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About Us: The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at Columbus State is a full-service solutions provider for Central Ohio manufacturers. Located on Columbus State Community College’s Columbus Campus, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at Columbus State is anchored in education. Our list of partners and offerings spans Central Ohio, the public and private sectors, as well as education and industry. Together, we champion lifelong learning, from technical training and professional development workshops to a wide range of certificate and degree programs. We’re here to help you and your company grow, crafting custom solutions for your needs.
Contact: MEP at Columbus State
Email: MEP@CSCC.EDU
Phone: 614-287-5000
Website: https://www.MEP.CSCC.EDU
About Us: The Office of Talent Strategy at Columbus State Community College works with companies to diagnose skill needs and develop programming to upskill incumbent employees or develop programming for new hires which includes English as a second language offerings. We also work with the Ohio Tech Cred reimbursement program.
Contact: Cheryl Hay, Executive Director, Office of Talent Strategy
Email: chay3@cscc.edu
Website: https://www.cscc.edu
About Us: Dawson is a full-service workforce solutions company that offers a wide variety of services to employers with a lot of different needs and to job seekers with many different skill sets and backgrounds. Services include job placements, HR management solutions and community workforce programs
Contact: Chelsea Hinton
Email: chinton@dawsoncareers.com
Website: https://www.dawsoncareers.com
About Us: Providing a high-quality, for-the-real-world education to ambitious learners and working adults like you so you can reach your personal and professional goals and enrich the world.
Contact: Whitney Iles
Email: whitney.iles@franklin.edu
Website: https://www.franklin.edu/about-us/partnerships/employer-partnerships
About Us: Connect Ohio’s business, training, and education communities to build a dynamically skilled, productive, and purposeful workforce
Contact: Margaret Camma, Executive Assistant
Email: margaret.camma@governor.ohio.gov
Website: https://workforce.ohio.gov/about
About Us: We offer education at every career stage for multiple industries — real estate, appraisal, home inspection and mortgage. Students are given the opportunity for job placement, networking and industry connections.
Contact: Teri Tope
Email: ttope@hondros.com
Website: https://www.hondros.com
About Us: The online associate degree of applied business in business management program prepares the learner with the skills and understanding of many aspects of the business environment including critical thinking, business management and sales.
Contact: Aleta Thomas
Email: athomas@hondros.com
Website: https://hondroscollegeofbusiness.com
About Us: NCUS Tec is an affiliate of National Center for Urban Solutions. NCUS Tec offers a wide variety of courses and certificates to upskill your employees. NCUS Tec can also provide services to help hire trained employees.
Contact: Perry Gregory, SVP
Email: pgregory@ncusolutions.org
Website: https://www.ncustec.org
About Us: The Ohio Department of Education is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals dedicated to fulfilling the vision established in Each Child, Our Future, Ohio’s strategic plan for education. The vision is, “In Ohio, each child is challenged to discover and learn, prepared to pursue a fulfilling post-high school path and empowered to become a resilient, lifelong learner who contributes to society.”
Contact: Cassandra Palsgrove, Director of the Office of Graduate Success
Email: Cassandra.palsgrove@education.ohio.gov
Website: https://education.ohio.gov
About: SuccessBound celebrates and promotes useful and effective business-school relationships that create opportunities for Ohio’s students to have workplace experiences and earn credentials, engage with mentors and learn skills and technical competencies they can use in their career journeys.
Contact: Carrie Scheiderer, Central Region Tech Prep Coordinator
Email: cscheide@cotc.edu
Website: https://www.successbound.ohio.gov/Businesses
About Us: Empowering Ohio employers with knowledge of military skill and culture so they can better recognize the advantages of hiring veterans.
Contact: Ryan Blackburn, Manager
Email: Ryan.Blackburn@dvs.ohio.gov
Website: https://dvs.ohio.gov/jobs-and-education/veterans-workforce-team
About Us: Find a job, learn career skills, meet the requirements of your government benefits, and more on OhioMeansJobs.com
Contact: Carolyn Stout
Email: omjdelaware@jfs.ohio.gov
Website: https://delcoomj.co.delaware.oh.us
About Us: Find a job, learn career skills, meet the requirements of your government benefits and more on OhioMeansJobs.com
Contact: Brandon Bush
Email: Businessservices@omjcfc.org
Website: https://www.omjcfc.org
About Us: OWD provides information and tools to Ohio's workforce system. We interpret federal and state law and serve as primary policy-makers for workforce programs. The office administers federal programs that create a comprehensive statewide workforce system of employment services; hiring support and tax credits; and labor market information to employers and workers.
Contact: Kelly Carey
Email: kelly.carey@jfs.ohio.gov
Website: https://jfs.ohio.gov/owd/index.stm
About Us: OWD provides information and tools to Ohio's workforce system. We interpret federal and state law and serve as primary policy-makers for workforce programs. The office administers federal programs that create a comprehensive statewide workforce system of employment services; hiring support and tax credits; and labor market information to employers and workers.
Contact: Julie Laird, Account Executive
Email: julie.laird@jfs.ohio.gov
Website: https://jfs.ohio.gov/owd/index.stm
About Us: Buckeye Careers is a university-wide initiative designed to support students throughout their professional development, with a focus on connecting them with local, national and global organizations.
Contact: Jennifer Chilman, Assistant Director for Employer Engagement & Internships
Email: chilman.1@osu.edu
Website: https://careers.osu.edu/employers
About Us: Working with local and state partners, we serve as the business location resource for companies across central Ohio and around the world as they grow, innovate and compete within the global economy
Contact: David White, Director of Workforce and Talent Solutions
Email: dw@columbusregion.com
Website: https://columbusregion.com/workforce-strategy
About Us: Otterbein offers a choice of more than 70 majors and 44 minors, as well as individualized courses of study. We also offer five graduate programs in business administration, education and nursing, including our doctor of nursing practice degree.
Contact: Erin Bender
Email: ebender@otterbein.edu
Website: https://www.otterbein.edu
About Us: The Point is over 61,000 square feet of learning labs and maker space, think tanks, networking facilities, event space and designated co-working areas and offices. Connect with passionate do-ers to build your dreams and shape the future of education and innovation, today.
Contact: Erin Bender
Email: ebender@otterbein.edu
Website: https://www.otterbein.edu/thepoint
About Us: WARM offers food assistance and supportive coaching for residents in the Westerville School District (encompassing all or part of 43081, 43082, 43229. 43231, 43230). We also provide a robust employment assistance/readiness initiative that helps the unemployed or underemployed throughout the northeast quadrant of Franklin County. We do this with compassionate, short-term assistance, and educational services to encourage individuals to achieve a self-sufficient move towards prosperity. Many participants are in turn helping organizations address their workforce demands.
Contact: David Crago
Email: David@warmwesterville.org
Website: https://warmwesterville.org
About Us: Whether you are looking for a job or considering a career change, we can help! Stop by for advice on how to get started. We can help create a resume, write a cover letter, prepare for an interview and more!
Contact: Westerville Public LibraryEmail: ask@westervillelibrary.org
Website: https://westervillelibrary.org/jobs
About Us: Partner with area businesses and organizations on workforce needs so that people are fully employed at their ability and potential in the thriving Central Ohio Economy
Contact: Courtney Thraen, Associate Director of Business Solutions
Email: cthraen@wdbco.org
Website: https://www.wdbco.org