Business Operations and Recruiting Intern

The Opportunity Polished Oak Cleaners is a growing local service business building a more scalable, professional way to recruit, train, and lead cleaning teams. We are looking for a high-potential college student who wants hands-on business experience, not busywork. You will work directly with company leadership and our General Manager to help build a repeatable student recruiting pipeline, standardize training, and improve the systems we use to hire and develop great people. Potential to come on full-time after graduation if things go well. Your Mission Help Polished Oak recruit, train, and retain a team of 10 dependable college-student cleaners while building systems that can continue to work after you graduate. What You’ll Own Build and manage a student cleaner recruiting pipeline across campus, social media, referrals, student organizations, and local channels. Source candidates, coordinate interviews, track follow-ups, and help improve the hiring process. Help design and document the Polished Oak Training Academy with the General Manager. Turn cleaning standards into clear checklists, videos, tests, and certification steps. Help launch and manage a student referral program. Track recruiting, retention, training completion, quality, and attendance metrics. Collect feedback from cleaners and help identify process improvements. Assist with selected operations projects that give you exposure to how a growing local business is run. What You’ll Learn Recruiting and talent acquisition Operations management Process design and SOP creation Training and employee development Performance management and KPI reporting Leadership and team communication Small-business growth and decision-making Compensation & Growth $10/hour base pay. Performance bonuses tied to successful recruiting, cleaner retention, and program milestones. Flexible 10–15 hour/week schedule built around classes. Direct exposure to ownership and management. Potential path to expanded leadership responsibilities, paid summer work, or a full-time role after graduation if the fit and business need are strong. What We’re Looking For Current college student; business, management, HR, supply chain, marketing, hospitality, entrepreneurship, or related fields are a plus but not required. Organized, proactive, and comfortable talking with new people. Strong follow-through; you do what you say you will do. Comfortable using spreadsheets, forms, project-management tools, and AI tools. Interested in building systems rather than waiting for step-by-step instructions. Able to maintain confidentiality and represent the company professionally. Reliable transportation for occasional in-person work in Auburn/Opelika. Pay: $10.00 - $15.00 per hour Expected hours: 15.0 per week Benefits: Flexible schedule Application Question(s): If you had 30 days to recruit 10 dependable Auburn students for a flexible part-time job, how would you do it? Are you comfortable with a background check and drug screening? Work Location: Hybrid remote in Auburn, AL 36830

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