Category: Champaign County Job Board

JobsOhio Virtual Career Fair for Champaign County on Nov. 18

10/9/2020

Click to visit soche.org/vcf to Register.

Open Interviews at Rittal on Sep. 12

9/1/2020

Rittal is now hiring. Next hiring event is Saturday, September 12, 2020.

These are for Direct Hire openings including Assembly Operators, Machine Operators (CNC Machine), Paint Load/Unload, and Welders.

Starting pay up to $16 hour with shift differential
Benefits starting the 1st of the month
Monthly attendance bonus

Email resume to mckee.k@rittal.us or call Katie McKee at 937-629-2097.

KTH to Host Walk-in Hiring Event on Aug. 16

8/4/2020

KTH Parts Industries in St. Paris, Ohio is hosting a walk-in hiring event on Sunday, August 16th from 1-4pm. Just bring a resume and photo ID to apply for an opening on 2nd Shift for a Product Associate. Learn more at www.kth.net.

KTH Hosting Walk-in Hiring Event July 19th

7/10/2020

KTH Parts Industries is hiring! The manufacturing company based in St. Paris, Ohio will host a walk-in hiring event on Sunday, July 19th from 1-4pm. Bring a resume and photo ID. To learn more about KTH, visit www.kth.net.

Rittal Hosting Local Hiring Event July 30th

7/2/2020

Champaign County Now Hiring!

4/7/2020

Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted reported that more than 29,000 jobs had been posted on the new website to match essential businesses with Ohioans seeking work: https://jobsearch.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/jobsearch/

Many Champaign County businesses are hiring at this time, and a few are already listed on this new website. Just search your ZIP code at the link above to see job openings in our area.

And remember, for all things related to CHAMPAIGN COUNTY JOBS, visit www.ChampaignWorks.com/jobs

About a dozen different employers located in Champaign County have posted jobs in the past 2 weeks on ChampaignWorks.com.

Local Group Promoting Census Participation

2/7/2020

A group of local leaders is working to encourage local residents to complete the 2020 census – to make sure Champaign County is fully counted.

Doug Crabill, Community Development Manager for the City of Urbana, says that the Champaign County Census 2020 Complete Count Committee, which he chairs, is represented by leaders of local government, education and social service and community organizations, such as the CEP, from across the county.

CEP Enters 5th Year Advancing Local Economic Development

4/26/2019

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Marcia Bailey

By Marcia Bailey, Director Champaign Economic Partnership
There’s power in working together for a shared purpose of business expansion and job creation. The Champaign Economic Partnership (CEP) has proven that, since becoming Champaign County’s economic development agency, nearly five years ago.

The CEP couldn’t do this without the financial support, talent and leadership of our partners, the City of Urbana, the Champaign County Commissioners, Mechanicsburg, North Lewisburg and St. Paris, more than 20 local businesses and our 19-member board.

Key development projects
Thanks to economic development investments by private businesses working with the CEP, Urbana – for the first time ever – ranked 41st in the Site Selection magazine’s 2017 list of top U.S. micropolitan communities.

Recent successes include the new Navistar distribution center, Memorial Health’s medical building, expansion of Weidmann Electrical Technology, opening of Nutrien Ag Solutions, Sutphen Corporation’s new Service, Parts and Refurbishment Center, expansion of Old Souls Farms hydroponic operations, expansion of Advanced Technology Products and purchase of the former Robert Rothschild Farm property.

Champaign County manufacturing jobs have grown from under 3,000 jobs in 2013 to nearly 4,000 in 2018.

Major projects for 2019 include:

Construction of a 54-room Cobblestone Hotel in Urbana, owned by local investors
Completion of cleanup of the former Q3/Johnson Manufacturing site
Development of the proposed Legacy Place project to transform the former Urbana North and South Elementary schools and the Douglas Hotel into 51 affordable senior living apartments.

