HR Internships: A 2027 Guide
HR internships cover recruiting, people operations, compensation, and learning. See open summer 2027 roles and what students need before they apply.
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HR internships on Intern Insider already include summer 2027 seats in recruiting, people operations, compensation, and learning. When this guide was written, the human resources field page listed 1,413 open roles, and 158 of them were added this week.
That page is the wider set: internships open to human resources students, including roles that are not titled as HR jobs. The human resources roles page groups jobs by the work. It listed 755 open roles, and 137 were added this week. Counts below are as listed on Intern Insider when this guide was written. Postings change quickly, so the posting you apply through is the final word on its own terms.
HR internships open now#
The United States field page listed 1,258 open roles, with 138 added this week. The Canada field page listed 151, with 21 added this week. On the roles hub, the United States roles page listed 676, with 116 added this week, and the Canada roles page listed 73, with 20 added this week.
City pages on the roles hub, each a full count because none of these pages hit the display cap:
New York listed 31 open roles from 16 companies, with 9 added this week.
Atlanta listed 18 from 13 companies.
Boston listed 17 from 10 companies.
Houston listed 14 from 11 companies.
Chicago listed 13 from 12 companies.
Toronto listed 13 from 13 companies.
Montreal listed 9 from 6 companies.
Calgary listed 8 from 7 companies.
Summer 2027 is the large term. The summer 2027 field page listed 562 open roles, with 81 added this week. The summer 2027 roles page listed 348, with 59 added this week. Winter is the next block: 167 on the field page and 132 on the roles page. Spring and fall are much smaller. The field pages listed 13 spring 2027 roles from 8 companies and 11 fall 2027 roles from 9 companies. The roles pages listed 9 spring roles from 4 companies and 9 fall roles from 7 companies.
Short paths at /internships/fields/hr and /internships/roles/hr are not pages. Use the human-resources URLs above.
What the work covers#
The field page includes seats open to human resources students that are not HR jobs. The roles below are the ones whose own text describes people work.
Recruiting is the largest cluster. Frontier's recruiting intern in Denver is on-site from June 7 to August 27, 2027. General Atomics in San Diego is Summer 2027, requires U.S. citizenship, and prefers a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). Kroger in Cincinnati runs January 11 to April 23, 2027, and says all majors are welcome. Bombardier's talent acquisition intern in Dorval is hybrid for Winter 2027, 4 to 8 months, for business administration or human resources, and it asks for French and English.
People operations is records, cases, and the employee lifecycle. Lenovo is on-site in Morrisville for Winter 2027 and does not offer sponsorship. Zillow in Seattle is hybrid for Summer 2027, generally in the office Tuesday through Thursday, and does not offer visa sponsorship. Kimball Electronics is a remote, rolling seat on Workday, the human resources information system (HRIS), for students in human resources, information systems, business analytics, business administration, or computer information technology. It asks for a 3.0 GPA and does not offer visa sponsorship.
Analytics shows up inside HR teams rather than as a separate title family. Tradeweb in New York is on-site for Summer 2027 at $22 to $25 per hour. Relevant fields include human resources, business administration, data science, statistics, economics, and psychology. Bombardier's analytics intern in Dorval is hybrid, Winter 2027, 12 months, for students only, in human resources or industrial relations, and it asks for French and English.
Compensation and benefits is its own team at several employers. JM Family posts a compensation intern and a benefits intern, both hybrid in Deerfield Beach from May 24 to July 30, 2027. The benefits listing says sponsorship is not available. IKO is an 8-month total rewards co-op starting January 4, 2027, on-site in Toronto or Mississauga, at $22.50 to $25.50 per hour. Seaspan in North Vancouver is on-site from January 4 to August 27, 2027. The IESO student seat in Toronto is hybrid, pairs recruiting with benefits and pension, states $60,080 to $75,020 a year for a 35-hour week, and does not name a season.
Learning and development is the training cluster. Dow Jones posts a People (L&D) intern, a People (OD) intern, a People (ER/Compliance) intern, and a People (Workplace) intern. L&D is learning and development. OD is organizational development. ER is employee relations. The L&D listing is full-time and hybrid in New York from June 7 to August 13, 2027, for a student with at least two years toward a bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, psychology, education, or finance, graduating between December 2027 and July 2029. The workplace listing says you must be able to work without visa sponsorship. Frontier's learning and development intern is on-site in Denver for Summer 2027. Regeneron hires for People, Communications, Change, and Learning in Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Armonk, or Warren. GlobalFoundries in Austin wants at least a sophomore, a 3.0 GPA, and a prior internship or co-op.
