The University of Windsor is partnering with Invest WindsorEssex to make sure more students get jobs after graduating.
“Invest WindsorEssex is proud to be partnering with the University of Windsor to offer the Windsor-Essex Career Apprenticeship program to our community. Supported by the Canadian Career Apprenticeship Initiative Foundation, this program will help to establish careers for new graduates while ensuring a strong talent pipeline for Windsor-Essex companies,” said President and CEO of Invest WindsorEssex Stephen MacKenzie.
The initiative will help students in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences get a full-time permanent position with local companies.
“Arts graduates across Canada face a difficult challenge in securing their first career full-time job. At the same time, many of our communities are desperately seeking to retain and attract young talent,” said Alan Rottenburg, founder of the Canadian Career Apprenticeship Initiative. “We at CCAI have been successfully addressing these issues through our apprenticeship model and we know that the pilot launched by the partnership between the University of Windsor and Invest WindsorSEssex will be an important step in supporting the Windsor-Essex region in doing the same.”
Invest WindsorEssex will recruit 10 local employers to fill positions during the first year of the program. The initiative will donate up to $16,000 per placement to cover a third of the graduate's salary for the first year.
