Employer Relations
Alliance

Optimize Employer Relations on your campus. Ask questions, share ideas, and build connections with other employer relations professionals.

Become a Member Why Join?

Why should I join the Employer Relations Alliance?

Exclusive to employer relations professionals at post-secondary institutions, ERA is all about ensuring your success in employer relations.

Attract more employers to your campus

Strengthen corporate partnerships

Develop more opportunities for your students

Labor Market Changes

New Technologies

Expansion of Experiential Education

Shifting Demographics

Increased Focus on DEI

Employer Relations is Always Evolving

To be successful, employer relations professionals must continuously adapt. ERA is your shortcut to the insights, resources, and professional development you need.

Membership Benefits

If you can be more strategic, more informed, and more effective when building employer
partnerships to support your students, then everyone wins.

Fourth Fridays Roundables

Tap into the experiences of your peers at these monthly roundtables and share your successes and challenges as you tackle topics that impact your day-to-day work.

Expert Workshops

Be inspired by leaders in employer relations and campus recruitment as you hear how they solved common problems and implemented change.

Pro-Panels

Learn from experienced professionals as they exchange viewpoints on a variety of topics and answer your crucial questions.

Supportive Network & Affinity Groups

Learn from the experiences of other employer relations professionals and join your peers to dig deeply into subjects that affect your specific area of work.

Employer Relations Scorecard

Measure your work against critical success drivers and identify where you need to focus your attention to optimize employer relations on your campus.

Members-Only Platform

Interact with other members, share resources, participate in timely discussions, and access recordings & articles.

Discounts

Take advantage of special rates on training and conferences for you and your employer partners.

Resources, Templates & Downloads

Gain access to helpful resources to support your work as well as guides and downloads to share with your employers.

Upcoming Programming

All members have free access to a minimum of 16 online events per year including expert-led workshops,
employer panels, ER professionals panels, campus pulse events, member roundtables and more.

Fri, Sep 27 2024

Fourth Fridays Roundtable

Join us each month as we explore topics that matter most to our members. These roundtable conversations are your opportunity to... Read More

Join us each month as we explore topics that matter most to our members.

These roundtable conversations are your opportunity to exchange ideas, share best practices, and discuss strategies.

Feel free to send your topic suggestions to julie@brainstorm.ca.

Please note that these sessions will not be recorded to ensure a space for open and candid discussions.

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Wed, Oct 2 2024

Using the Ecosystem Model to Advance Your Employer Relations Function

In this webinar, you’ll be introduced to a free tool – the Employer Relations Ecosystem™ model – to help you see the “big picture” for building a successful employer outreach team and function.

In nature’s ecosystem, everything has to achieve the right balance to be sustainable and healthy. Weak links (or extinctions) can throw the whole thing into disarray.

Similarly, a healthy employer relations function needs to strike a balance across the nine key success factors in the Employer Relations Ecosystem™ to be most successful. For example, having too many employers and too few students involved in events (or vice versa) will undermine your success.

With this new tool in hand, participants will use the Concise Employer Relations Scorecard (another free tool) to evaluate their current state against the nine key success factors.

Join us for this highly practical, insightful, and interactive webinar to shed a new light on the opportunities to accelerate your success in employer relations.

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Wed, Oct 9 2024

Campus Recruiters Panel: Mid-Season Check-In

Roughly half way through the fall campus recruiting season, we’re assembling this expert panel of campus recruiters to do a mid-season... Read More

Roughly half way through the fall campus recruiting season, we’re assembling this expert panel of campus recruiters to do a mid-season check-in.

Both employers and schools want to know: is what they are experiencing universal? What tips or ideas can improve outcomes midstream?

Join us for this fast-paced discussion as we address these key questions:

How is student engagement so far?
What seems to be working to improve student-employer interactions?
Has the competition for talent increased or waned?
How has the push to start the recruiting season earlier affected things?
What are some schools doing that you wish others would copy?

Panelists TBA.

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Wed, Oct 16 2024

Employer Relations Panel: What are Campus Recruiters Doing Right?

Following up on our mid-season employer panel check-in, we want to hear from a panel of campus employer relations professionals to get... Read More

Following up on our mid-season employer panel check-in, we want to hear from a panel of campus employer relations professionals to get their perspective on what employers are doing to be successful on campus.

We’ll ask the panelists:

What kinds of events appear to have the greatest student engagement?
What are employers doing well to attract and engage students?
Do you see any employers making mistakes that may damage their results?
How early did recruiting start – and what effect is that having?
Where do you see the greatest – and least – competition for talent?

Panelists TBA.

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Fri, Oct 25 2024

Fourth Fridays Roundtable

Join us each month as we explore topics that matter most to our members. These roundtable conversations are your opportunity to... Read More

Join us each month as we explore topics that matter most to our members.

These roundtable conversations are your opportunity to exchange ideas, share best practices, and discuss strategies.

Feel free to send your topic suggestions to julie@brainstorm.ca.

Please note that these sessions will not be recorded to ensure a space for open and candid discussions.

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Fri, Nov 15 2024

Employer Pro Panel: Highlights from Fall 2024

Join our panel of employer experts to learn about their experiences on campus this fall. We’ll ask the panelists the following to... Read More

Join our panel of employer experts to learn about their experiences on campus this fall. We’ll ask the panelists the following to find out what worked, what didn’t, and learn how they are adapting.

What were some of the highlights?
What were some of your challenges?
How would you describe the students you met and how did they engage in the recruitment process?
How can campus partners better support you in achieving your goals?

