Employer Relations: Creating Industry and Institutional Partnerships in a Brand-New World

Career Level: Basic-, intermediate-, and advanced-level career services and university relations and recruiting professionals
Competency: Consulting - employers
Fee: $49 (member); $69 (nonmember);

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Summary
Among the many changes that the COVID-19 pandemic has initiated, the world of work and higher education are two that have experienced drastic and long-term changes. With the unemployment rate hovering around 3.9% (December 2021 Bureau of Labor Statistics, accessed 1/12/2021), it is now time to create a more equitable lens for candidate recruitment and a focused effort to increase student/alumni career mobility in every hiring decision.

In this new normal, individuals working in employer relations roles in higher education and employers needing to recruit diverse students and alumni have a unique opportunity to create mutually beneficial relationships especially with faculty/staff partners. Building these equity-centered partnerships may start with online job postings and career fairs but must progress toward inclusive conversations around employer needs and student/alumni potential with awareness and advocacy around student/alumni barriers to employment.

This webinar will discuss specific action-oriented practices that move the conversation forward between career services centers and employers to creating a just, inclusive, and upwardly mobile society for every student/alumni.

Following this program, you will be able to:
- Identify internal and external partners, and create systems to increase buy-in for student support and advocacy;
- Develop varied career-related opportunities with external partners to support student learning and increase employer recruitment efforts; and
- Begin hosting “micro-career fairs” to highlight employer partners to targeted student groups.
Presenters

David Lantz, Employer Relations Coordinator, [ARCHIVES]
Dave has worked in Higher Education and Workforce Development for over 10 years. With experience in 4-year institutions, community college and government workforce contracts, he brings a nuanced perspective to issues of recruitment, employee retention and student/alumni career advancement. He is also proudly a “Higher-Ed Data Analyst,” using the power of data to inform and inspire best practices in serving students. Most importantly, Dave is a new dad and loves spending time with his family. When not working, you can find Dave exploring outside with his family, or his head buried in a Brandon Sanderson novel.

Lynette Correa-Velez, Director of Tech Launchpad, [ARCHIVES]
Lynette Correa-Velez, M.Ed. is the founding director of Tech Launchpad at Kennedy-King College (KKC), which is an E-HSI and a PBI at City Colleges of Chicago. Tech Launchpad is an equity-centered tech initiative at KKC. Correa-Velez is a Boston, MA, native and a trained #CriticalCareerCoach with more than 20 years of professional experience in co-empowering individuals from all industries with a DEIAJ-centered lens. She has received 17 awards and honors for her tremendous support and advocacy in tech for all, such as being a finalist for the 2023 Chicago Innovation Awards. A passionate advocate of closing the racial wealth gap, she is an alum of the 2022 national Colorwave Tech Fellowship Program and an active member of several professional associations such as Latinas in Tech. She is a current third-year doctoral student in DEI in education with a focus in HRD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and an alum of UIUC with her M.Ed. in HRD and management of e-learning for workplace learning and training. She has her B.S. in business and HR management and a minor in psychology from Lesley College located in her home state of Massachusetts.