As with any effective partnership, both sides benefit. For Putnam, benefits include a highly motivated, dependable, and well-educated pool of potential employees. Students interested in joining the Pathway program submit a r sum and are interviewed by Putnam representatives. Once accepted, an intensive one-week training course is presented by Putnam's Employee Development Team. Recruiting applicants for the program was once a challenge.
Students are well aware of our existence.
The students work a minimum of 10 hours a week and design their work schedules around their classes and availability. As one might expect, managing 70 employees with individual work schedules can be a difficult task. Putnam students hard at work for Putnam. Like the students' ages, which range from the typical 18-19 year olds, to mature adults returning to school, the reasons for joining Pathway are varied. For Joe Wallace, a member of the Dean College men's basketball team, location was a key factor.