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Workforce Development & Employer Services
To remain competitive and profitable in today's economy, employers large and small must help their employees access opportunities to maintain their skills and knowledge. Kent State's eight campuses offer a variety of public programs, conferences and customized, contract training and assessment services to organizations throughout Northeast Ohio, allowing employees to keep up-to-date on the latest innovations in their industries.
Kent State’s network of business outreach offices, located at each of Kent State’s eight campuses, serves employers and employees throughout Northeast Ohio with:
- Customized employee training;
- Organizational development consulting;
- Professional development and certification programs;
- Research and evaluation services; and
- Small business training and consulting.
Tap into our comprehensive expertise in customized training and organizational development addressing your specific strategies and objectives.
You’ll have access to Kent State’s extensive knowledge, experience and resources that provide long-lasting value. You participate in planning the design and logistics. Then the Kent State professionals coordinate the rest to deliver quality skills-based training or lead a successful organizational development consulting initiative.
Contact the office in your local area to begin a conversation about your employee and organization development needs.
For more information, visit the Web sites for each of Kent State’s business outreach offices, which together serve all of Northeast Ohio and beyond, at:
- Kent State Ashtabula Campus – Corporate and Community Services
- Kent State East Liverpool Campus – Workforce Development and Continuing Education
- Kent State Geauga Campus – Workforce Development
- Kent State Kent Campus – Regional Corporate and Community Services
- Kent State Salem Campus – Workforce Development and Continuing Studies
- Kent State Stark Campus – The Office of Corporate and Community Services
- Kent State Trumbull Campus – The Workforce Development and Continuing Studies Center
- Kent State Tuscarawas Campus – Services for Business
Kent State offers employee development programs for all levels:
Manufacturing employees
Customer service employees
Managers
Supervisors and frontline leaders
Organizational leaders
Quality professionals
Professionals in functional departments
Services to enhance organizational performance:
Performance improvement initiatives, such as Lean, Six Sigma and ISO
Strategic planning
Executive coaching
Succession planning
Human resource practice auditing
Workforce planning
Job profiling and assessment