Employers
What a Competency-Based Approach to Hiring Could Mean for Internship Programs
Employers are becoming increasingly focused on finding new ways for potential new hires to demonstrate their skills and talents in new, out-of-the-box ways. And this emerging competency-based approach to evaluating…
Read More13 Takeaways from GCP’s Panel Discussion on Retaining Millennial Workers
Hiring millennials seems to be a top-of-mind topic for employers. This young group of workers can bring new talent, fresh perspective and renewed commitment to your business. But what is…
Read More4 Reasons a High School Intern Could be a Fit for Your Business
When looking to fill internship programs, businesses oftentimes automatically go straight to college students. While these students can certainly prove to be competent internship candidates, these businesses might also want…
Read MoreThe Northeast Ohio Talent Gap: How International Students Can Help Fill in the Talent Pipeline
As far as Joe Cimperman is concerned, the greatest threat to the future prosperity of Northeast Ohio is easy to pinpoint.It’s an inability to fill in the talent gap that…
Read MoreHow to Structure Your Internship Program for Maximum Impact
The old stereotype of interns doing little more than making copies or performing other administrative work certainly is not the case at Westfield Group in Westfield Center. Rather, interns who…
Read MoreThe Legal Ramifications of an Internship Program
In the lead up to the Third Annual Cleveland Internship Summit on Feb. 27, Mind Your Business will be running a series of articles previewing some of the sessions that attendees will…
Read MoreInternship program success: why it’s everybody’s business
Internship program success: why it’s everybody’s businessAs the Cleveland Internship Summit nears, Jessica Colombi, executive director of CSU’s Career Services Center, shares her thoughts on the state of internships and…
Read MoreWhy Hire a High School Intern?
Why hire a high school intern? Let’s face it: there’s a perception that high school students are not always ready for the workplace. Who doesn’t remember the mistakes we made…
Read MoreNEXTWORK: A Key to Success for Businesses, Schools, and Students
Among my responsibilities as the Director for Strategic Innovation for the Wickliffe Schools is to lead the district's career and workforce development program called “The Wickliffe Student Ten Year Plan.”…
Read MoreTo Employers: How a Short-Term Investment Becomes a “Buy-and-Hold” Candidate
Perspective: you recently extended internship offers to an impressive cohort of promising candidates. These students took initiative, were wonderfully prepared for interviews and convinced you, as the employer, that an…
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