HR Generalist Intern

About Sierra General Store

Private label products make up about a third of sales. Our e-commerce site and app account for a growing share of sales. We started in 1953 and have grown to about 320 people.

About the role

The People Team is small and growing. You will help onboard new joiners, update policies, run surveys and keep records clean. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our New York City team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern.

Responsibilities

• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets.
• Send pulse surveys through Google Forms or Typeform and analyse the responses.
• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls.
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.
• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.

Requirements

• Women starting or restarting their careers are encouraged to apply.
• Can start immediately or within two weeks.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2026 or 2027 batch)
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Pursuing an MBA or PGDM in HR, or a BBA, BCom, BA Psychology or similar, graduating in 2026 or 2027.
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts.
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots.
• Ability to keep employee information confidential.

What you'll learn

• How onboarding, attendance and payroll inputs connect to each other.
• Using an HRMS and building HR reports in Excel.
• Exposure to employee engagement in a fully remote company.
• You will draft at least one policy that goes to the leadership team.

Duration: 2 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $300 - $320 per month

Perks

• Informal dress code.
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers.
• Letter of recommendation.

Duration: 2 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Sierra General Store.