Calling all Capital region employers: time is short to enroll in Job Shadow Day 2009. The deadline is Feb. 20 to sign up to do your part to introduce college and university students to what you do all day, and hopefully pique the interest of the creative class in the Capital region’s growth as a cultural and entertainment destination.
Job Shadow Day is Tuesday, March 10.
The program is a collaboration of the Career Services Network at Michigan State University, Lansing’s Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), and Capital Area Michigan Works. In its first effort, 135 students visited 25 businesses.
Job Shadow Day is just one offering of the LEDC in its efforts to engage university students, recent graduates and young entrepreneurial visionaries.
Networking mixers have been organized and the Entertainment Express Trolley does its part, running back and forth between East Lansing and Lansing. Launched more than two years ago, the trolley runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, racking up 10,000 riders so far, and averaging 21 per weekend, according to the LEDC.
Contact Andrea Ragan here, or click the city's Web site to learn more.
Source: LEDC
Gretchen Cochran, Innovation & Jobs editor, may be reached here.
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