We also support Career Edge, an internship program aimed at those graduates I mentioned earlier who are either underemployed or unemployed. Several of the interns we have hired under that program have already succeeded in gaining valuable, marketable experience and were able to find permanent jobs as a result. Our motives aren t purely altruistic. We like to think they are even better than that. We re aiming for an outcome where everybody benefits, including ourselves.
Retention rates are higher because everyone involved already knows what they are getting into.
Recruitment and training become more cost effective. In other words, in terms of the three groups the partnerships exist to serve, students get jobs they really want. Educators have real communication with employers and are genuinely relevant. My company gets the well-prepared recruits it needs. And it doesn't cost us as much as anyone expected.