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Employer Partners

Transformative Career Development for Today’s Learners

Ivy+ Career Link has transformed the way in which Ivy Tech engages with local businesses through an employer-informed process to prepare talent for today’s careers. Ivy+ Career Link employer-integrated partners build meaningful talent acquisition strategies and recruitment efforts. Ivy+ Career Link offers intentional career coaching, training, and targeted professional development to an employer’s existing workforce or new talent, while learners achieve a degree/credential or certification based on desired outcomes.

Employer Partners

  • Through Ivy+ Career Link support, employers and students have tools and resources to develop or participate in: 

    • Engagement opportunities like career fairs, job shadows, panels, or mock interviews. 
    • Contracted services like consulting, job profiling, custom training, or assessments. 
    • Open enrollment that provides short-term, market-driven training.  
    • Traditional or Employer-Driven interdisciplinary degrees. 
    • Achieve Your Degree that offers an employer’s existing workforce a college degree to coincide with an organization’s tuition reimbursement program with minimal upfront cost to the employee. 
    • Work-and-Learn Experiences that align with employer needs.

    Ivy+ Career Link has dedicated staff who work closely with employers to develop experiences that are mutually beneficial for both the learner and employer. This ensures employers are connected to talent and can invest in employees’  professional growth to provide the maximum impact and return on investment for their business.

    Vision

    Ivy+ Career Link has dedicated staff who work closely with employers to develop experiences that are mutually beneficial for both the learner and employer. This ensures employers are connected to talent and can invest in employees’  professional growth to provide the maximum impact and return on investment for their business.

    Mission

    Ivy+ Career Link exists to empower students with professional career coaching and training to support a lifelong career journey. By strengthening social capital, preparing for workforce readiness, and connecting talent to opportunity, Ivy Tech will enhance economic impact in the State of Indiana.

    Questions about Workforce Training?

    For information about Custom training, certification & education based solutions

    Lead Employer Consultant
    Joey Wheatly
    jwheatly@ivytech.edu
    574-208-4173

    For information about apprenticeships

    Director of Apprenticeships
    Izza Kluzyn
    ijatala@ivytech.edu
    574-387-2751