Intern CLE Podcast - Episode 005 – Lincoln Electric - Amy McMullen 

Website: https://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx 

Careers: https://jobs.lincolnelectric.com/

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Electric

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational and a global manufacturer of welding products, arc welding equipment, welding consumables, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment and robotic welding systems. 

The Fortune 1000 company is headquartered in Euclid, Ohio, United States and has a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices covering more than 160 countries. It has 42 manufacturing locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. It also operates manufacturing alliances and joint ventures in 19 countries.[1] 

Lincoln started in 1895 by two brothers – John and James Lincoln.  11,000 employees worldwide but with a small family feel.   

Amy is a consummate recruiter and advocate for students.  Her passion for helping students find a home that matches their career goals is evident throughout the interview. 

In the Cleveland location Lincoln hires about 75 interns and co-ops year-round.  Interns are hired at other locations as well.  There is a summer internship program and a fall and spring co-op program. 

Challenges: Lincoln is not a household name to some degree, so that can be a recruiting challenge.  Getting all the hiring managers to submit their requests.  

What Lincoln does well: Assign interns a “Peer” instead of a mentor – this is not someone who is supposed to tell them what to do – it’s someone close in age or experience to them that is just a resource.   Programming – offers a good deal of training to interns, for example backpacks to briefcase training. 

Resources: 

·         NACE - https://www.naceweb.org

·         OCEA - http://www.ohioco-op.com/ - Conference coming in May! Register now. 

Q&A with Annette

·         Cleveland Museum of Art - http://www.clevelandart.org/

·         Wade Oval Wednesday - https://www.universitycircle.org/events/2019/06/12/wow-wade-oval-wednesdays

·         Cleveland Public Library - https://cpl.org/

·         Edgewater Live - 2019 calendar isn't out yet

·         Cleveland Gateway Historical Tours - http://www.clevelandgatewaydistrict.com/history/heritage-tourism/

·         Cleveland Foodbank - https://www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/

·         West Side Market - http://westsidemarket.org/

·         Cleveland Orchestra - https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/education-and-community/community-programs/ 

·         Lake View Cemetery - https://lakeviewcemetery.com/