Preparing the workforce
The CEP is partnering with schools and businesses in numerous ways to help make sure Champaign County has the skilled workforce required by new and expanding businesses.

Results of these partnerships include:

The CEP's new business liaison, Ashley Cook, who helps coordinate workforce development initiatives with schools and businesses
Internships and job shadowing opportunities
Job fairs and in-school presentations by businesses
The online Community Job Connect job board, where local employers post job openings
11 TV monitors placed around Champaign County broadcasting news about local training programs, job openings, and economic development
Ohio Hi-Point Career Center’s Advanced Manufacturing program at Triad Local Schools
YouTube videos of our local manufacturers
The Champaign County Business Advisory Council, partnering with schools and businesses preparing students for the local workforce.

Future development

Also in the works for economic development:
The City of Urbana will be reviewing results on development ideas for the South Main Street Corridor as well as the South High Street Corridor for potential improvement of pedestrian and bicycle traffic, drainage and parking
The Sowles Hotel building will be redeveloped for office and retail space.
The CEP will help St. Paris market its enterprise zone.
The CEP will be establishing a Community Reinvestment Area in Mechanicsburg
The CEP will continue promoting Urbana’s Certified Opportunity Zone (COZ) which offers incentives for development in economically distressed areas.
Downtown property owners are moving ahead with redevelopment projects, following the Moving Downtown Forward initiative launched by the CEP in 2018.

For more information, call the CEP at 937-653-7200 or browse CEPOhio.com.

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CEP, Businesses, Schools Developing Local Workforce

4/19/2019

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Mike Yauger, apprenticeship and training coordinator of Iron Workers Local 290, Tipp City, talks with a student and his father at the Workforce Extravaganza job fair held in March at West Liberty-Salem High School. The event, for all Champaign County high school students, featured 21 employers and job training programs.

The Champaign Economic Partnership (CEP) and Champaign County schools and businesses are working together in several ways to help local employers meet their workforce needs and prepare students for rewarding careers.

“To succeed in the marketplace, local employers need more qualified candidates for job openings and to replace retiring employees,” said CEP Director Marcia Bailey. “To accomplish this, we’re working to better prepare students for these opportunities.”

She added, “By developing a strong workforce, we set up our community for growth and economic success, attracting new businesses and enabling existing businesses to grow and create jobs.”

Workforce development is a major focus of the CEP, she said. Following are examples of how the CEP and its partners are strengthening the local workforce:

CEP business liaison: The CEP and Ohio Hi-Point Career Center created this part-time position with the financial support of the Champaign County Human Resources Manufacturers Council, DP&L, Clark State Community College and FASTLANE.

Business Liaison Ashley Cook, who teaches Ohio Hi-Point Career Center’s Supply Chain Management program at Urbana High School, coordinates activities that bring schools, students and businesses together throughout Champaign County. This includes job fairs, in-school presentations by businesses and spreading the word about internships, job shadowing opportunities and job openings.

Nancee Starkey, human resources generalist at Bundy Baking Solutions, said that Cook helped her set up presentations at Graham, Urbana and Triad high schools. She added that a few Graham seniors are working second shift at Bundy while they finish their studies.

Manufacturing videos: Cook is overseeing creation of videos that feature local manufacturers and their employees to show students and others the skilled, high-tech jobs available locally. So far, videos have been produced for Bundy Baking Solutions, the Hall Company, Orbis Corporation, Rittal, Ultra-met and Weidmann Electrical Technology. The videos can be viewed on the Champaign Economic Partnership YouTube channel.
Business Advisory Council: The CEP participates in the Champaign County Business Advisory Council, which brings schools and businesses together to develop curriculum to help students gain skills needed for in-demand careers.
Ohio Hi-Point Career Center Programs at Local Schools: This includes the Advanced Manufacturing Program in its third year at Triad Local Schools. This program will be added at Urbana and Graham high schools in the next school year to help prepare students for manufacturing careers and advanced training.
Ohio Hi-Point has offered its Biomedical program at Graham High School since 2005 and will be working more closely with Mercy Health – Urbana Hospital, said Debbie Wortman, Ohio Hi-Point satellite director. Ohio Hi-Point also offers Informational Technology at Graham, covering interactive media, coding and programming, and Supply Chain Management at Urbana High School.
Internships: More local manufacturers are offering students internships. Janet Ruhe, human resources representative at Orbis Corporation in Urbana, said that an Urbana University student has begun a materials internship at the company. Another Urbana University student who interned there last year was hired after graduation to work as a marketing and sales representative in Orbis’s corporate office.

