Knowing intern season in Kansas City is quickly approaching and soon-to-be grads will start applying for full-time jobs, we asked our friends at Kansas Athletics to offer insight on why student-athletes make great employees.

Recently, more than 30 top employers from across the region gathered for a TeamKC College Recruiting Roundtable to discuss the art of recruiting young professionals. From summer intern programs to career fairs to next-day offers, check out tips and takeaways from the roundtable:

We’re always looking for local places around our region to share with candidates and new hires. This authentic Kansas City story is what helps seal-the-deal with your top talent. Kansas City tour company Locale and trusted TeamKC partner, shares its team’s favorite KC spots:

TeamKC hosted an event featuring Kelly Reed, Ph.D., and senior consultant at CMA, a talent assessment and development consulting firm. Kelly shared with us true generational differences versus trends everyone experiences at various life stages. Check out Kelly’s key takeaways.

At TeamKC we sell Kansas City’s lifestyle. How we help you tell the KC story to each individual is critical in sealing the deal on why he or she picks your company and Kansas City. Recently, TeamKC attended Share. Like. Buy, one of the top conferences on marketing to millennials, and we came back with valuable research findings, case studies and trends on this generation.

This summer, TeamKC showcased our region’s lifestyle to more than 2,000 interns, as well as complemented companies’ efforts to attract C-level talent for key positions.

At TeamKC, we help recruiters and HR executives learn about Kansas City’s lifestyle to share with their candidates and new hires.

Learn from TeamKC partner and real estate expert, Maria O'Dell, CEO of Group O'Dell, on what sets Kansas City housing apart from other communities.

For attendees at last week’s Technology Councils of North America’s Summer Conference, winning the war for tech talent was a hot topic. TeamKC moderated a panel to help conference attendees “think like a recruiter,” and get a peek behind the curtain on why Kansas City companies excel in recruiting tech talent.

The intern-led program, #InternKC, hosted more than 150 young professionals at its first-ever event. Learn more about the #ParkPopUp event and how it’s helping recruit talent to Kansas City.