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 article by: 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 […]