On-campus interviews is what we find most successful. We love investing time to meet with HBS students on campus in order to understand why they came to HBS, what makes them get out of bed every morning and what will get them excited post-HBS. [...]

A must-have element in our recruiting plan at HBS each year is personal engagement of senior leaders – both HBS alums and even non-HBS alums. Bringing leaders to campus to interact with students or hosting students at our office demonstrates our commitment to hiring fresh talent and also connects students on an intimate level to very senior leaders for informal career path talks and other discussions. [...]

engaging with students and/or alumni at HBS? We have leveraged events, resume databases, HBS alumni and club partnerships and more to engage with HBS students. Understanding that recruiting is not a one-and-done proposition, our strategy in 2015 was to increase touch points with students beyond just the company presentation and engage with students meaningfully at every step of the way so that GSG would stay top-of-mind. [...]

We’ve prioritized building personal, face-to-face relationships with HBS students through on-campus recruitment presentations and interview sessions. We also identify students who may be social impact or education-oriented through student organizations and the HBS resume database, and reach out to them virtually. Given the mission-driven work we do, it’s important to EP that we learn more about each interested student’s passion for transforming education in addition to their resume -- so we create as many individual touchpoints as we can to get to know each individual. We also leverage HBS alumni who are also EP alumni to build these connections. [...]

Our most successful recruitment tools have been on-site visits to Bloom Energy’s corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in CA, partnering with clubs, and posting a job in Career Hub. [...]