Talent Development & Education

Talent Development & Education is an initiative of the Chamber’s collective interests in education, workforce, economic development and young professionals. Included are: ystark!, university relations, workforce partnership initiatives, workforce and education task forces, regional retention and expansion networking efforts, business retention surveys and visits, and energy industry relations. Areas of commonality will be cohesively integrated to allow for opportunities of greater development in our regional community and workforce competitiveness.

Program goals include:

Expand education and campus collaborations
Lead collaborative workforce goals through community partnerships
Support and promote initiatives that attract and engage new and existing business and employment opportunities in the area
Increase the quality of life and identify opportunities to grow, connect and be a part of regional community development
Grow and engage ystark! membership to cultivate the next generation of leaders

For more information, please contact Barbara Bennett, Director of Education Initiatives
330-458-2059.

An Employer's Internship Toolbox

This document was assembled as a result of collaboration through the Education Committee of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and Strengthening Stark. The ultimate goal of various education initiatives is to connect our regional businesses with our school systems in order to create a talent pipeline that addresses the needs of the County’s businesses. These relation-ships and connections help build and maintain viable businesses and thus elevates our community through a robust workforce and business community.

The purpose of this "toolbox" is to promote and encourage our regions’ businesses to establish their own internship programs with the local universities and high school career tech programs in Stark County to build these relationships.

Additional Information:

2019 NOCHE survey of 61 companies "Intern & Recent Graduate Pay Rates & Practices Survey"
This report summarizes the results of ERC and NOCHE’s collaboration to gather information from Northeast Ohio employers about their internship and recent graduate employment and pay practices.

Full report https://www.noche.org/media/1/19-Intern-Recent-Grad-Pay-Rates-Practices-Survey.pdf
Key Findings https://www.noche.org/media/1/ERC-NOCHE2019KeyFindings.pdf