Employer Partnership Opportunities

The Career Development Center started the Employer Partnership program to open the door for companies to increase their company visibility and connect them with JBU students. Being an Employer Partner with JBU allows us to intentionally work with your company to help you promote the benefits of your company and recruit JBU students.

Each level includes a recruitment strategy session with a CDC staff member to help you plan your recruitment strategy at JBU. Each partnership level also includes an email to JBU Faculty and increased company visibility through on-campus promotions, social media promotions and job blast emails.

The difference between the Gold, Silver and Bronze level partnerships is based on the number of recruitment and promotions available for a company to use in a given year. Gold partners, the highest level, can have a JBU CDC social media takeover, presentation to the CDC staff, unlimited on-campus visual advertisements and the ability to present at JBU at the Spring Career Development Center event. Look here for more information on all the perks.

The partnership levels primarily differ based on the number of promotional opportunities available. If your company has a desire to post on JBU CDC’s social media, connect with faculty and student organizations or have more personal connections with the Career Development Center and JBU Students, then a Gold partnership would be best! If your company wants to do a few promotions at JBU and primarily promote themselves a few times during the year, then a Bronze partnership will work best.

Past employers have stated this about JBU students:

“Last summer, we had two interns from JBU and we were so impressed with them both. Their work ethic, spiritual maturity, and professionalism was a benefit to the ministry and we were sad to see them go!” -Mary Salazar, Internship Program Manager, Focus On The Family

"Having worked with current students and JBU graduates at multiple companies and in different environments, there is an undeniable common thread among them. Each carries a keen, values-based appetite to achieve and make a meaningful impact for both their organization's bottom line and the wellbeing of their communities."-Donny Epp, Communications Director, Simmons Foods

1. Planning your strategy is an important part of the process to see the full benefits of your partnership. Choosing optimal recruitment times to take advantage of your benefits is also important.
2. Communicating with Career Development staff is key in helping us to understand how to showcase your brand.
3. Taking advantage of ALL of the benefits and spreading them out throughout the school year. Students often search for jobs at different times during the year. By recruiting all year, you can communicate to a more diverse group of students.
4. Staying active in Handshake. Keep jobs up to date. Send messages to students through Handshake as well as looking through public profiles. Create events that can be promoted through your partnership.