People Operations Intern

Branch, recruiting center and onsite teams are backed by a central payroll and compliance group in Salem. Regional vice presidents oversee clusters of branches in Oregon and neighboring markets. Branch hours are 7:30 to 5, with one person on call for after-hours orders.

About the internship

Salem Staffing is hiring a People Operations Intern for May 2027. Part-time or full-time remote role supporting the people team at Salem Staffing. Handling confidential data is part of the job, so discretion matters. Remote, open to candidates across the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Your projects

• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.
• Prepare offer letters, appointment letters and experience letters from templates.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Send pulse surveys through Google Forms or Typeform and analyse the responses.
• Support the payroll team with input sheets and document checks.
• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls.
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving.
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off.

Who you are

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work.
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law.

Nice to have

• Interest in HR analytics.

What you'll learn

• You will draft at least one policy that goes to the leadership team.
• Using an HRMS and building HR reports in Excel.
• Day-to-day HR generalist work at a real company, not case studies.
• Exposure to employee engagement in a fully remote company.

Program dates: May 2027, 10 weeks.

Intern pay: $20.00-$20.50 per hour

Perks

• Return offer opportunities.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Paid sick time.

Salem Staffing provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

We read every application and reply within about a week.

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: May 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Salem Staffing, Inc..