Panelists:

Jennifer Husband, Manager, Early Talent QuadReal Property Group
Michelle Kelly, Campus Talent Acquisition Manager, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services
Jeff Ollinger, Director, Talent Acquisition–Corporate and Campus at Sun Life
Amitoj Sandhu, Manager, Global Early Talent, Dayforce
Ashley Silva, AVP, Talent Acquisition Global Atlantic Financial Company
Ricardo Valentin, College Relations & TA Programs Manager, Hologic

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Mon, Nov 18 2024

Faculty Focus: Business Employer Relations

Join other employer relations professionals from Business Schools for a conversation about the current campus recruitment... Read More

Join other employer relations professionals from Business Schools for a conversation about the current campus recruitment scene.

We’ll discuss topics such as:

strengthening partnerships with employers
creating more opportunities
understanding the needs of business students

We’ll also share key findings from the latest Student Career Interests Report and explore what qualities make employers attractive to business students.

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Mon, Nov 18 2024

Faculty Focus: Engineering Employer Relations

Join other engineering employer relations professionals for a conversation about the current campus recruitment... Read More

Join other engineering employer relations professionals for a conversation about the current campus recruitment scene.

We’ll discuss topics such as:

strengthening partnerships with engineering employers
creating more opportunities
understanding the needs of engineering students

We’ll also share key findings from the latest Student Career Interests Report and explore what qualities make employers attractive to engineering students.

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Fri, Nov 22 2024

Fourth Fridays Roundtable

Join us each month as we explore topics that matter most to our members. These roundtable conversations are your opportunity to... Read More

Join us each month as we explore topics that matter most to our members.

These roundtable conversations are your opportunity to exchange ideas, share best practices, and discuss strategies.

Feel free to send your topic suggestions to julie@brainstorm.ca.

Please note that these sessions will not be recorded to ensure a space for open and candid discussions.

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Fri, Nov 29 2024

Campus Pulse: Experiences of Fall Campus Recruitment 2024

Join your Employer Relations Alliance colleagues to share experiences from the fall 2024 campus recruitment season. What... Read More

Join your Employer Relations Alliance colleagues to share experiences from the fall 2024 campus recruitment season.

What trends did you notice in student attendance?
Did in-person activities reach capacity?
How did students engage with virtual events?
What feedback did you receive from employers?
What lessons did you learn to inform future planning?

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Fri, Jan 24 2025

Fourth Fridays Roundtable

Join us each month as we explore topics that matter most to our members. These roundtable conversations are your opportunity to... Read More

Join us each month as we explore topics that matter most to our members.

These roundtable conversations are your opportunity to exchange ideas, share best practices, and discuss strategies.

Feel free to send your topic suggestions to julie@brainstorm.ca.

Please note that these sessions will not be recorded to ensure a space for open and candid discussions.

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ERA members rate the value of their membership 4.5/5 stars.

"I would highly recommend ERA. In fact, I got so much value from my first year, that we've now signed up eight members of the team so we can all benefit from the professional development and sharing with peers."

Dana Tonus

Manager, Employer Relations & Partnerships, Co-op Career and Experiential Education, Brock University

"ERA provided me with invaluable employer relations information, reports, best practices, and numerous resources, and more importantly, the opportunity to network and collaborate with other members. Highly recommended!"

Kelleen Schonfeldt

Placement Coordinator, Cambrian College

"This is one of the only times I have received professional development that is specific and relevant to my employer relations role in over 10 years."

Lauren Starr

Associate Director, Corporate Recruiting, Career Management, Ivey Business School

"We benefited so much from our first year in ERA that we added additional memberships for 2024."

Barb Kojder

Manager, Business Development, Douglas College

"The Employer Relations Alliance (ERA) provided diverse insights from employers, talent acquisition professionals, and campus recruiters to career center staff and other employer relations professionals. These perspectives enhanced my understanding of recruitment trends and timelines for early talent, summer internships, and co-op positions, while also exchanging valuable insights into attracting, hiring and retaining the next generation of students."

Leesa McLeish-Diaz

Employer Engagement Coordinator - EDI, Academic Advising & Career Centre, University of Toronto

Join THE Community for Employer Relations Professionals

Membership in ERA is a highly interactive personal and professional development experience. Member benefits, including participating in events and activities, belong to individual members and cannot be shared.
Group memberships are available.

Individual

$595/year

1 member account

Group

$995/year

Up to 4 member accounts*

Team

$1,795/year

5-10 member accounts*

Large Team

$2,690/year

11-20 member accounts*

All annual memberships include:

Monthly roundtable discussions with ER peers
Pro-panels with diverse employers
Easy access to a national network of ER peers across
Discounts on conferences and training programs
Exclusive use of the members-only platform with a private discussion board
PLUS discounts and resources to support your employer partners

You'll also get access to resources and workshop recordings, including:

The Employer Relations Scorecard and worksheets
Uncovering Employers’ Readiness for Diversity Hiring & Retention
Consultative Questions for Employer Discovery Calls
Campus Recruiters’ Biggest Challenges (And How to Solve Them)
5 No-Cost, High-Value Actions You Can Take to Build Stronger Relations with Your Employer Partners
Keeping Your Diversity Brand Promise
Tips for Preventing Reneges on Job Offers
5 Signs of a Great Summer Internship Program
PLUS, all members receive a free copy of The Ultimate Career Fair Guide for Employers

*Please note that additional members must be from the same department within the institution