Employer relations is a rapidly evolving area in career services. Do you have what it takes to build and champion a successful strategy for your department?
In tandem with the changing world of work, the employer relations function is growing in importance and is increasingly recognized in its own right as a critical part of career services. As such, employer relations professionals are being challenged to approach data collection, events, and relationship development with employer partners with more strategy and intention than ever before.
Join us for a unique conference that will help you take your employer relations strategy to the next level. Through a blend of presentation, discussion, reflection, and hands-on activities, you will gain new ideas and learn best practices for:
- Using data to create a framework or model to better prioritize your employer relations efforts
- Navigating new employer recruitment and interviewing technologies
- Approaching your employer events strategy more creatively
- Branding employer relations on campus and forging more cross-functional partnerships
This conference is one of the only programs of its kind that is specifically designed for employer relations professionals. You will leave with concrete next steps for elevating your employer relations strategy going forward.
Who Should Attend
This conference was designed for career services professionals looking to bolster or re-ignite their employer relations function. This training will be valuable for those who oversee the employer relations charge for their campus as it provides an emphasis on data, relationship building, and crafting a strategic vision for the entity.
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Optional Pre-Conference Workshop: Building Your Skills for Employer Relations
This workshop is intentionally structured for professionals newly entering the employer relations space. To help you set a strong foundation for your new campus role and prepare you for the conference, you will learn:
- Essential skills in prospect research
- New learning around sales techniques for working with external partners
- Strategic relationship building practices, including tactics for following up
Agenda
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Your registration fee includes the pre-conference workshop and materials, breakfast and lunch on Monday, as well as refreshments.
This pre-conference workshop is intentionally structured for professionals newly entering the employer relations space. To help you set a strong foundation for your new campus role and prepare you for the next two days, you will learn:
- Essential skills in prospect research
- New learning around sales techniques for working with external partners
- Strategic relationship building practices, including tactics for following up
12:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Your registration fee includes full access to all conference sessions and materials, access to the networking reception on Monday, breakfast and lunch on Tuesday, as well as refreshments and snacks throughout the conference.
In this hour, you will begin to discuss the evolution of employer relations work and identify current trends in this area. During this time, our experts will highlight the connection between employer relations and career services, the need for increased staffing and support, and best practices and tips for navigating challenging times and recession.
Data is driving decision-making within employer relations. We will discuss best practices for prioritizing your efforts based on data and the importance of both qualitative and quantitative data sets. Additionally, we will talk through how to visualize data and essential data sources to inform your employer relations strategy.
Our expert faculty will work with you to help make the most out of your current datasets and to inform future data-implementation. You will go through a ranking system and matrix to create a tiered approach for your strategic employer partnership model in order to prioritize your work.
This informal reception is your chance to decompress, have some refreshments on us, and expand your network of connections. Our programs are intentionally designed for smaller groups, so this is a great time to catch-up with attendees and speakers whom you may not have connected with yet.
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
There is a real need to remain nimble within the ever-changing world of employer relations. In this session, we will talk through the integration of technology within the recruitment process, the evolution of employer relations events and the associated strategy, and the trends related to employers opting for an online-only presence.
Our faculty will talk about current campus practices. As a community of learners, we will brainstorm and strategize best practices for enhancing the event experience and offerings.
External partners are extremely important within employer relations; however, it is equally crucial to appreciate the critical role your on-campus partners play. In this session, we will explore how to break out of silos and help your partners become your voice across campus.
After looking at data and working through your events strategy, you will have the opportunity to take a strategic look at where your employer relations events provide success stories, how you can talk about those successes, and how you can quantify results and tell the overall story of your department.
Telling the story of your office is imperative for campus partners to continue sharing about opportunities available through your office and for employers to understand why your students make amazing employees and team members. We will focus on the branding of your unit and telling the story of your work and campus contribution.
Speakers
Lou Gaglini
Executive Director for the Center for Career Development, Boston University
Lou joined Boston University’s Center for Career Development in 2017 after extensive experience in higher education career services, as well as executive roles in human resources and recruiting in the private sector. He is responsible for leading the Center for Career Development and overseeing the mission, vision, and strategies of the office.
Stephanie Reyes, M.S.
Associate Director, Employer Relations, California State University Fullerton
Stephanie is a passionate and innovative career services professional motivated to provide transformational high impact experiences for both students and employers. Throughout her 10 years of experience in higher education career services, Stephanie has led numerous career development and employer relations programming at three highly diverse universities all located in various metropolitan cities southern California.
Stuart Mease
Executive Director for Employer Relations, Wake Forest University
Stuart has committed his career to connecting talent and companies. His service spans the private, governmental, and higher education sectors providing a unique lens to the labor market. Prior to this role, he worked at the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business overseeing admission and diversity recruiting, mentoring, career services, employer outreach and lifelong career services.
Questions About the Event?
Jess Landis
Program Manager, Academic Impressions