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Employer Engagement by Community-Based Organizations
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Promising approaches community based organizations (CBOs) can use to engage employers.
The findings are based on the experiences of three grantees under JPMorgan Chase’s New Skills at Work initiative: Cara Chicago, Henry Street Settlement, and Community Learning Center Inc.
- Carefully select and target employer partners.
- Ensure service delivery reflects a strong knowledge of employer and job seeker needs.
- Build trusting relationships with employers by providing high-quality service and making good matches.
- Help employers get beyond stigma.
- Leverage partnerships and community knowledge as an employer engagement strategy.
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Construction
Healthcare
Hospitality/Leisure
Manufacturing - General
Retail and Trade
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- Resource Publication Date: 2018
- Author(s): Shayne Spaulding & David C. Blount
- Organizational Author(s): Urban Institute
- Posted by: Robin Gwathney
- Posted in: Global