Courses to Careers

Courses to Careers (C2C) is a program designed to identify, train and place recent college graduates who are either unemployed or underemployed. The program beneits workforce development agencies, regional employers and recent college graduates, as well as the local communities and unemployed population.

Primary Benefits for WIBs (Workforce Investment Boards)

Door opener to employers who historically have not worked with workforce development agencies
Excellent new tool for employer outreach - providing BSRs (Business Service Representatives) with opportunities to interact with employers and provide new, high-value services
Improves regional performance by increasing placement rates and average wage rates

Primary Benefits for Employers

Provides a low-cost, highly efficient pipeline of college educated talent
Saves the company time with recruiting efforts
Provides pre-trained interns for on-the-job evaluation
Internships can be fully or partially funded by the local workforce development agency
Provides college graduates with foundational career readiness skills

Primary Benefits for Participants (College Graduates)

Connects recent college graduates to full-time, career-appropriate job opportunities
Provides both internship and full-time job opportunities
Provides career readiness skills needed to be successful in a professional environment
Results in significant earnings increases

A week and a half after completing the C2C workshop, I started an internship.

Coldwell Banker Intern

It was great being face-to-face with employers and being able to showcase my potential, rather than being a resume in a stack of papers on someone's desk.

C2C Graduate - Kierstein Geary

Key Facts

49% of all recent college graduates are not employed on a full-time basis
13.7% of recent college graduates have low wage jobs
The federal government loses $5.6 billion per year due to unemployed or underemployed recent college graduates
5 of 6 graduates do not have “career type” jobs arranged at graduation
Student loan default rates are up 327% since 2003
In the USA, there are over 2 million open positions that require a college degree
The majority of hiring managers believe college graduates are not job-ready at graduation

Program Highlights

Participant Recruitment
Job Readiness Training
Career Coaching
Networking Events
Internship & Full-Time Placements

Program Results

C2C pays the government back on its investment in just 10.3 months
94% of all participants are placed into either internships or full-time positions
Average annual earnings increase per participant has been $29,828