Subject Line: "Ready to hire" means something different than you think
The examples in this newsletter are drawn from real partnership experiences. Names and identifying details have been altered to protect privacy.
Who's This For
I'm writing this for workforce professionals who work with employer partners—whether that means advisory boards, placement coordinators, program developers, or anyone trying to connect education to employment.
You've probably experienced this tension: employers say they want "workforce-ready" graduates. You work to produce them. And then employers hire one out of every seven hundred applicants and tell you the candidates weren't quite what they needed.
Something's misaligned. And it's probably not what you think.
This issue is about reframing employer relationships from customer-to-be-served to partner-in-design.