3 Reasons to Attend the From College to Career Working Session
You're planning 2027 headcount. Here's what you need to know.
Early-career hiring is shifting faster than most HR teams expect. AI is reshaping how you screen candidates. Skills-based hiring is rewriting job descriptions. And the talent you're trying to keep in Ohio is getting offers from everywhere else.
On October 21, OFIC is bringing Shawn VanDerziel, President & CEO of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, to Berea for a working luncheon with Ohio employers. Here's why you should be there.
You'll get the benchmarks behind your 2027 targets
Hiring outlook data isn't something you should guess on. NACE publishes the salary, internship conversion, and hiring-forecast benchmarks that employers use nationwide to plan headcount. Shawn will walk through what that data says right now, what competitive starting offers look like, which internship-to-hire conversions are realistic, and what the national hiring outlook means for your team's size.
You leave with numbers you can actually use to build your 2027 plan.
2. You'll meet the people who decide which employers get in front of students
Strong recruiting pipelines aren't built overnight. They're built through relationships with the career-services and faculty leaders who prepare students for your roles. This luncheon puts you in a room with those decision-makers from Ohio's independent colleges—the same people your talent acquisition team should be talking to year-round.
It's three hours that can reshape how you source early-career talent.
3. You'll learn how skills-based hiring actually works, and why it matters
"Skills-based hiring" is becoming a buzzword, but the mechanics matter. How do you rewrite a job description around the skills you need instead of the degree you expect? How is AI changing both your screening process and how candidates prepare? What does this mean for your requisitions, your partnerships with colleges, and your ability to find talent outside traditional pipelines?
Shawn will cover practical applications. You'll leave knowing how to implement this in your own hiring.
When: Wednesday, October 21, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Center for Innovation & Growth, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea
Cost: Free. No membership required.