San Diego County Community Colleges Make It Easier For Employers To Recruit Their Job-Ready Talent For Free
NEW YORK, June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego County employers seeking job-ready talent now have an upgraded FREE resource to post jobs: the San Diego County Community Colleges Jobs Consortium website, powered by College Central Network, Inc. (CCN).
Using the CollegeCentral.com/sdcccjobs website is both FREE and easy for all employers—large and small, public and private. Register once and then post an unlimited number of jobs to San Diego County's community college students and alumni! This is an extraordinarily useful resource for employers hiring in today's climate, even with temporarily closed or restricted campuses, and students having to return home.
Employers posting jobs today can simultaneously reach tens of thousands of job seekers from Grossmont College, Cuyamaca College, San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, and San Diego Miramar College.
"Our County's community colleges provide great value and contribute directly to San Diego County's economic growth. The Consortium's community colleges are the largest provider of undergraduate education in San Diego County," stated Sasha Knox, Job Development Coordinator, San Diego City College. Knox added, "It's important for employers to understand the difference between recruiting community college students and four-year college students. Both are valuable, but each serves a different need for employers. Our graduates have skills often tailored specifically to the needs of our County's economy, and can move directly into the workforce and earn a median salary. This ensures that our campuses' most underserved students can gather resources, tools, and information that help them achieve a middle-class standard of living."
Renee Nasori, Career Services Supervisor, Grossmont College added, "Our Consortium's combined undergraduate reach is impressive, providing our County's employers with a diverse mix of students. Our students are highly skilled and workforce ready! Employers can recruit our community colleges' extensive range of talent that includes nursing, culinary arts, hospitality, computer information systems, administration of justice, marketing, music, child development, theatre arts, accounting, business, plus many others. We prepare students through our Job Readiness Training Academy which consists of 21st Century Skills workshops and job readiness engagements."
"One of the Consortium's major goals is to build a direct talent pipeline with our County's emerging job seekers, including both younger graduates and those adults who have added new skills, all ready to step directly into jobs for our County's employers," sums up Claudia Estrada-Howell, Career Center Supervisor at San Diego Mesa College.
"San Diego County has invested in our community college system," Estrada-Howell continued. "Our graduates now have a clear path to our County's employers, and our County obtains a direct return on its investment in our colleges. We educate our County's students and want to see them flourish in jobs here in San Diego County."
Angela Tilley-Ruiz, Job Placement Case Manager, Cuyamaca College said, "We should remember that most college job boards have a national focus, charge employers high fees, and make promises to deliver. But our San Diego County Community Colleges Jobs Consortium gives employers a no-cost option and direct path to our combined community colleges career centers and in-County talent. The Consortium's colleges prepare our students to join the workforce, and this is the best place for San Diego County's employers to find their next hires!"
"Employers who post to the Consortium are specifically looking to hire students and alumni who want to work in San Diego County," said Mona Patel, Career Center Coordinator at San Diego Miramar College. "It is important to note that our community college graduates almost exclusively accept job offers in the County, and that makes this a workforce win-win."
According to Joy Miller, CCN's Career Services Central® National Sales Manager, "The Consortium is launching during the COVID-19 pandemic and at a time when many employers are creating job opportunities. Employers need to target timely job postings in response to COVID-19. Organizations are actively seeking college students and alumni willing and able to jump in to meet their county's, regions', or cities' specific hiring conditions. San Diego County's community colleges are well positioned to help their County's economy rebound fast and to quickly fill the County's hiring needs in an era of rapid economic and technological change."
Miller added, "Many employers traditionally have posted jobs only at the closest community colleges. But, with the Consortium, employers can easily extend their reach, at no cost, and post Countywide, targeting either the entire county or a specific combination of regional San Diego County community colleges."
CCN's Career Services Central® is the exclusive online career office management platform for career centers at all participating colleges in the Consortium. Joy Miller sums it up: "Community colleges can have a greater impact on the County's economy. Every possible barrier has been removed to simplify the process and allow employers to easily recruit the County's home-grown entry-level talent. The San Diego County Community Colleges Jobs Consortium website does exactly that, particularly with the added current complications of closed campuses and remote learning."
Statistics show that approximately 136,000 students attend San Diego County community colleges.*
* "Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System," National Center for Education Statistics, accessed June 1, 2020, https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data.
About College Central Network®
Founded in 1997, College Central Network (CCN) has over 22 years of experience connecting employers with qualified emerging talent candidates. More than one million employers have already registered to utilize the Network to post jobs and recruit students and alumni for entry-level jobs.
CollegeCentral.com is absolutely free for any student enrolled at a U.S. college; alumnus/a of a U.S. college; community resident taking classes at a U.S. college; or student attending one of our partner high schools. To learn more, visit: CollegeCentral.com.
About Career Services Central®
Career Services Central (CSC) is CCN's intuitive and affordable career office management platform that works on any device and is trusted by hundreds of institutions and organizations across the U.S.
Thousands of career professionals use CSC daily to manage the entire career process for students, alumni, and community residents attending CSC-powered institutions, including appointments, career advice and job searching, résumés, career portfolios, experiential learning, on-campus recruiting, career events, and job fairs. To learn more, visit: CareerServicesCentral.com.
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