Each month Capital Area Michigan Works! (CAMW!) shares a CAMW! success story. This time around Jeffrey speaks with Teri Sand, from the CAMW! Business Services Team (BST), about how businesses can use the BST's resources to their advantage.
- Teri introduced herself and her role at CAMW!, having been there for 17 years, and the BST lead for 3 years.
- CAMW! is a network of resources that partners with businesses to develop recruiting and retention strategies. They also partner with job seekers to enhance education and career opportunities.
- CAMW! serves three counties, Clinton, Ingham, and Eaton.
- CAMW!'s primary customers are the employers in the Lansing area.
- The BST was created to:
- Proactively reach out to local businesses
- Develop relationships
- Minimize multiple people calling on the same business
- Assist employers with filling their high wage, high skill, high demand jobs
- Help employers find the best possible candidates
- How does CAMW! do that? They create a list based upon industry, size, growth, employer.
- There are seven BST members who:
- Work individually with each employer
- Customize recruiting strategy
- Implement recruiting strategy
- There are seven BST members who: