Recruiting talent
Employer Relations is the single point of contact for hiring Porter students and graduates. A company can post co-op, internship, and full-time roles in PorterCareers at no cost; attend the fall and spring career conferences; run on-campus or virtual interview days; host an info session, a site visit, or an employer-in-residence table; and sponsor a student competition team. The highest-value move is a recurring co-op pipeline — the same two or three roles filled every rotation — which Employer Relations will help set up with a department so the candidates arrive pre-screened for the skills that matter.
Sponsoring applied learning
Porter is a polytechnic, so real client projects are built into the curriculum. A company can bring a scoped problem — a design challenge, a process improvement, a prototype, a market study, a software build, a data analysis — to a junior-level project course or a senior capstone team that works it over a semester or a year under faculty supervision, with a modest sponsorship fee that covers materials and administration. The company gets a worked deliverable and a close look at potential hires; students get a portfolio piece and a reference. IP terms are agreed up front.
Workforce development and expertise
Beyond students, the university delivers customized training for a company's current employees — short courses, certificates, and credit-bearing programs in manufacturing, quality, automation, cybersecurity, supervision, project management, and design, taught on campus, online, or at the worksite and built around the employer's own equipment and processes. Faculty are also available for applied research, testing and lab services, technical consultation, and serving on program advisory boards that keep the curriculum current.
Getting started
Contact Employer Relations with what you are trying to do — hire, sponsor a project, train staff, or solve a technical problem — and they route it to the right people rather than making you find them. First conversations are free and exploratory; a company new to Porter is often pointed at a single career fair and one capstone project to start before committing to a pipeline.
Questions?
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