

Military Recruitment Intern

We are offering our transitioning military an awesome opportunity to learn, prepare, and succeed in your military transition. We want you to join our ranks for up to 180-days prior to your “FINAL OUT” from the military.

Woman and veteran-owned, Red Kite Recruiting is a premier recruiting firm specializing in the nationwide placement of talent in food manufacturing. We are part of the Sanford Rose Associates Network, the 9th Largest Retained Search Firm in the Americas.

If you are an organized, energetic self-starter seeking to make a big difference with a small company, we’d love to hear from you! This Military Recruitment Intern will commence their internship with a 8-week training program designed to prepare you to be a 360̊ recruiter coupled with On-The-Job Training (OJT).

The successful candidate will be assigned to a Team Mentor to assist with ongoing research for all active recruiting projects including making outbound sales development calls.

After completion of Red Kite Recruiting Academy, the duties of a Military Recruitment Intern are broken down as follows:

1. Research - 40% - You will utilize our ATS, LinkedIn, Zoominfo, and other resources to assist in sourcing qualified candidates and target companies. Continuous Database management (adding companies, updating candidate profiles, scrubbing data, etc.)
2. Sales Development - 25% - You will complete training to learn how to execute the duties of a Sales Development Representative. This role is vital to the ongoing development and sustainment of new business. You will learn new skills to successfully make business development calls, including how to overcome objections and seek critical information from each call.
3. Market Mastery - 25% - You will assist your Team Mentor in identifying new opportunities within the vertical you are assigned. This includes staying up-to-date on the industry is critical in assisting and sourcing potential business development leads.
4. Recruiting Training - 10% - You will attend an in-depth facilitated training program hosted by one of the most respected training companies in the industry, Next Level Exchange. This is the same training that our full-time employees complete. Following a schedule of daily videos, quizzes, collaborative questions, role-playing, and script development, NLE facilitates the training of our new hires and interns through daily live webinar sessions with the entirety of each class. These live webinars feature role-playing exercises and help the students in all areas of recruiting including goal setting, time management, and tracking metrics. The facilitated discussions ensure students are absorbing and implementing what they have watched and read. Once completed, graduates of the program possess all of the necessary tools to begin a successful recruiting career.

By the end of your internship, you will harness the skills needed to seamlessly step into a recruiter role and hit the ground running. We will offer an opportunity to interview and join our team and/or take your skills and gain meaningful employment elsewhere with a potential recommendation from the leadership of Red Kite Recruiting.

Qualifications and skills

1. 1+ years of administrative support experience
2. Project management and the ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously
3. A positive attitude and “people skills”
4. Tech Savvy: experience using Outlook, LinkedIn, Google Sheets/Docs, Teams, etc.
5. Malleable: your ability to adapt to our ever-changing needs will be critical to success.
6. This person should be highly organized with keen attention to detail

FOR INDIVIDUAL INTERNSHIPS (contact CSP office for forms):

1. Complete CSP Soldier Participation Memo.
2. Complete Individual Internship Agreement.
3. Complete DA Form 31, Request and Authority for Leave if attending a CSP more than 50-miles from home station (We are 100% Remote)
4. Complete any other application materials required by the provider.
5. For additional information, contact your Installation Career Skills Program Office, Transition Assistance Center or the CSP Region Coordinator using the POC map below.

Questions? We encourage anyone potentially interested in our Skillbridge Internship to reach out to our current Skillbridge interns and learn about their experience.

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS.