by by Dia Buchanan, Belmont University, SoACE ER Summit Co-Chair
Join the conversation with the Employer Relations Knowledge Group and others at the Annual SoACE Employer Relations Summit on June 20-22, 2018! Our mission is to present a program that helps employer relations professionals invest in networking, accelerate learning and drive home results from the beautiful city of Charlotte.
Who doesn’t like professional development? Take registration off of your to-do list. Don’t delay, members and non-members can register today. The Summit will be held at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel. The hotel is ideally located in Uptown, near many dining, shopping, and entertainment options. Below are details to encourage your participation:
CONFERENCE WELCOME:
On Wednesday, we will open our Summit with a welcome from Charlotte’s workforce aligner and convener. Charlotte Works is providing opportunities that prepare people for education and available careers while connecting businesses to skilled workers within the region.
ROUNDTABLES:
During these mini-networking sessions, participants will dip quickly into topics in an open environment for idea sharing, benchmarking and guided discussions. Hosts are prepared to facilitate and provide expert opinions on these topics:
- Academic Partner Collaboration, University of Tennessee, Danny Pape
- Cut it – What would you do instead?, UNC Charlotte, Partick Madsen
- Diversifying your Employer Base, University of Tennessee, Mary Beth Browder
- Driving Better Results, Vanderbilt University, Jennie Marchal
- Embedding Employer Relations into the Curriculum, Clayton State University, Charles Howard
- Employer Advisory Boards, Virginia Tech, Jim Henderson
- Fun with Fairs, Clemson University, Lisa Bundrick
- Incorporating Inclusion & Equity Practices into Strategy, University of Georgia, Kelvin Rutledge
- Partnerships that Produce, Birmingham Business Alliance, Brittney Smith
- Services and Development, Oklahoma State University Career Services, Roberta Douglas and Kelsie Miner
- Student Peers as Paraprofessionals, Belmont University, Dia Buchanan
KEYNOTE:
We are pleased to welcome Raven Solomon as our Keynote speaker on Thursday. She will share her powerful story and unique presentation related to the conference theme: Invest. Accelerate. Drive.
EMPLOYER PANEL:
Lunch on Thursday includes a panel discussion with recruiters and human resource professionals within top industries.
Why AvidXchange? By trade we are a technology company, but if you ask anyone that works here they’ll tell you we are a people company. We pride ourselves on creating a work environment that facilitates personal growth, inspires innovation, and results in the leading payment automation solution for the mid-market.
Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.
Duke Energy is one of the largest electric power holding companies in the United States, supplying and delivering electricity to approximately 7.4 million U.S. customers. We have approximately 52,700 megawatts of electric generating capacity in the Carolinas, the Midwest and Florida – and natural gas distribution services serving more than 1.5 million customers in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Our commercial business owns and operates diverse power generation assets in North America, including a portfolio of renewable energy assets.
Red Ventures is a leading digital consumer choice platform based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Through deeply integrated brand partnerships and consumer-facing assets, Red Ventures connects online customers with products and services across high-growth industries including home services, financial services, and healthcare. Founded in 2000, Red Ventures has more than 3,600 employees in offices across the US, in London, UK, and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
Session One Options:
Thank you! An Innovative Event to Appreciate our Employer Partners
Erin Stapleton, Kennesaw State University
Learn about one event to show employers appreciation for recruiting students at your school.
Collaboration on a Decentralized Campus
Alison Hogue, University of South Carolina
Explore tips and strategies for best practices in building campus partnerships, and synthesize them for use on their own campuses.
Session Two Options:
Diversity Matters: Building Professional and Career Relationships
Dana Hutchens and Lori Sykes, Wake Forest University
Learn how to create a program that connects organizations seeking diverse applicants with students from a variety of backgrounds.
Go to Market: Leveraging Alumni for Employer Relations Success
Jamie Stamey, Davidson College
Learn how to leverage relationships with on-campus partners to deepen alumni engagement.
Session Three Options:
Transformational Field Trips: How to Launch & Build a Career Treks Program
Jessie Simonik, UNC Charlotte
Learn best practices for building a Treks program on a college campus
From the Front Lines: Employers Hiring Priorities, Preferences and Prerequisites
Emily Lawson, American Staffing Association
Learn checklist of the things that top hiring managers look for to find top talent
SITE VISIT:
On Friday we will visit Belk, Inc., a private department store company based in Charlotte, N.C.. It is where Southern customers shop for their perfect Sunday dress, the Saturday night outfit, and where family and community matter most. But Belk is more than shopping – it’s where you find your own unique way to express who you are. It’s where Southern style lives.
At Belk they believe that Southern isn’t just a place, it’s an attitude, a state of mind and a way of doing business that has made our company and associates so successful over the years. It´s what makes them unique; it´s what makes them Belk.
Above all else, there you’ll find opportunities to make huge impact. It´s the result of dynamic initiatives, financial and structural support, and strong investments in the areas that are taking Belk to new heights.
OPTIONAL EVENTS:
Form new relationships and strengthen existing ones through networking at our optional events. We will begin our experience with a pre-conference tour of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. On Thursday evening we will connect and mingle over food, music and drinks at Flight.
Invest in yourself and drive (or fly) to the SoACE ER Summit 2018. We look forward to seeing you in Charlotte! Questions? Reach out to the Summit Committee Co-Chairs Bethany Ferrall or Dia Buchanan.
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Dia Buchanan is the Recruitment Coordinator in the Office of Career & Professional Development at Belmont University. She presently serves within SoACE as co-chair of the Employer Relations Summit and Assistant Program Coordinator of Tweet Chats and Social Media for the Employer Relations Knowledge Group (ERKG). Connect with her on LinkedIn for collaboration.
