Turn employer partnerships into your best recruiting tool
Apprenticeships and co-ops give people something concrete to say yes to. When someone’s deciding whether to enroll in a workforce training program, vague promises don’t do much work. “We’ll help you find opportunities” is easy to say and hard to believe. But when you can say “this program includes an apprenticeship with [Employer]” you elevate […]
You already have the partnerships, now let’s make them count
You’ve done the hard part. Through coffees, site visits, and genuine listening, you’ve built employer partnerships that work. Learners land jobs. Supervisors are happy. That’s real progress. But here’s what I see happen all too often: those partnerships stay quiet. They live in advisory meetings and email threads. They don’t show up on your website, LinkedIn feed, in recruitment emails, or at open houses. And because learners can’t see the […]
Stop playing it safe with workforce development
Guest collaborator: Jeanne Eschbach When a community college said yes to an employer’s unusual proposal, they transformed a 46% retention rate into 87% and created a blueprint others can follow. The best workforce partnerships don’t always start in boardrooms; they can start over coffee. I was having one of those casual, post-meeting chats when an […]