Early Careers Talent Acquisition Industrial Placement 2027

L'Oréal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Based at our White City hub in London for a 1-year placement, this Talent Acquisition & Early Careers Intern - HR role supports assessment centres, campus Brandstorm activation, and delivering engaging presentations about L'Oréal career pathways. You’ll manage candidates through recruitment pipelines and help track milestones with proactive problem solving.

You’ll report to the Talent Acquisition Manager and gain real responsibilities from day one in a diverse, inclusive environment across UK

Qualifications

• Candidate Experience Management: empathy and responsiveness to guide applicants through assessment stages and deliver constructive communication.
• Public Speaking: comfort presenting clearly and persuasively to student and graduate audiences during campus and recruitment events.
• Problem Solving: proactivity in identifying operational bottlenecks during recruitment campaigns and finding practical, workable solutions.
• Adapted Communication: ability to listen actively and adjust your communication style across candidates, university partners, and internal managers.
• Project Planning Management: rigour in organising event retroplannings, managing candidate schedules, and keeping key recruitment milestones on track.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and running of assessment centres, ensuring a smooth, welcoming evaluation day for candidates across our divisions.
• Help drive the campus activation of Brandstorm, coordinating outreach and engaging participants across UK universities.
• Deliver structured, engaging campus presentations, using public speaking to share L'Oréal career pathways and employer culture.
• Assist with candidate management across recruitment pipelines, handling queries with empathy and keeping candidates informed at each stage.
• Contribute to tracking recruitment milestones and data, applying problem solving to overcome scheduling hurdles and streamline operational workflows.

Job description

Talent Acquisition & Early Careers Intern - HR

Hello, we're L'Oréal. We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life

Based at our White City hub in London for a 1-year placement starting Monday, 28th June 2027 (Salary: £26,950 per annum; Applications close: 13th November), you will report to the Talent Acquisition Manager and help attract, assess, and guide emerging talent across our business:

• Support the planning and running of assessment centres, ensuring a smooth, welcoming evaluation day for candidates across our divisions.
• Help drive the campus activation of Brandstorm, our global innovation competition, coordinating outreach and engaging participants across UK universities.
• Deliver structured, engaging campus presentations, using public speaking to share L'Oréal career pathways and employer culture.
• Assist with candidate management across recruitment pipelines, handling queries with empathy and keeping candidates informed at each stage.
• Contribute to tracking recruitment milestones and data, applying problem solving to overcome scheduling hurdles and streamline operational workflows.

We Are Looking For

You bring curiosity, strong organisational skills, and a genuine interest in connecting with people. You bring:

• Candidate Experience Management: Empathy and responsiveness to guide applicants through assessment stages and deliver constructive communication.
• Public Speaking: Comfort presenting clearly and persuasively to student and graduate audiences during campus and recruitment events.
• Problem Solving: Proactivity in identifying operational bottlenecks during recruitment campaigns and finding practical, workable solutions.
• Adapted Communication: Ability to listen actively and adjust your communication style across candidates, university partners, and internal managers.
• Project Planning Management: Rigour in organising event retroplannings, managing candidate schedules, and keeping key recruitment milestones on track.

What's In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you'll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there's no sitting on the sidelines at L'Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal/environmental causes to make a concrete difference

Who We Are

At L'Oréal, you will find opportunities to explore your interests and develop your capabilities. Whether this is your first step into business or an opportunity to build practical expertise, you will be part of teams shaping industry standards.

Our Human Resources teams are architects of culture, talent, and growth. We attract, nurture, and empower diverse talent across every métier, building the future of beauty together.

We're committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual's gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Wondering how AI is integrated in our L'Oréal recruitment process? Find practical information and advice in our AI Charter.