daniel riskey - thinking ahead: engaging the future generations
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Confidential and Proprietary
Thinking Ahead: Engaging the Future GenerationsDaniel Riskey, Recruiter
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2015 Airline of the YearBy Air Transport World
Top 10 Marketing & Communication Internship
Program 2014One of the coolest Internships in America
One of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 22 Years
Employee’s Choice Awards Best Place to Work, 2016 and Top 25 Companies
for Culture and Values, 2016
Top Airline in Forbes List of Best Employers in 2015
Top 25 STEM Jobs Employer, 2015
Top 100 Military Friendly Employer, 2016
Top 100 Ideal Employer Among Students in 2015
A Top 50 EmployerIn Workplace Diversity, 2015
Company Recognition
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College• Direct College Hires• MBA Interns• College Interns
High School• Summer Camp • High School Interns
Additional Programs• Campus Resource Kit• School Donations and Hands-On Learning• Building Aviation Knowledge and Cradle to Grave Recruiting
Campus Reach Engage ∙ Inspire ∙ Launch
College, by the Numbers• 100+ College Interns are hired each semester. (Spring, Summer, and Fall.) • 160 Interns from 22 states were selected for the Summer 2016 internships
out of the over 20,000 resumes. • 8 MBA Interns were selected for Departments with headcount approved in
2017. • 73 Hires (including Analysts, Software Engineers, and Data Scientists) from
2014-2016 with a retention rate of 98.7%.
• Have Fun, Get Paid• Career Development
• Freedom To Travel• Work on Real Projects
College
High School, by the Numbers• 140 High School Students participated in the 2nd annual High School Summer
Camp at Southwest Headquarters in June 2016. • 10 High School Students were selected from 77 applicants who interviewed for our
1st High School Internship Program.
Goals:• Introduce students to the “world of work” at Southwest Airlines. • Encourage and inspire students towards opportunities/careers based on
their interests.
Summer Camp
Getting Even YoungerEmpowering Employees to Engage Students• Developing a Campus Resource Kit
– Education by age, games, presentations, and videos for public use.– FAQ and training for any employee to be a Brand Ambassador.
• School Donations and Hands-On Learning– Partnerships with schools to teach classes and provide unique learning activities.
• Building Aviation Knowledge and Cradle to Grave Recruiting
