Three guest speakers shared with Bellefontaine Rotary Club members this week about innovative networking and employment opportunities that have been made available to Logan County students and adults, including through the launch of a new website this month, https://mylocalcareer.com/.
Logan County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ben Vollrath detailed the new website that was developed specifically for Logan and Union counties. He said Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act dollars helped to build and launch the website.
Companies within Logan and Union counties are encouraged to start a profile. Local youths and adults who are job seeking can also utilize the free tool to create profiles to be matched with local businesses, browse job postings and receive alerts when related local jobs are posted.
Also available on the website, the Department of Job and Family services received funds to help produce company videos to create a library for young job seekers to take an inside look at each company. The videos also feature individual employees discussing the progression through their careers.
Vollrath also shared that the results of the 2021 Wage, Benefits & Skills Survey are available now and was pleased to report that over 150 businesses in Union and Logan County responded to the survey in February and March.
Area residents are encouraged to check out the survey details and sector specific wage data in the full report on the Logan County Chamber’s website, www.logancountyohio.com.
Also at the meeting, the chamber president and Katie Rychener, Bellefontaine High School marketing management teacher and DECA adviser, and Karen Sorreles, Midwest Regional Educational Service Center youth liaison, offered updates about the Logan County Collaborative and the 3E Program, which relates to employment, enrollment or enlistment options for graduating seniors.
Each Logan County high school now has a TV screen placed in a prominent area in the school that is populated with potential jobs, scholarships and military options.
Sorreles is the day-to-day contact from the MRESC for the 3E campaign. She said a first-time endeavor called “Power Pace Interviews” are targeting seniors at each of the Logan County high schools to give students the opportunity to practice their interview skills in a familiar environment.
Rychener participates in the collaborative in a marketing role and shares the 3E language and promotional efforts among the business community and in the schools.
“Social media and banners are helping us to gain momentum in the schools,” she said.
The significance of recent “Signing Days” was highlighted for the Rotarians as well.
“All students deserve fair respect and honor for what they choose,” Vollrath said.
The Logan County Collaborative is looking forward to future plans, which includes adding student voice to the organization through student ambassadors.