College students

The Big Ten and the Pac-12 have postponed the fall college football season. What happens now? The impact of those decisions will be felt across the sports landscape, starting with the other Power 5 conferences.

College students have already been uprooted from their dorm rooms to their parents’ basements, forced to finish their semester online and faced with the dire prospect of graduating into the worst labor market since the Great Depression.
Now, many can add something else to the list of experiences they’ll miss out on this year: a traditional internship.

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is huge, especially for the jobs market. Where other companies are slowing or even halting their recruiting, we continue to hire new college grads for our mission critical positions.

Hormel Foods, a global branded food company (NYSE: HRL), has announced the launch of its virtual internship program to accommodate 60 college students from around the country.