MSU Alumni Career Services:Employer Home Page of the MSU Alumni Association at Michigan State University help employers with recruitment of experienced personnel. Assistance is provided to employers seeking applicants with one or more years of experience (alumni beyond one calendar year after date of graduation).
Contact: David Isbell, Alumni Career Service Coordinator
Post jobs for alumni, recent graduates and students on My Spartan Career
MSU Career Services Network – Stadium Center:Employer Home Page assists employers with recruiting undergraduates, graduating students, and new graduates for one calendar year from date of graduation. Assistance is provided to employers with on-campus recruiting, career fairs, posting positions, connecting with students and faculty on campus, and more. Recent MSU graduates have free access to the Career Services Network resources, services, and programs for one calendar year from date of graduation.
Contact: Theda L. Rudd, Associate Director-Stadium Center
MSU Career Services Network – College Centers: Contacts
EMPLOYER RECRUITING AND RETENTION RESOURCES Success in business begins by recruiting the best potential employees. Once hired, it is crucial that employee skills be further shaped and molded to best serve your company. Lastly, the task of keeping your workers engaged and performing at the pinnacle of their potential is critical for longevity and long term success and efficiency. In brief, success comes through informing, attracting, developing and retaining the right people.
1) Informing - Includes information on occupational supply and demand data, industry profiles, labor statistics and the current job market trends.
Major Economic Indicators includes Consumer Price Index, Employment Cost Index, Employment Situation, Producer Price Index, Productivity and Costs, Real Earnings and US Import/Export Price Indexes
Occupational Outlook Handbook(OOH) 2006-07 Edition) – for any type of jobs, including information on the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job and working conditions.
Career Guide to Industries(CGI) 2006-07 Edition - similar to the OOH, but focusing on entire industries.
Employment Law Guide - This Guide describes the statutes and regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that affect businesses and workers. The Guide is designed mainly for those needing "hands-on" information to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for businesses in general industry.
Local Employment Dynamics - Searchable database for statistics on local areas as specific as county and metro areas.
2) Attracting - Focuses on bringing new workers into the labor force, including strategies for attracting potential employees and competing with other businesses in hopes of staffing your business with the crème de le crème.
Military Vets – Employers admire the hard work ethic and discipline of veterans.
Employer Assistance and Recruiting Network (EARN) - Designed to assist employers in locating and recruiting qualified workers with disabilities. EARN is a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy and can provide technical assistance on general disability employment-related issues.
America’s Job Bank (AJB) is a high volume (over 1 million jobs & 450,000 resumes), web-based electronic labor exchange that connects employers and jobseekers at a very low cost. Job seekers can post their resume, search for job openings, and find their dream job. Employers, including large or national firms who need to find workers by region or nationwide can post job listings in the nation's largest online labor exchange, create customized job orders, and search resumes automatically to find the right people fast. AJB contains numerous custom services and sections such as specialized and priority services for veterans (e.g. Military Resume Writer). 28 states currently use AJB hosted sites in some way as their state delivery system.
CareerOneStop - This portal provides a suite of tools for people to use at any stage in their career; including America's Job Bank, America's Career InfoNet, and America's Service Locator. The tools were developed and are maintained through the leadership of the U.S. Department of Labor and in partnership with state workforce agencies, local workforce service delivery providers and education and training institutions and private sector organizations.
It is very important to search untapped resources including youth, laid off workers, older workers, welfare recipients, veterans, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.
3) Developing and Improving Your Workforce - Concentrates on enhancing and upgrading the skill sets of your current employees through educational programs and further training.
4) Retaining - Provides strategies and methods for keeping your current workers engaged, satisfied and willing to stay. Materials include how to keep safe and healthy workplace environments, creating more flexible work arrangements, ideas on delaying the retirement of valuable, highly skilled employees and more.
Go Green! Graduates of Michigan State University will get the job done ... and right!
John Hill Director, Alumni Career Services MSU Alumni Association Michigan State University 242 Spartan Way -- Stadium Tower East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 355-7698 Email: careers@msualum.com
MSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
242 Spartan Way
East Lansing, MI 48824
(877) MSU-ALUM (517) 355-8314
msuaa@msualum.com
