Benefits for Students, Employers, College and Community
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 & 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