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Intern at The Right Place
As Greater Grand Rapids' leading economic development organization, we specialize in assisting thousands of West Michigan companies. We have three key strategic pillars - People, Place, and Prosperity - where we focus on talent & diversity, community development, business development, and more.
Internship positions are typically available on our Talent/Hello West Michigan, Business Development, Marketing & Communications, Manufacturing Services, and Business Intelligence teams.
Open Positions:
Talent & Diversity Intern
This summer intern will play an active role in The Right Place’s talent and diversity department. They will be responsible for assisting the team with research of colleges/universities, businesses, and community organizations as it relates to talent and diversity.
This internship’s primary project will be to develop a comprehensive matrix of sourcing, recruiting, and retention practices within the region, as well as benchmarking across West Michigan colleges/universities employment and workforce best practices. Additionally, this internship will develop a regional first-destination report of college/universities graduates.
This internship is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on professional experience working on a variety of research initiatives to understand talent and diversity in West Michigan and impact The Right Place’s overall talent and diversity strategy.
Interning at The Right Place
Elise Rapeyko, our Marketing & Communications Intern for Summer and Fall of 2023, shares her experience of what it was like to intern at The Right Place.
Meet our Intern
Mia LaMontagne
Marketing & Communications InternMia is an Advertising & Public Relations student at Grand Valley State University and is graduating in Spring 2025. As the Marketing and Communications intern at The Right Place, Mia assists the marketing team with social media, web content management, email marketing, and public relations.
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