Some of the nation’s largest employers are descending on HBCUs to recruit workers to meet diversity promises or expanding collaborations that already existed — often underwriting courses and programs and the technology needed to provide them.
through at least the end of this decade — United Airlines has teamed up with historically Black Delaware State University, Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina and Hampton University in Virginia. Delta has formed a partnership with Hampton, too, and Southwest with Texas Southern University in Houston.
“It’s really important for us to have that pipeline” from HBCUs, said Ketema, at Northrop Grumman, which also has collaborations with HBCUs and this fall will hold its fourth annual “HBCU Invitational,” during which it invites students to interview for jobs and participate in workshops and other activities.
It’s important that employers give more than lip service to these partnerships, Ketema’s colleague, said Chris Carlson, Northrop’s director of university recruiting.“One thing that we all know from working with HBCUs is the students can truly tell if a company is there to check a box — just showing up at a career fair to collect résumés — or if the company is in it with a school,” Carlson said.“This is not a story about HBCUs,” he said.
“I don’t think the burden is on the HBCU side. I think the burden is on the corporations that suddenly woke up and found Jesus.”“It’s great for HBCUs to get this attention,” said IBM’s Logan. “For a long time, I think they were overlooked, and now they’re getting the recognition they’ve always deserved.”
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