Grow your own workforce with internships
 Internships are a proven way to grow a highly skilled workforce. To help secure a qualified pool of interns for manufacturers in Northeast Ohio, MAGNET has partnered with the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE) to encourage college students to pursue manufacturing careers through internship experiences.
MAGNET and NOCHE are seeking manufacturers to develop and offer quality internships for students in two and four year programs in all areas of expertise—engineering, welding, machining, finance, sales, etc..
If you create a meaningful internship, you can expose your company and the many challenging career opportunities you have available to thousands of students attending colleges in Northeast Ohio.
To register your internships, go to www.neointern.net. This is a free service and you will be provided with a pre-screened applicant book to fill your positions as well as direct assistance from staff at NOCHE.
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 If you need assistance to start an internship program, download a copy of MAGNET’s Internship Guide for Employers (PDF, 330k). This seven-page, four-color manual includes handy worksheets for creating job descriptions, mid-term evaluations and end-of-year evaluations.
We look forward to working with you to create a world class manufacturing workforce in Northeast Ohio.
Questions? E-mail Karen Herpel. |
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Manpower's Annual 10 Hardest Jobs to Fill Survey: Engineers, machinists and skilled trades top list, Manpower, April 22, 2008
 Milwaukee--Manpower announced the 10 hardest jobs to fill, as reported by U.S. employers for 2008, are: (1) Engineers, (2) Machinists/Machine Operators, (3) Skilled Trades, (4) Technicians, (5) Sales Representatives, (6) Accounting & Finance Staff, (7) Mechanics, (8) Laborers, (9) IT Staff, and (10) Production Operators. Read More
“To succeed in the contemporary world of work, employers must not only encourage current employees to re-skill and up-skill to ensure they meet workload demands, but also refine their recruitment and retention strategies for a new generation of workers
," said Melanie Holmes, Vice President, World of Work Solutions for Manpower North America.
 The survey announcement coincides with the publication of the Manpower White Paper, Confronting the Talent Crunch: 2008. The white paper highlights talent issues around the world and what businesses, government and individuals should be doing to adapt their human resource strategies.
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Reaching Out With Social Media
WORKPLACE: Hard Sell, by Maya Payne Smart, Forward, the Journal of the Metals Service Center Institute, July/August 2008
National Report —With the latest generation of workforce entrants, the medium of communication is as important as the message. Companies need to recruit young people where they already congregate—online, using social media such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. |
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However, companies must walk a fine line between appealing to young people and patronizing them. This article profiles social-networking-based recruitment strategies by several manufacturers and industry associations.
Above and Below: Rochester, N.Y.-based Klein Steel Service, Inc. posted several entertaining and educational videos on YouTube to showcase its high-tech operations for potential employees. |
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