“The Business and Education Partnership began when the ISD and the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce came together to connect Bay County schools and employers to improve career development opportunities for our students. We want to get kids into the right field and, hopefully, the right field here in Bay County. It’s critical that students understand what industries and employment opportunities we have here in Bay County, and what better way to connect the dots than for employers and educators to partner up?
Now we're going to take all of that to the next level. We do mock job interviews where employers volunteer to come in and help kids practice interviewing, but that was only present in some of the schools. This year, we’re bringing it to all of the schools in Bay and Arenac Counties to create a systemic change and so all of our students are getting the same experiences.
What if we took those mock interviews to the next level? for employers, too? An employer does a mock job interview with a student and sees something promising. Why can’t that employer take that student and give them further opportunities for development: job shadowing, a summer job, or an internship. They can develop someone from Day One who knows that it’s a career they want to pursue, and they’ve just created a pipeline of qualified candidates for future employment.
The BEP isn’t just for students—it’s a way for employers to build their own workforce.”
—Renee Courier Aumock, Bay-Arenac ISD and Marlana Cork, Director of Workforce Development, Hey, Bay City! & the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
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Student at Texas A&M University
5moI am a sophomore Petroleum Engineer major at A&M looking for a Summer internship. I did email a resume already. We just went to a career fair and missed the day all the oil/gas employers were there.