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Develop a highly skilled workforce while giving your employees the opportunity to pursue their education. It’s possible – and easy – through Stark State College’s Earn and Learn Employer Partnership opportunities.
Why do Earn and Learn Employer Partnerships work?
YOUR ORGANIZATION
- Ensures that your employees develop the right skills.
- Reduces recruitment time and costs while increasing employee engagement and retention.
- Drives innovation and continuous improvement when employees apply classroom learning to real-world challenges.
- Advances its market position as an employer of choice in recruiting talent.
- Secures continuity and stability by developing a talent pipeline for succession planning to address current and future workforce needs.
- Demonstrates your commitment to workforce development, strengthening ties with your community.
YOUR EMPLOYEES
- Earn a quality education from one of Ohio’s leading community colleges.
- Enhance their skills and complete industry-recognized credentials.
- Gain practical work experience and industry insights.
- Learn from highly credentialed faculty who have extensive, real-world experience.
- Advance their education at higher completion rates and with higher GPAs.
- Potentially qualify for promotion and higher earning potential.
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The process is easy
- Work with the Stark State workforce development team to outline your partnership parameters. This includes identifying academic program areas, target participant counts, costs, funding sources and more.
- Promote the opportunity to your employees – and possibly potential new hires.
- Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Stark State.
- Select your internal employee applicants and/or screen external applicants for new-hire opportunities.
- Provide Earn and Learn participants with personalized support by connecting them directly with Stark State’s admissions contact for one-on-one guidance.
- Offer mentorship and support to your employees during their educational experience.
We deliver continuous support every step of the way, from one-on-one admissions assistance and
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) guidance to academic advising and connections to federal, state and local funding opportunities.
Contact us to get started: (330) 494-6170 ext. 4887 or workforce@starkstate.edu.
