Human Resources Intern

Week 1: findlucid people practices and HR mission

• Study findlucid's mission, team structure, and how a small startup runs HR without a department.
• Learn the HR mission: fairness, confidentiality, and protecting both people and the company.
• Meet your mentor, agree on your weekly schedule, and write your personal learning plan.
• Read the intern handbook and the confidentiality rules for personnel information.

Week 2: Employment law basics

• Study the employment law basics every HR person must know: classification, at-will employment, anti-discrimination, wage and hour fundamentals.
• Learn what HR can and cannot decide without counsel: when to escalate, always.
• Exercise: read sample scenarios and identify the legal issue and the right next step.
• Discuss why documentation matters in every HR decision.

Week 3: Confidentiality and personnel data ethics

• Study how personnel data is handled: need-to-know access, secure storage, and never discussing people.
• Learn the ethics of HR: you will see sensitive information, and your integrity is the job.
• Exercise: organize a sample personnel file and explain every access rule that applies.
• Shadow an onboarding paperwork review with the founder as an observer.

Week 4: HR systems and recruiting flow

• Learn how applications move through findlucid: the careers form, the notification email, and the admin review queue.
• Study applicant tracking hygiene: complete records, timely status updates, and respectful communication.
• Exercise: audit a sample pipeline for hygiene issues and write up your findings.
• Phase 1 checkpoint review with your mentor and updated learning plan.

Month 2: Recruiting support shadowing

• Shadow interview scheduling and coordination: calendars, confirmations, and candidate communication.
• Practice applicant tracking hygiene on sample data: complete, accurate, up-to-date records.
• Draft candidate communications from approved templates and have them reviewed.
• Weekly mentor topics: candidate experience, scheduling with care, and unbiased screening support.

Month 3: Onboarding coordination and policy research

• Shadow onboarding paperwork coordination: what a new intern receives, signs, and completes.
• Practice organizing personnel files and checklists so nothing falls through the cracks.
• Begin HR policy research: read one policy area deeply and summarize it in plain language.
• First portfolio piece: a researched summary of one HR policy area with practical notes.

Onboarding checklist redesign (Months 4 to 6)

Study findlucid's intern onboarding flow and redesign the checklist as a practice exercise: clearer, kinder, and harder to get wrong.

• Redesigned onboarding checklist with notes on every change.
• Short memo explaining the reasoning.

HR policy research memo (Months 7 to 9)

Research one HR policy area in depth, such as leave, accommodations, or remote-work practices, and write a memo a founder could actually use.

• Policy research memo with cited sources.
• Plain-language summary for the team handbook.

Interview scheduling playbook (Months 10 to 11)

Write the playbook for running smooth, respectful interview scheduling at a small startup: templates, timelines, and edge cases.

• Interview scheduling playbook with templates.
• Presentation of the playbook to your mentor.

Capstone (month 12)

Month 12: present your onboarding redesign, policy memo, and scheduling playbook to the founder; discuss how your understanding of HR's responsibility to people grew over the year.