by by Wayne Hampton, Employer KG Chair
The Employer Knowledge Group consists of SoACE members working for employing organizations/businesses who are involved in college relations and recruitment. The Employer KG is a great opportunity not only for employers to network with other employers, but for career services professionals, especially those in employer relations, to also network with employers (and with each other!). Earlier this fall, we hosted a conference call discussion on each employer’s recruitment plans for the fall. If you’d like to hear more, click on the link below for an audio recording of our call: https://bluejeans.com/s/QaacD/
We are excited to continue this discussion at the annual conference when our KG will be hosting a breakout session entitled The Future of Career Fairs: Employer and University Perspectives. We’ll have two separate panels – a group of employers, representing different utilizations of Career Fairs; and a group of career services professionals, representing a variety of types of institutions. We invite you not only to join us, but to submit your questions for either panel, even if you can’t join! To submit a question, you can send it directly to wayne.hampton@disney.com, and we’ll include it in our list.
Even though our KG is geared towards employers, we have a number of career services professionals who join our calls as well. So by joining our KG, you’ll get to hear both perspectives on a given topic, and be able to brainstorm with others recruiters or other career services professionals. We definitely encourage ALL of our employer members in particular to not only join our KG, but to join our quarterly calls as well!
At the end of the year, I will be rolling off as the KG Chair and my fantastic Co-Chair, Rod Hooker from GM Financial, will be taking over as the KG Chair. That means we’ll be looking for someone to step in as Co-Chair. Let me know if you are interested!
In my job at Disney, I work remotely and over half of my team works remotely as well, so I’m already used to meeting virtually. But leading this KG has helped me learn more about working with virtual groups. It is certainly a challenge for virtual groups to stay connected, but as our students enter the workforce and more of them want flexible work arrangements, I think working in virtual groups will become a required skill.
Thanks to all of our amazing Employer KG members for a great fall, and we invite more of our SoACE members to join us! Simply click here to fill out the online membership form (must be logged in).