Open roles at well-known employers#
Every listing in this table was open when this guide was written, asks for a student who is still enrolled, and is marked paid.
| Role | Where and when | What the posting asks for |
|---|---|---|
| Dow Jones, People (L&D) | New York. Hybrid. June 7 to August 13, 2027. | At least two years toward a bachelor's degree. Graduation from December 2027 to July 2029. |
| Citi, HR Summer Analyst | Tampa. On-site. 10 weeks, Summer 2027. | Graduation from December 2027 to June 2028. Sponsorship may be considered case by case. |
| Travelers, HR Leadership Development | Hartford or St. Paul. On-site. Early June through the end of summer. | $25.00 to $27.00 per hour. No sponsorship. |
| New York Life, HR Summer | New York, White Plains, or Jersey City. Hybrid, 3 days. 10 weeks. | Graduation from December 2027 to May 2030. No sponsorship. |
| Ford, Human Resources Intern | Oakville. Hybrid, 4 days in the office. May to August 2027. | Return to school in the fall. Undergraduate pay $22.25 to $30.12 per hour. No sponsorship. |
| Bell, HR Internship Program | Montreal or Mississauga. Hybrid, at least 3 days. Four months, rolling. | Second- or third-year student. Graduation from spring 2028 to spring 2029. |
| Celestica, Global Compensation | Toronto. Hybrid. 14 months from May 2027. | Third year. $23 to $30 Canadian dollars per hour. |
| Koch, Human Resources Intern | Lisle. On-site. Summer 2027. | 3.5 GPA. Graduation from December 2027 to May 2029. $26 to $28 per hour. |
Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis is 12 weeks on-site for Summer 2027 and states paid time off plus a housing stipend. Parker Hannifin in Mayfield Heights can start as early as May 2027, asks for 40 hours a week in summer and 16 to 24 during the school year, and does not offer sponsorship. Advocate Health is remote from May 31 to August 6, 2027, at $21.00 per hour. ExxonMobil is on-site in Calgary or Edmonton for Winter 2027 and Summer 2027, for a student in human resources or industrial relations, and it does not offer sponsorship. Keurig Dr Pepper in Montreal is hybrid from January 4 to April 30, 2027, at $22.00 per hour, for a bachelor's program in human resources, labor relations, industrial relations, adult learning, or law. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hybrid in Washington, DC, from February 1 to April 9, 2027.
Who can apply#
Majors on the listings in this guide cluster around human resources, business administration, and psychology, with industrial relations, labor relations, communications, finance, and education on individual postings. The business administration field page and the psychology field page collect other internships open to those students.
GPA cutoffs are not universal. Koch states 3.5. GlobalFoundries, Kimball Electronics, and Hubbell state a 3.0 minimum. General Atomics and Regeneron prefer 3.0. Kroger prefers 3.0 and says work authorization must not require sponsorship now or in the future. Dow Jones, Citi, Ford, Bell, and New York Life do not print a GPA in the lines read for this guide.
Language is a hard line on some Canadian listings. Bombardier asks for French and English on both the talent acquisition intern and the analytics intern. CBC/Radio-Canada in Ottawa asks for full bilingualism, a commerce or business program, and at least three days a week on-site. It is part-time and paid.
Certification is rare on these postings. Eaton in Kitchener, a Winter 2027 seat, prefers a Certified Human Resources Professional designation. The Human Resources Professionals Association designations page lists that designation as CHRP, alongside CHRL and CHRE. CPHR Canada says students in accredited post-secondary programs may be eligible to waive the National Knowledge Exam on the way to the CPHR designation. SHRM's certification page describes SHRM-CP eligibility as no degree or experience needed, for early-career professionals. The SHRM-CP page says the credential is for people performing HR duties or pursuing a career in human resources, and that basic working knowledge is recommended. SHRM's student membership page is for students who want HR career resources before they graduate. None of that replaces the degree line on a posting.
The business internship resume guide covers how to show people-facing work. The university internship resume guide covers the rest of the page.
When to apply#
Employer close dates, as listed when this guide was written:
Nov 6, 2026: Citi in Tampa.
Nov 8, 2026: Ford in Oakville.
Nov 11, 2026: CBC/Radio-Canada in Ottawa.
Nov 12, 2026: Seaspan in North Vancouver.
Nov 13, 2026: Dow Jones in New York, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC.
Nov 16, 2026: Bell in Montreal or Mississauga.
Dec 31, 2026: New York Life.
Recommended windows that were still ahead:
Nov 3, 2026: GlobalFoundries in Austin, Parker Hannifin in Mayfield Heights, and Advocate Health.
Nov 4, 2026: Koch in Lisle, Regeneron, and the JM Family compensation intern.
Nov 5, 2026: General Atomics in San Diego, and IKO.
Nov 7, 2026: Keurig Dr Pepper in Montreal.
Nov 8, 2026: Boehringer Ingelheim in Fremont, a recommended window on a Winter 2027 seat. Ford's Nov 8 date, above, is an employer close date.
Nov 14, 2026: Celestica in Toronto.
Dec 30, 2026: Bombardier's talent acquisition intern in Dorval.
Postings do not always stay open until a stated date. In our analysis of when internship postings close, a third of internship postings are gone before their own stated deadline arrives. The summer 2027 application timeline shows when each wave of employers tends to open.
Recheck the human resources roles page on the day you apply. To compare these seats with every other employer, browse all open internships.
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