HUMAN RESOURCES
October 16, 2008
Dawn Barberis, Sharon Birge, Sheri Mosher, Sue O’Halloran, Tom Perrick, Barbara Rommel
Question posed: What must Mt. Hood Community College do to become a world-class education and training partner in your community, your life, your business?
MHCC step up as a spokesperson through statistics; tell economic ‘story’ of our area, (often the media go to PSU); engage the college’s research office with the community and become the resource the community goes to for information
MHCC to become a leader with its vision / be a trusted advisor and liaison / be more engaged with business and industry and all customers
Outreach, especially among 20-30 year olds, engaging young people who may / may not finish high school; outreach at multiple locations; help students get started
Match desires of students for jobs to needs of business and industry, leading to living wage jobs for students
Poverty and crime are up in East County; reach out to those individuals to tell them about jobs and training; get more information out to help them with access to the college
Job readiness skills training needed; such as computer skills
Leverage and understand community partners; better partnerships with employers, high schools and business and industry; economic development
Communicate and connect with high school counselors; reach high school students and create opportunities to learning pathways to careers
Boeing – provides 12 high school students with internships to expose them to manufacturing
Workforce / work source
Anticipate social and learning needs of retiring ‘baby boomers’ – lifelong learners - partnering off campus so they don’t have to ‘trek’ to the Gresham campus; feed needs other than financial
Community education activities – compliment the good job the college is doing
Organization and staff flexible to find solutions to problems and systems
Knowing college staff and leaders; community does not know point people in the college
Be results oriented; easily make a call and get where you need to be through personalized attention and response
Instructors’ background – mark of respect of the college; publicly share research/experience of faculty - demonstrates quality of the college
Business and industry representatives serve on screening committees to provide insight into hiring key college staff
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