ANDERSON, Ind. —
The Impact Center and its Excel Center partner are inching closer to the July 25 opening date.
Board members from the Impact Center and Excel Center met Thursday afternoon at the Flagship to discuss the hiring process.
Val Nowosielski, director of talent acquisition at Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana Inc., said she wanted community members to leave with a good overview of the process and what candidates can expect.
“We’re very protective of our students, so what we’re looking for is the best,” she said.
Anderson’s Excel Center will bring 21 jobs along with it including three math, two English, one social studies, two science and one special education teacher along with positions like Excel coaches, Nowosielski said.
The Impact Center will also be hiring people.
Primus Mootry, vice president of the Impact Center board of directors, said there would be between 30 and 35 well paying positions between the two organizations.
Nowosielski said they want to have half of Excel’s staff hired by April and will be using job and college websites like Anderson University’s to make job postings.
Job fairs will also be used to recruit candidates.
“Sourcing is very important in terms of where we go to put the word out there,” Nowosielski said.
Tom Forkner, president of the Anderson Federation of Teachers, suggested getting word out to those who have been laid off by the Anderson Community School Corp. by speaking to someone in ACS’ administration to possibly get job postings on the district’s website.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Urban League were also mentioned as possible job posting sources.
As far as the actual job hiring process goes, the Excel Center is looking for those who have at least a bachelor’s degree and competencies like emotional intelligence, informed decision making and an organizational and team fit.
Nowosielski said the center wants to keep candidates updated on where they stand throughout the process, and, if they don’t get hired, where they fell out of the selection.
The Impact Center and its Excel Center partner will be located in the former Robinson Elementary School, 630 Nichol Ave., a few blocks west of downtown.
The Rev. James Streeter, CEO of the Impact Center board of directors, said it was the many community members of Anderson who supported the Impact Center from the beginning who have made it all a reality.
The Excel Center will work as a charter school to educate and help prepare students for college while the Impact Center — who began the entire process of bringing the centers to Anderson — will provide the job training.
Streeter said local businesses have told him that if the center does the training, they would do some hiring.
“So we’re not just trying to give them an education without giving them a job as well,” he said.
Contact Dani Palmer: 640-4847, dani.palmer@heraldbulletin.com
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