Working with Employers
Aligning For Success
rootEd partners with more than 1,500 national and local businesses to connect students with career pathways that align with high-wage, high-demand industries in their communities. These partnerships give students direct insight into opportunities, including those close to home, and the skills required to prepare for those careers.
“We’re proud to open our doors to local educators. By showing how advanced manufacturing careers are evolving right here, we hope to inspire students to see rewarding opportunities available to them in our community.”
- Jeremy Hulette, human resources manager, H.E. Williams, Inc.
“As educators, we don’t often get the chance to step inside our local businesses to see the specific skills required and opportunities they offer for our students. Getting that firsthand view of local businesses showed me options I can point my students to, and helps me connect their classroom lessons to real, meaningful careers in our own community.”
- Jessica Powell, rootEd Advisor at Carthage High School
rootEd students are 30% more likely
to participate in an apprenticeship, strengthening both their career readiness and talent pipelines
Top Career Pathways for rootEd students
Healthcare | Skilled Trades | Construction | Business Education | Engineering | Automative | Advanced Manufacturing | Computer Science
Show-Me Careers
rootEd partners with the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the Show-Me Careers initiative, which is grounded in a simple idea: the best way to close the gap between education and industry is to bring educators directly into Missouri workplaces. rootEd advisors gain insight into the skills, expectations, and career pathways through immersive site visits, facility tours, and conversations with employers.
Employer Spotlight
Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital demonstrates how rural employers can build talent pipelines by partnering closely with local schools and workforce organizations. Through collaboration with Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas and rootEd Texas, the hospital is helping students explore healthcare careers and gain early, meaningful exposure to the workplace.
“It is invaluable for us to get students into our facility. Being able to get students in here -- doing tours, shadowing, doing internships for us -- is the key for us to get kids in our community to want to stay here and provide for this rural community that they grew up in,” said Rolling Plains Memorial’s TJ Wilson. “We have been able to tap into the Sweetwater High School and rootEd advisor Ruthann Campbell is an absolute rock star. Once she started, it just exploded our work-based learning programs here at the hospital.”