Ignite student interest in careers at your company
As the GROW HERE Campaign comes to a close, Inspire Southeastern Wisconsin and the Milwaukee 7 partners want to thank you for being an employer champion of career readiness. With your support we’ve been able to build awareness of the high-potential industries and career opportunities that students have access to, right here in Southeast Wisconsin.
On July 29th, the state’s career exploration platform, Career Cruising/Inspire was taken offline to prepare for an update and Fall 2019 relaunch under a new name, Xello. Xello’s developers are working to build the engagement features you were familiar with through Inspire into the new Xello platform, promising to offer a better, more interactive experience for everyone– students, educators, and employers. School districts in Wisconsin that have piloted Xello report higher levels of engagement and utilization of the tool for career planning.
Two of the GROW HERE Campaign’s key findings were that schools and employers are looking for long-term partnerships and need more support to build out high-impact career experiences. In 2019-20, we’ll be asking employers to take the “next step” and partner more strategically with education to deliver our vision of all students graduating with a realistic career plan, aligned to industry needs in Southeast Wisconsin, providing employers the talent you need to grow.
If you have an existing Inspire profile, it will not automatically convert over to the new Xello platform. You can expect to receive updated communications in October regarding the opportunity to relaunch your profile on the Xello platform and engage in career experiences with students in Southeast Wisconsin. Thank you again for your continued support. We look forward to building on our successes over the last 3 years and continuing to grow.
On July 29th, the state’s career exploration platform, Career Cruising/Inspire was taken offline to prepare for an update and Fall 2019 relaunch under a new name, Xello. Xello’s developers are working to build the engagement features you were familiar with through Inspire into the new Xello platform, promising to offer a better, more interactive experience for everyone– students, educators, and employers. School districts in Wisconsin that have piloted Xello report higher levels of engagement and utilization of the tool for career planning.
Two of the GROW HERE Campaign’s key findings were that schools and employers are looking for long-term partnerships and need more support to build out high-impact career experiences. In 2019-20, we’ll be asking employers to take the “next step” and partner more strategically with education to deliver our vision of all students graduating with a realistic career plan, aligned to industry needs in Southeast Wisconsin, providing employers the talent you need to grow.
If you have an existing Inspire profile, it will not automatically convert over to the new Xello platform. You can expect to receive updated communications in October regarding the opportunity to relaunch your profile on the Xello platform and engage in career experiences with students in Southeast Wisconsin. Thank you again for your continued support. We look forward to building on our successes over the last 3 years and continuing to grow.
The INSPIRE online platform provides a central hub where students and educators can interact with local employers and career coaches. Managed by the Milwaukee 7 Regional Talent Partnership, this easy to use online tool allows employers to create company profiles to:
Through their online profile, employees within companies volunteer to answer company and career-related questions through message boards. Students and educators learn about opportunities such as tours, job shadows, summer employment, internships and apprenticeships.
Employer benefits include:
- Describe their business;
- Highlight their unique attributes; and
- Communicate areas of need to future talent.
Through their online profile, employees within companies volunteer to answer company and career-related questions through message boards. Students and educators learn about opportunities such as tours, job shadows, summer employment, internships and apprenticeships.
Employer benefits include:
- Getting in front of young people and their influencers earlier
- Offering a low-risk way for companies and young people to “test drive” a potential employment match
- Access to a pool of skilled and motivated potential employees
- Facilitating work-readiness that can reduce training/recruiting costs of new employees
- Generating positive publicity for careers in industries like manufacturing, engineering and technology
- Promote careers that are available in Southeast Wisconsin and help students realize the opportunities in their own community
- Expand your recruiting pool for summer job/intern programs and entry-level positions
- Bridge the skills gap of students coming out of high school by communicating what the real world work needs
- Partnerships with local school districts, tech colleges and universities that provide a pipeline of future talent
Experiences Count
Career-based experiences offered by businesses help attract, develop and retain young people ages 11-24 in area middle and high schools, technical colleges and universities. It doesn’t end when someone graduates or is hired but continues into the workplace to include onboarding, mentoring and on-the-job skills development.
Join INSPIRE Southeast Wisconsin and start growing your talent pipeline today!
Inspire levels the playing field for students in schools without robust community/business partnerships and provides an instant, easy starting point for educators seeking those key relationships.
Are you an employer that:
- Has a location in Southeast Wisconsin
- Understands the need for a long-term and proactive approach to talent attraction, development, and retention
- Current provides (or is interested in providing) career-based learning experiences for 11-24 year-olds.
- Will use the online Inspire Southeast Wisconsin tool to connect with students through career discussion boards, company profiles and career-based learning experiences.
Contact
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Susan Koehn
Vice President, Talent & Industry Partnerships 262/957-6760 |