A panel discussion on recruitment philosophy for careers in agriculture at the AgCareers.com 2011 North American Ag HR Roundtable on Tuesday featured a conversation from both the education and employer perspective.
Ashley Collins, Education Coordinator with AgCareers.com, moderated the panel which included Deanna Pieper of Crop Production Services, Stephanie Shampine of ADM, Catherine McGinnis from Penn State University, and Noah Freeman of Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana. “Probably the hot topic that came out of the discussion was parental involvement in college recruitment,” Ashley said. “Young students involving their parents in the interview process, job search process and job acceptance process and how companies are reacting to that and how universities are trying to help students help their parents with whether or not to be involved in that.”
Other topics was involvement with industry associations and organizations students, how resumes are changing, and the bottom line importance of good communications skills.
Listen to my interview with Ashely here: Ashley Collins of AgCareers.com