Human Resources Intern

About the Role

The Shape Corp student internship program provides students with hands-on experience in a dynamic manufacturing and business environment. The HR Intern will work alongside Human Resources Generalists and other HR team members to support day-to-day employee and business needs while gaining exposure to a broad range of HR processes. This opportunity is designed to help an entry-level student apply classroom knowledge, develop practical HR skills, and learn how Human Resources supports employees, leaders, and organizational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist HR Generalists with day-to-day support for employees and leaders across assigned business areas or locations.
• Support employee onboarding and offboarding activities, including preparation of materials, completion tracking, orientation coordination, and related documentation.
• Assist with maintaining employee records, HR files, trackers, and system information in accordance with established procedures and confidentiality requirements.
• Help respond to routine employee questions and direct employees to the appropriate HR resource, policy, program, or team member.
• Support HR processes related to attendance, leave administration, employee status changes, job changes, transfers, promotions, and other employee lifecycle events.
• Assist with employee engagement, recognition, communication, training, and culture-building activities.
• Support preparation of HR reports, presentations, communications, process documentation, and manager or employee resources.
• Collect, organize, review, and summarize HR data to help identify trends and support business decisions.
• Assist with HR projects focused on process improvement, policy communication, workforce initiatives, compliance, or employee experience.
• Participate in meetings with HR and business partners to learn how employee matters, workforce needs, and organizational priorities are addressed.
• Support recruiting or internship-program activities as needed, including interview coordination, candidate communication, career events, and new-hire preparation.
• Handle employee and business information with professionalism, discretion, and appropriate confidentiality.
• Follow applicable company policies, record-retention practices, employment requirements, and HR procedures while performing assigned work.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Handle employee and business information with professionalism, discretion, and appropriate confidentiality.
• Follow applicable company policies, record-retention practices, employment requirements, and HR procedures while performing assigned work.