2024 HR - People Analytics Internship
As an intern with People Analytics, you will synthesize enterprise employee data, primary research, and secondary research to become the subject matter expert on the employee journey, pivot-points along that journey, and measuring key KPIs at those pivot-points to ensure Ford continues to deliver an excellent employee experience. To this end, you will be instrumental in ensuring Ford’s employee systems and processes result in strong job satisfaction and strong job performance, and importantly, that our talent pool meets the diverse needs the mobility industry will require in the future. Come join the “people” people!
What you’ll be able to do:
- Collaborate across the company to understand the business and people strategies, identify opportunities for data-driven insights, deliver impactful storytelling through insights, and influence key decision making
- Become the subject matter expert on the employee journey, pivot-points along that journey, and measuring key KPIs at those pivot-points to ensure Ford continues to deliver an excellent employee experience resulting in strong job satisfaction and strong job performance
- Manage end-to-end analytic, research studies solving workforce problems that impact business outcomes by synthesizing enterprise employee data, primary research, and secondary research to determine whether Ford should be doing something differently from a talent perspective to better align with Ford’s strategic priorities
- Combine internal and external data with Ford business context to strategically define, test, visualize, and institutionalize key performance indicators
- Draw insights from these KPIs to influence the strategic direction of the business
- Integrate insights into existing and developing talent processes & systems
The minimum requirements we seek:
- Active Master’s/PhD student in a field emphasizing industrial/organizational psychology, organizational development, business analytics, economics, workforce planning, consumer insights, statistics, and/or other people science related fields.
- A graduation date of December 2024 or later
- 2+ years experience using data preparation/manipulation/analysis/visualization tools such as R, Python, SQL, Tableau, Visier, QlikView, PowerBI, SPSS, SAS, etc.
- 2+ years of experience conducting research by formulating data collection instruments, manipulating and analyzing data, generating insights, and sharing results with various types of audiences.
- Grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
Our preferred requirements:
- 2+ years of experience using metrics, data, and/or analytics to inform business decisions
- Experience with Qualtrics and Alteryx
- Direct experience with the ethical use of employee data
- Natural curiosity to solve complex problems in creative ways
- Knowledge of best practices and research supporting excellent forecasting and measurement
- Familiarity with designing and deploying reports, scorecards, and dynamic dashboards
- Ability to communicate complex ideas/findings clearly and concisely
- Knowledge of/experience with machine learning and natural language processing
- Interest in trends, innovation, and emerging areas of people science
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
By choice, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.
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