NEED WORKERS? Start an internship program now.
Sherwin-Williams, Giant Eagle, Rockwell Automation, Lubrizol, First Energy and Parker Hannifin Corp. are some of the companies with the largest number of internship opportunities in the region per the February 2015 Ohio Means Jobs’ Internship report. This is great news. However, according to NOCHE (Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education) there are over 226,000 students in Northeast Ohio. These companies alone cannot offer enough internships to satisfy all the internships needed in our market.
There are many reasons to have an internship program, but perhaps the most telling is the fact that nationally employers made full-time offers to 64.8% of their interns. (According to the 2014 National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) Internship and Coop Survey.
Internships.com provides these 10 reasons to have an internships program:
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Angela Woodson, Thank You
Global Cleveland wants to thank Angela Woodson for her tremendous contribution to the organization. Angela came on as a consultant to serve as Global Cleveland’s Welcoming Coordinator at a time of great transition. She worked tirelessly to develop key programs and relationships namely Welcoming Cleveland, The Displaced Persons Services Collaborative Cleveland (RSC) relationship, the Community Conversations and the African American Initiative – among other community welcoming efforts.
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Cleveland Gets Its Goat
As the Year of the Goat trots in, Cleveland will light up with rousing celebrations that will welcome all into our city’s vibrant Chinese community.
The Goat, who takes the reins Feb. 19, brings plenty of luck for those born under his sign: lucky numbers of 2 and 7, lucky flowers of carnation and primrose, and lucky colors of red and purple.
The luck, though, flows to all of Greater Cleveland because all are welcome to join the Chinese community in some stirring celebrations:
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International Newcomer spotlight: Asim Datta finds his purpose in people
Asim Datta is a community builder. The Indian-born entrepreneur and community leader says his love of people is what drives him to succeed not only in business, but in showcasing the vibrant, diverse cultural landscape of Cleveland.
“All through this journey in my life, there is one thing that was very important to me: connecting with people,” says Datta, who has lived in Greater Cleveland for more than 30 years.
After starting an ad business in his native Kolkata, Datta came to Cleveland in the early 1980s to continue his studies in advertising and marketing. With an uncle and two cousins already in the area, Datta found Cleveland to be a “natural draw.”
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Explore 4,069 jobs ($80-$99K) in Greater Cleveland
Explore thousands of open jobs in the Greater Cleveland are through the Global Cleveland job search widget linked to OhioMeansJobs (OMJ). Because OhioMeansJobs aggregates open positions from employment sites nationally, it is your one-stop search resource for jobs in the region. A general search conducted January 29, 2015, generated:
2,822 six-figure jobs ($100K+), 4,069 high income jobs ($80K-$99K), 10,194 middle income jobs ($50k-$79K), 19,966 entry level jobs (less than $30K)
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A Day in the Life of an International Newcomer Entrepreneur
Written by Raluca Besliu
Kyaw Swar Oo, a Burmese Displaced Persons, who arrived in the United States (U.S.) in 2004, is a man living his dream. In October 2013, he opened his own business, the Burmese Asian Market, the first Burmese store in Cleveland. At the moment, Oo is still growing his initiative and not quite able to support himself entirely from the Market. Oo continues to work daily as a sushi chef from 7:30am until 11:30am, visits the Burmese Asian Market until 12:30pm, where his wife works as the shopkeeper, and spends the rest of his day as an Uber driver until 8 or 9pm, which gives him an opportunity to meet interesting new people as well as tell them about his store. He spends his only day off, Saturday, with his wife and two-year-old daughter.
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Let’s Not Waste What Displaced Personss Can Add to Our Communities
Let’s Not Waste What Displaced Personss Can Add to Our Communities
A recent event at Cuyahoga Community College changed my views on Displaced Personss. I thought, like many other Americans, that Displaced Personss come to the United States with very few valuables, many challenges and more needs than gifts for their new homeland. That view changed when I sat at a table with four Displaced Personss at TRI-C. I quickly learned that three of the four were from Iraq and all were professionals - a physicist, a lawyer and a teacher. The fourth Displaced Persons, a man from Afganistan, had been an interpreter for the American military.
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Global Cleveland International Students Welcoming Night at Cavaliers vs Spurs
Over thirty international students from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, and Baldwin Wallace experienced an exciting night at the Quicken Loans arena with the Cleveland Cavaliers on November 19th. Global Cleveland worked with the Cavaliers to offer free tickets to international student, who were also joined by 15 volunteers and 90 ticket winners of Global Cleveland’s web-based “Tell-A-Friend” contest. Though the Cavs came up two points short of a win, the event was a great success for Global Cleveland. Getting international students out into the community to experience what life could be like if they lived here is one of the goals that Global Cleveland shares with area colleges and universities.
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CSU and Global Cleveland Collaborate to Train International Students on Linkedin
According to recruiters, LinkedIn is one of the most important tools for modern job seeking. Global Cleveland collaborated with Cleveland State University to provide international students a workshop with Cleveland area recruiters on how to effectively use LinkedIn. LinkedIn is recognized as the most popular professional social networking tool to screen and select job candidates. The event featured presentations on LinkedIn from Cleveland-based recruiters such as ERICO International, MetroHealth, Dakota Software, and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
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