HR Operations Intern

About Smith Search Group:

Smith Search Group is a locally owned staffing agency with one branch and 32 internal staff. Bullpen seating, plenty of noise, and a whiteboard of open orders.

The internship:

Remote HR internship for MBA HR, BBA or psychology students. You will handle real HR operations work, mostly in Google Workspace and our HRMS. Remote position. Most of the team is in Bakersfield, but nobody is required to come in. Hours are flexible, with one short team call each morning. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

Responsibilities:

• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.
• 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.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off.

Who can apply:

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work.
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots.
• Ability to keep employee information confidential.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $18.50 - $22.50/hr

What we offer:

• Company laptop.
• Paid company holidays.
• Home office setup stipend.
• Flexible hours.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Smith Search Group, LLC.