Ruhe added that Triad High School graduate Zack Zizzo, who was in the Ohio Hi-Point Advanced Manufacturing program, is now working at Orbis as a paid intern while he completes the two-year mechanical engineering technology program at Clark State Community College – with tuition assistance from Orbis. He will continue working at Orbis after he graduates in June.

Ruhe said that Orbis met Zizzo at a local Manufacturing Day event where he presented a 3D printing project he worked on at Triad.

Job Signing Ceremonies: To celebrate interns joining local companies, the CEP is partnering with the companies to hold signing ceremonies, similar to those that colleges have for student athletes who join their programs. Ceremonies will soon be held for two interns at Bundy Baking Solutions and one at Orbis Corporation, while more will be planned.
Urbana University UrbanaWORKS Program: Urbana University, a branch campus of Franklin University, partners with area employers and chambers of commerce through the UrbanaWORKS program, which is designed to help strengthen the local workforce. Karen Chuvalas, UrbanaWORKS business development manager, said the partnership program offers businesses:
A tuition discount for employees to continue their education, online at Franklin University
Renewable scholarships for children of employees to attend Urbana University full time

Also, Urbana University is working with employers to:

Create internships and co-op programs to give students practical work experience and to help businesses find good employees
Develop curriculum to prepare students for manufacturing technologies
Provide on-site and online education programs customized to meet their workforce training needs
Community Job Connect: This online job board, developed by the CEP, allows Champaign County employers to post jobs at communityjobconnect.com. The CEP will be updating the site and moving it onto the CEP website, CEPOhio.com.

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CEP Uses Monitors to Help Spread Good Economic, Workforce News

11/28/2018

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The Champaign Economic Partnership in Champaign County has found a new way to share good news about economic and workforce development – and local job postings: eleven 60-inch TV monitors strategically placed around the county.

The CEP continually updates content displayed on the 11 monitors – one at each of the five Champaign County high schools; one each at Urbana University, Ohio Hi-Point Career Center and in the CEP’s office window in the center of Urbana’s downtown business district; and one each in the windows of three downtown businesses in Mechanicsburg, North Lewisburg and St. Paris.

The project is being supported by Urbana University, Ohio Hi-Point, Dayton Power & Light, FASTLANE, Darby Dental Smiles, Urbana Dental Smiles, Berry Digital Solutions and Weidmann Electrical Technology, Inc.

CEP Director Marcia Bailey said the monitors help inform students, county residents and visitors about local economic and community development growth, job opportunities, and education and workforce training. The monitors, she added, complement CEP’s partnership with local schools and manufacturers to prepare students for local career opportunities. Job openings advertised on the monitors come from the CEP’s local job posting website, Community Job Connect.

“I’m a strong believer in the education-workforce ecosystem. And the CEP is leading the way to organizing education and employers, preparing talent to meet the needs of our employers,” Christopher Washington, Executive Vice President and CEO of Urbana University, a branch campus of Franklin University, said.

The monitors are the ideal way to deliver the information, he adds. “Kids today are digitally wired and pay attention to what’s on the screen.”

Kelsey Webb, Ohio Hi-Point Director of Communications and Marketing, said, “We’re participating because this is completely in our wheelhouse to prepare students for career or college. We’re excited to help spread the message that there are great opportunities here for students.”

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