Boundary Spanning: Internships to Careers

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Boundary SpanningInternships to Careers
Fall 2005 CCCAOE ConferenceSan Diego, CA

• Amy Avalos, Co-op Coordinator
• Ken Times, Internship Developer
• Cris McCullough, Dean of Careers Technology

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Please Stand

• If you can create professional looking documents,
  remain standing.
• If you can make effective presentations to a
  group, remain standing.
• If you have experience teaching or training
  others, remain standing.
• If your assignments are done and ready for
  proofing 24 hours before they are due, remain
  standing.
• If you (as an undergraduate student) completed an
  internship, remain standing.

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Internship Experience

• Print a resume25
• Buy a suit jacket98
• Analyze interviews over coffee5
• Winning an internship that gets you ahead of the
  game

Priceless
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Cosumnes River College

• Located in Sacramento
• Celebrating 35 years
• 11,632 students

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Cooperative Work Experience Education (Co-op)
Internships

• Work Experience
• Internship program
• Collaboration with district colleges

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Definitions

• Work Experience
• Employees that are working
• Apply new knowledge skills on their job
• Internships
• Students that lack work experience in major
• Work at skilled or professional level
• Develop additional career related experience
• Apply education and training

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College to Workplace

• Exploration of careers
• Help students find passion
• Learn what is required in chosen career
• Acquire hands-on job experience
• Experience first-hand the challenges rewards
• Expand industry knowledge
• Earn academic credit

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College to Workplace

• Transitions to a career
• Acquisition of more specialized skills
• Confidence building
• Resume construction
• Networking
• Gather information in field of major
• Earn academic credit

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Out of 110 CA Community Colleges

• 56 CCC offer internships including CRC!
• 84 CCC offer a Cooperative Work Experience
  program including CRC!

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The CRC Difference

• District wide collaboration
• Incorporates online job search system
• Internship development
• High standards for students employers
• Curriculum integration
• Co-op staff

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Internships to Careers

• Lester Holt
• lead anchor for MSNBC daytime news breaking
  news coverage
• Former KCRA 3 Intern

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District Wide Collaboration

• Partnership with district colleges
• Shared goals
• Establish policies and procedures
• Marketing grant awarded in 2003

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District Wide Collaboration

• Shared website and database
• Student information
• Employer information
• Reports

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Los Rios Job Connection

• What is Job Connection?
• Administration
• Applications
• Marketing

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On Campus Marketing

• Workshops
• Internship announcements
• Classroom presentations
• REACH Co-op Newsletter

Terry Kirkham Professor Architectural Drafting
Technology (ADT)  Internships allow students to
see different viewpoints of theory and
application in the workplace.
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Off Campus Marketing

• Participate in advisory committee meetings
• Share resources with other internship providers
• The Intern Source
• Foundation of California Community Colleges
• Earn academic units for this position. Contact
  your
• local Co-op Work Experience Education and
  Internship
• office. Visit https//wexp.losrios.edu for
  more information.

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Internship Development

• What do employers want?
• Convenience
• Prepared students
• Job specific skills
• Motivation and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility

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Internship Development

• What does Co-op expect from employers?
• Effective supervision
• Adherence to our guidelines
• Open lines of communication
• Strengthen ties to community

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Community Development

• Job fairs
• Work with community and non-profit groups

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Student Development

• Students are prepared
• Personal interviews with Co-op staff
• Resume job interview strategies
• Effective communication follow-through
• Career exploration and curriculum

Stephanie Rodriguez, Intern Elk
Grove CSD Fire Department
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Co-operation
Student
Employer
Co-op Internships
Curriculum
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Work Experience Curriculum

• General
• Vocational
• Transfer

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Career Management Curriculum

• Portfolio Development
• Managing Your Internship
• Career Workforce Skills
• Work Life Management

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Core Indicator 1 Skill Attainment

• Deeper understanding of career goals
• Attentive and better attendance
• Care about their learning
• World of work into the classroom

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Core Indicator 2 Completions

• Focused
• Career decisions
• Pursuing their career paths
• High retention persistence in college

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Core Indicator 3A Placement Retention

• National Association of Colleges Employers
  (NACE)
• 2005 Experiential Education Survey
• Employers rated internships as one of the most
  effective ways to attract and hire college
  graduates.
• Employers extended full-time job offers to 58 of
  their interns and offered higher starting
  salaries to graduates with internship experience

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Core Indicator 3B Retention

• National Association of Colleges Employers
  (NACE)
• 2005 Experiential Education Survey
• 80 percent of employers reported
• Higher retention among their college hires who
  have internship/co-op experience
• 76 percent of employers reported
• Higher retention among those who have come
  directly from their internship/co-op program
  compared with all other college hires

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Internships Priceless

• Skill Attainment
• Completions
• Placement
• Retention

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Cooperative Work Experience Education (Co-op) and
InternshipsCosumnes River CollegeBusiness/Soci
al Science Building, Room 106Office 916.691.7372
Fax [phone]https//wexp.losrios.edu

• Amy Avalos, Faculty Coordinator
• 916.691.7533 AvalosA_at_crc.losrios.edu
• Ken Times, Internship Developer
  916.691.7343 TimesK_at_crc.losrios.edu
• Cris McCullough, Dean of Careers Technology
  916.691.7390 MccullC_at_crc.losrios.edu