Benefits For Students

  • Earn elective college credit toward graduation and transfer for either paid or non-paid work experience
  • Develop ideas about careers you have never considered and find out what a particular career is really like
  • Receive help in finding internship opportunities
  • All learning takes place on-the-job and through the completion of independent assignments, there are no classes
  • All learning is based on career related assignments and projects; there are no books
  • Performance is evaluated based on achievement of student learning outcomes and completion of assignments; there are no tests
  • Relates education to real world work experience through the achievement of workplace objectives and related classes
  • Develops a “track record” in the workplace (allows students to demonstrate he/she can succeed in a work environment)
  • Provides opportunities for job improvement
  • Teaches valuable job-search skills such as career assessment, resume writing and interviewing techniques
  • Improves job opportunities after graduation by giving students valuable work experience and contact with potential future employers
  • Enhances classroom learning by integrating academic curriculum and real-world work experience
  • Documents skills and abilities with letters of recommendation and references

Benefits for Employers

  • Improves employer/employee communication through objective evaluation
  • Increases employee motivation, thus reducing training costs
  • Results in improved employee job skills and productivity
  • Provides increased opportunities for employee evaluation
  • Assists with the development of employer/employee goals through learning objectives
  • Enhances employee motivation, thus reducing training cost
  • Promotes job stability by improving employee job skills
  • Helps meet training needs of the community

Benefits for the College and Community

  • Promotes cooperation between the college and community members
  • Increases faculty awareness of business/industry requirements
  • Encourages development of relevant programs
  • Provides faculty with fresh insights for classroom education needs through direct contact with business/industry community