Talent Tools
The Talent Toolkit is designed to help Spartanburg area employers attract, retain and develop a diverse, talented workforce.
Do you need help navigating the tools below, or want to talk about the best tools for your company's specific talent needs? Contact Chief Talent Officer, Ron Garner
Find the right EMPLOYEES.
Market Data: We’ve got the data you need to navigate your talent needs. Let’s talk about how we can help.
College Job Boards: Post jobs and internships to LinkedIn, Indeed, and Handshake to recruit from Converse, USC Upstate, SCC, SMC & Wofford.
Careers After Class: This collaborative college career fair connects Spartanburg employers with Spartanburg college students seeking careers.
High School Job Boards: Use Tallo (formerly STEMPremier) to connect with students at Spartanburg area high schools.
SHOWCASE SPARTANBURG TO POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES
See Yourself in Spartanburg: Show potential employees the benefits of living, working, and playing in Spartanburg.
New Spartanburg Destination Guide: Help candidates get to know our community.
Livability content featuring Spartanburg's community and business assets
There’s Only One. Spartanburg. video: Embed this on your site to showcase Spartanburg's livability.
Executive Community Tours: Tours are available to companies recruiting a candidate for a high-level position. We can showcase our thriving downtown, record-setting business community and award-winning entertainment options.
Move Up: Encourage candidates to relocate to Spartanburg by showcasing everything the Upstate has to offer.
These tools will help engage and retain your talent.
Get employees engaged in the community
Spartanburg 101: Help new or current employees become well-informed members of the Spartanburg community.
Spartanburg Young Professionals: Provide young professionals with access to social, leadership, and civic opportunities.
Leadership Spartanburg: Prepare team-members for leadership and service through this nine-month course which explores the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing Spartanburg County.
Give employees the best benefits
Group Health Plans: We offer member-only health care alternatives that allow you to balance premium cost with quality benefits.
SpartanBucks: SpartanBucks are ideal for employee rewards, customer appreciation, holiday gifts and more. You'll help support local Spartanburg businesses while giving a flexible gift that the recipient is bound to love.
Spartanburg Workforce Transportation: Through Commute with Enterprise, local companies in Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union Counties can provide vanpools for their employees to get to work. At participating companies, employees who ride in the vanpool pay an affordable weekly rate to receive transportation to work together.
These tools will help you develop and grow your talent pool.
DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION
Internship Challenge: Are you IN for creating new Work-Based Learning opportunities at your business? We're ready and able to help you design a mutually-beneficial internship, apprenticeship, co-op, or more.
Workforce Development: readySC, Apprenticeship Carolina, SC Works and Spartanburg Community College offer workforce development services to help you create a viable workforce.
UPSKILL EMPLOYEES
Re:Degree: Re:Degree was launched to help you finish what you started. The new program is available to any Spartanburg County resident with some college experience but no degree
Skill Up: Find short-term training programs in the Upstate to develop in-demand skills.
Learn more about how Spartanburg is attracting, developing and retaining talent.
Develop talent from Cradle to Career
Spartanburg Academic Movement is an all-in partnership of education, business, government, foundation, community, and faith leaders across Spartanburg county, all working together in pursuit of high levels of academic success for ALL of our children.
College Town Consortium capitalizes on the advantages offered by a large number of diverse colleges in order to create educational, social, service, and career development opportunities for students.
Market to attract & Retain Talent
Our See Yourself in Spartanburg campaign targets boomerang, intraregional and skilled talent to raise awareness of Spartanburg’s career opportunities and quality of life. You can benefit from the campaign by posting your company’s career opportunities to Indeed or LinkedIn.