Kohl’s Careers

Kohl's launched a case study with the College of HRSM in Dr. Jeff Campbell's Retail class this past Fall semester. The case was a semester long project that the students worked on in groups and was centered around the idea of developing an omni-channel retailing strategy for Kohl's. The ultimate goal of omni-channel retailing is to create a system where all shopping channel options work simultaneously together to provide customers with an exceptional shopping experience.

The six groups of students provided recommendations to Kohl's on developing an omni-channel retailing strategy by creating seamless experiences for all offers made to customers and presenting new offers via more sophisticated targeting methods. At the end of the semester, each group prepared a written report along with presented their creative ideas to a panel of Kohl's representatives. The winning group and runners up were awarded a total of $1,000 in Kohl's gift cards for their exemplary efforts.

Kohl's representatives in attendance at the presentation were Blaine Predmore, Regional Vice President, Phillip Daniels, District Manager, Mike Autry, Store Manager, Blake Amick, Store Manager and USC Alum, Lauren Fylstra, Territory University Relations Manager, and Bernadette Jones, Territory Talent Recruiter

Congratulations to the winning group, shown in the picture below!

From a list of 246 active on-campus recruiting organizations, Georgia State University Career Services selected Kohl's as one of three "True Blue Recruiters" on campus using a formal set of criteria that focuses on professionalism, campus presence, student engagement, and partnership.


Ramona Simien, Colleen Perry, and Melanie Jauch from University Career Services visited the Kohl's store in Roswell, GA on December 7, 2012 to present awards to Danielle Beverley, Store Manager, and Lauren Fylstra, Territory University Relations Manager. Sam Beauregard, Kohl's District Manager, and Candi Thomas, Kohl's Territory Talent Manager, were also present for this recognition. This is the 2nd year Kohl's has been awarded as a "True Blue Recruiter" on campus at GSU.

"This top tier represents the best practices of collegiate recruiting, a very difficult benchmark to achieve and maintain" - Kevin Gaw, Director of University Career Services

On September 26^th and 27^th  Kohl's District Managers, Jason McAtee and Kathy Schottelkotte, and University Relations Manager, Lauren Fylstra, presented in eight different classes at Ohio University. The two "Kohl's on Campus Days" were organized in partnership with Katie Snider, OU Retail Graduate Student, and the Retail Professors. The topics presented include "Ethics", "College to Career", "Marketing for Success", "Business Professionalism", "Dress for Success", and "Brand Management."

Other Kohl's representatives in attendance were two former Interns and current Campus Ambassadors at OU, John McCormick and Terra Boyd. In addition to presenting in classrooms, the Kohl's team also did "walk-in advising" for students. This was a great opportunity for students to speak to Kohl's executives about their resumes, elevator speech, or general career advice!

Kohl’s Department Stores in collaboration with the College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sports Management at the University of South Carolina hosted their annual “Dress for Success Fashion Show.” The event was held in two Professional Development courses on Monday, September 24th. The morning class featured a presentation on successfully transitioning from college to career and professional attire accompanied by a student fashion show. Kohl's sponsored $1,000 worth of business casual and professional apparel for four male and four female students to model in their classes as examples.




In the afternoon class of approximately 125 students, Janelle kicked off the event with a few inspirational words on how she achieved her level of success and also gave some advice on careers in the retail industry. Following Janelle's keynote address, Blaine kicked off "Dress for Success" by offering career advice to students on how to market yourself in going from college to career. Blaine then introduced the male models and described their looks from Kohl's before handing it over to Lauren to emcee the fashion show for the female models. Each model showed off both “business professional” and “business casual” looks for the audience to gain a better understanding of what is expected in today’s workplace. The presentation was concluded with explaining how to build a professional wardrobe in college and a question & answer session.

In addition to Kohl's representatives attending this evening event, Dean Brian Mihalik, was also present!