OrthoWorx Hopes To Attract Talent With AlleyFest Event
July 28, 2017 at 4:29 p.m.
By David [email protected]
“OrthoWorx has sponsored this event for co-ops, interns and full-time young employees to celebrate summer, the great new alley and to meet new people,” said Gennie Brissette-Tipton, OrthoWorx associate manager of communications and projects.
She said OrthoWorx sponsors events like AlleyFest throughout the year, but the difference with AlleyFest was that it was open to the public. While 150 people sent in their RSVP, people who came in from the public were welcomed to attend.
Along with free food, drinks and games for the invited guests during the three-hour event, the band Tumbleweed Jumpers performed from 6 to 8 p.m.
AlleyFest was held in the city hall plaza and the western half of the alley between city hall and Oak & Alley. The eastern half of the alley is the location of the new alley activation project remained open to the public.
Oak & Alley closed to the public during AlleyFest so it could manage the event food and drinks, Brissette-Tipton said.
She said AlleyFest and events like it were part of OrthoWorx’s talent attraction initiative to highlight local assets. While Thursday’s event showed off the new alley and Oak & Alley, in the past events have been held at locations like Spikes and The Bowling Alley. OrthoWorx also has held professional development events for the young professionals as well.
Brissette-Tipton said young people care about quality of place, and OrthoWorx wants to attract young people who do internships and co-ops at the local companies to come back for their careers and work full time.
“You can get the amenities of the big city here,” she said.
Nicole Kaminsky, 22, originally from Pennsylvania and an intern through OrthoWorx, said she attends Purdue University and heard about OrthoWorx at a career fair. She’s gone to several of its sponsored events and enjoyed meeting others.
Mrithula Suresh, 23, India, is an intern working toward her master’s degree in marketing at Purdue. She’s been in the U.S. for nearly a year, and two months in Warsaw.
“The people are great here that I interacted with,” she said. Suresh has had the opportunity to work with different companies while learning about the U.S. and its culture, she said.
“Because of the orthopedic companies here, they have the kind of work I?want to do. My master’s is marketing. I wouldn’t mind working with Zimmer Biomet again,” she said.
21-year-old Matt Grothouse is from Warsaw and is another intern through OrthoWorx. He said he came to OrthoWorx because he wanted to help the community and make it more interesting to interns and families.
Through his internship, he said he’s learned about professional soft skills while also meeting a lot of young professionals and lifelong friends and making business contacts.
Mandy McMahon, 25, Indianapolis, did her undergraduate work at Indiana University a while ago, but is now redoing it at IUPUI?for biomedical engineering. She got a summer internship at Orthopediatrics.
“It’s completely different than the big city. I thought Bloomington was a very small community. Warsaw is definitely smaller, but I like it,” she said.
She said she was able to meet a “ton” of new people at OrthoWorx’s event at Spikes and was able to network. She likes to keep busy and said she’s found that she’s never bored here.
Mayor Joe Thallemer gave a brief welcoming remarks at 6 p.m. before the Tumbleweed Jumpers began their set.
“OrthoWorx has sponsored this event for co-ops, interns and full-time young employees to celebrate summer, the great new alley and to meet new people,” said Gennie Brissette-Tipton, OrthoWorx associate manager of communications and projects.
She said OrthoWorx sponsors events like AlleyFest throughout the year, but the difference with AlleyFest was that it was open to the public. While 150 people sent in their RSVP, people who came in from the public were welcomed to attend.
Along with free food, drinks and games for the invited guests during the three-hour event, the band Tumbleweed Jumpers performed from 6 to 8 p.m.
AlleyFest was held in the city hall plaza and the western half of the alley between city hall and Oak & Alley. The eastern half of the alley is the location of the new alley activation project remained open to the public.
Oak & Alley closed to the public during AlleyFest so it could manage the event food and drinks, Brissette-Tipton said.
She said AlleyFest and events like it were part of OrthoWorx’s talent attraction initiative to highlight local assets. While Thursday’s event showed off the new alley and Oak & Alley, in the past events have been held at locations like Spikes and The Bowling Alley. OrthoWorx also has held professional development events for the young professionals as well.
Brissette-Tipton said young people care about quality of place, and OrthoWorx wants to attract young people who do internships and co-ops at the local companies to come back for their careers and work full time.
“You can get the amenities of the big city here,” she said.
Nicole Kaminsky, 22, originally from Pennsylvania and an intern through OrthoWorx, said she attends Purdue University and heard about OrthoWorx at a career fair. She’s gone to several of its sponsored events and enjoyed meeting others.
Mrithula Suresh, 23, India, is an intern working toward her master’s degree in marketing at Purdue. She’s been in the U.S. for nearly a year, and two months in Warsaw.
“The people are great here that I interacted with,” she said. Suresh has had the opportunity to work with different companies while learning about the U.S. and its culture, she said.
“Because of the orthopedic companies here, they have the kind of work I?want to do. My master’s is marketing. I wouldn’t mind working with Zimmer Biomet again,” she said.
21-year-old Matt Grothouse is from Warsaw and is another intern through OrthoWorx. He said he came to OrthoWorx because he wanted to help the community and make it more interesting to interns and families.
Through his internship, he said he’s learned about professional soft skills while also meeting a lot of young professionals and lifelong friends and making business contacts.
Mandy McMahon, 25, Indianapolis, did her undergraduate work at Indiana University a while ago, but is now redoing it at IUPUI?for biomedical engineering. She got a summer internship at Orthopediatrics.
“It’s completely different than the big city. I thought Bloomington was a very small community. Warsaw is definitely smaller, but I like it,” she said.
She said she was able to meet a “ton” of new people at OrthoWorx’s event at Spikes and was able to network. She likes to keep busy and said she’s found that she’s never bored here.
Mayor Joe Thallemer gave a brief welcoming remarks at 6 p.m. before the Tumbleweed Jumpers began their set.
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