Talent Acquisition Intern

Job Description

About Aspire Bakeries:

Hungry for a career that’s as rewarding as it is delicious? At Aspire Bakeries, we don’t just bake breads, cookies, and cakes – we create foods that bring people together. From our acclaimed La Brea Bakery® artisan breads to the beloved Otis Spunkmeyer® cookies, our products are enjoyed by millions daily. We are an industry leader with 13 commercial bakeries across North America, driven by talented manufacturing and support teams who take immense pride in their work and our food.

We seek hard-working individuals who embody integrity, creativity, and a passion for excellence, whether on the bakery floor, in the office, or supporting our valued customers. In return, we offer a workplace culture built on care, ownership, and growth, where your contributions truly matter, and your career can rise as high as our bread loaves! Aspire Bakeries is committed to rising together with our people and our customers to be the best all-around bakery solution. If you’re ready to grow with us, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Internship: Talent Acquisition Intern

Are you looking for an internship that offers real, practical experience and meaningful growth? At Aspire Bakeries, we offer a hands-on, immersive experience where you’ll dive deep into how critical hiring decisions are made. This comprehensive journey spans from initial talent market research and requisition strategy to partnering directly with business leaders and continuously improving the overall candidate experience.

As our Talent Acquisition Intern, you won’t just observe recruiting—you’ll actively help shape how it works. You’ll gain valuable exposure to the full recruiting lifecycle and apply a robust research and user-experience lens to build essential tools, insights, and resources. These contributions will directly strengthen how we attract, evaluate, and ultimately hire top talent across our dynamic organization.

This is more than just an internship; it’s an unparalleled opportunity to build real skills, influence real outcomes, and profoundly understand how Talent Acquisition operates as a strategic function within a growing, industry-leading organization. We eagerly await the opportunity to meet you.

Accountabilities (What You’ll Be Doing):

• Support the Talent Acquisition team with crucial competitor and talent market research, including detailed role mapping and organizational structure analysis.
• Gain invaluable hands-on exposure to the full recruiting lifecycle, from initial intake and strategic sourcing to efficient interview coordination and critical offer decisions.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive SharePoint-based Talent Acquisition knowledge hub, serving as a centralized repository for recruiting resources, templates, and vital market insights.
• Partner directly with recruiters to deeply understand specific role requirements, identify current hiring challenges, and track emerging workforce trends.
• Prepare insightful summaries, clear dashboards, and engaging presentations that effectively translate research findings into actionable recruiting strategies and insights.
• Actively participate in essential recruiting meetings, valuable training sessions, and crucial cross-functional HR discussions, contributing your perspectives.

Potential Projects:

• Development of competitor organizational charts and detailed role mapping for priority positions.
• Design and systematic organization of a centralized TA SharePoint knowledge repository.
• Creation of comprehensive talent market research summaries categorized by role, function, or geographical location.
• Documentation of essential processes to support recruiting best practices and ensure consistent execution.

Minimum Qualifications (What You Bring To The Table):

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:
  • Human-Centered Design
  • UX Design
  • Information Science
  • Psychology
  • Business Analytics
  • Human Resources
  • Or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated strong research, organization, and communication skills.
• Comfort and proficiency working with data, documentation, and creating professional presentations.
• A solid GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Nice To Have (But Not Required):

• Prior experience with wireframing or process mapping.
• Familiarity with SharePoint for content organization and collaboration.
• Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for structured data analysis.
• Experience using survey tools such as Microsoft Forms.

Hourly Rate: $25.00

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to fair and unbiased assessment and explicitly state that we do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to screen, assess, or select applicants.