Premier Universities

Greater New Haven is full of many premier universities and colleges, including Yale University, Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), Quinnipiac University, Gateway Community College (GWCC), University of New Haven, Middlesex Community College, Albertus Magnus, and Paier College of Art. Altogether, these eight education institutions have over 36,000 undergraduate and 15,000 graduate students. With thousands of students graduating ever year, you should have no problem filling your positions with bright, young, and passionate talent. For example, SCSU has launched a “Bioscience Career Ladder” and GWCC has developed a “Tech Career Ladder” to prepare New Haveners to work in our growing innovation sectors. You can work with the offices of career services at each institution to advertise your positions or host recruiting events.

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Workforce Alliance

Workforce Alliance serves as the federal- and state-funded workforce program for South Central CT, which includes New Haven. As a partner of the American Job Center network, Workforce Alliance provides employment and counseling services, along with avenues for training and skill development for over 15,000 people a year. For businesses like yours, Workforce Alliance can share your job postings, host recruiting and hiring events, screen candidates for job readiness, train a pool of candidates in a specific skill set, and provide wage reimbursements of up to 75% of an eligible new hire’s salary while they train on-the-job. View more information on the Workforce Alliance website or call (203) 867-4030.

 

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New Haven Works

New Haven Works provides employers qualified, pre-screened local job applicants. They work with hundreds of motivated job seekers at a time, which allows them to recruit, screen, and develop candidates that can succeed. Many of the candidates have already been referred to and completed training and certification programs to help reduce the cost and length of the on-boarding process. New hires also receive continued support once they are on the job, which increases rates of retention and further reduces your staffing costs. New Haven Works is willing to partner with you on an individual basis to meet your staffing needs. For more information, call 203-562-9000 or email jobs@newhavenworkspipeline.org.