Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

• Identify employers’ top challenges and share various tactics to support them in addressing these challenges.
• Understand the employers’ context and think creatively about how to support their success
• Discuss and develop concrete methods career offices can apply to better support employers’ diversity recruitment efforts.
• Identify strategies for sourcing employer leads and identifying business development opportunities.
• View the “selling” aspects of employer relations as an opportunity to become a trusted advisor and help clients solve key challenges.
• Examine various techniques for nurturing and building stronger relationships with employer partners.
• Collaborate with employer relations professionals to co-create high-impact employer events, practice consultative conversations, and share value-add practices for engaging employers.
• Acquire the tools to help employer partners build a solid business case for student hiring.
• Measure their performance against key success factors and create an action plan to improve employer relations on campus.
• Understand the three key elements to building stronger relationships with employer partners and the value of a consultative approach.