Education at Work

We're excited to head to SXSW EDU 2025 next week! Don't miss our session, "Learning While Earning: Rethinking Student Employment" on Tuesday, March 4 at 1pm! Education at Work president Jane Swift will be joined by panelists from Intuit, The University of Texas at El Paso, and New America to share insights on a new approach to student employment that is disrupting the broken economics of working while in college by creating meaningful work experience for students and solving critical skills gaps across industries. Will we see you in Austin next week? https://lnkd.in/gchDuCut #SXSWEDU #workbasedlearning #studentemployment #highered

Learn from LinkedIn how to Unlock Your Future: Get Hired + Craft Your Career Story! Education at Work is partnering with HumanUPtions to bring an exclusive?virtual career development event?for students and recent graduates.?Learn from top industry experts like Paras Doshi, LinkedIn's Global Client Director. Paras highlights a crucial challenge: the network gap—young professionals don’t all start from the same place when entering the workforce. LinkedIn’s mission to increase access to opportunity aligns closely with ours at E@W: empowering students with the skills, experience, and connections to thrive. If you are a current college student or recent graduate, don’t miss this chance to gain insight from the best on how to: ? Gain real-world experience?before graduation ? Leverage mentorship and networking?for career success ? Craft a compelling career story?that stands out ? Crush an interview to get hired ???Date: February 27th ???Location:?Virtual (Free to attend!) Register Now! https://lnkd.in/eKvXJSK3 #students #careerdevelopment #newgrads #earlycareertalent #linkedin

Gen Z students want to work. Today, Handshake released it's Internships Index and the research underscores the growing demand for internships and work-based learning experience. ?? Internship postings on Handshake declined by more than 15% between January 2023 and January 2025, while internship applications surged - as of January 2025, 41% of Class of 2025 students had applied to at least one internship through Handshake, compared to 34% of Class of 2023 students at the end of their undergraduate career. As the report details, significant barriers keep students locked out of career-building opportunities: "Students may feel shut out of internships for a variety of reasons, ranging from packed schedules to financial and geographic constraints. Even for students who have ample time and resources, landing an opportunity has become more difficult as hiring contracts and competition increases, and the application process may feel overwhelming given the variation in hiring timelines across employers and industries." Read the full report here ?? #internships #handshake #workbasedlearning #studentemployment #earlycareertalent

Our work with Intuit is preparing students for meaningful careers, filling important jobs today, and building the workforce of tomorrow. More than 100 students from Arizona State University, The University of Texas at El Paso, University of Utah and our other university partners are serving in Tax Specialist and Product Expert roles this tax season, gaining invaluable work experience and learning in-demand technical and durable skills for their long-term success. Watch below to learn more about our partnership! #workbasedlearning #earlycareertalent #taxseason #internships

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To all my friends with college students or recent grads still trying to find their path … this is a free event but space is limited!

Unlock Your Future: Get Hired + Craft Your Career Story! Education at Work is partnering with HumanUPtions to bring you an exclusive?virtual career development event?for students and recent graduates.?Join?top industry experts at Meta, LinkedIn, and more?as they share insights on how to: ? Gain real-world experience?before graduation ? Leverage mentorship and networking?for career success ? Craft a compelling career story?that stands out ? Crush an interview to get hired ???Date: February 27th ???Location:?Virtual (Free to attend!) Don't miss this chance to learn from the best and take control of your future. Register now!?https://lnkd.in/eKvXJSK3 #students #careerdevelopment #newgrads #earlycareertalent

Our work with Intuit is preparing students for meaningful careers, filling important jobs today, and building the workforce of tomorrow. More than 100 students from Arizona State University, The University of Texas at El Paso, University of Utah and our other university partners are serving in Tax Specialist and Product Expert roles this tax season, gaining invaluable work experience and learning in-demand technical and durable skills for their long-term success. Watch below to learn more about our partnership! #workbasedlearning #earlycareertalent #taxseason #internships

This article (by my Trinity classmate, Liz Elting) reflects a sentiment I am hearing relentlessly about recent college graduates: https://lnkd.in/dM73bP-h At Education at Work, we also see some of these challenges, but we recognize the ambition, determination, and commitment of our college-student employees as well. That is why we are committed to finding solutions—integrating durable skill training into our work-based learning opportunities. Our students get great work experience, money for tuition and other expenses, and great training on being good workers. With the demographic cliff in clear sight, rather than dismissing a generation of workers, we need to give them the tools to be successful. We have seen enormous progress and success from the hundreds of students we employ.

We're heading to SXSW EDU 2025 in March -- join us at our session, "Learning While Earning: Rethinking Student Employment"! Education at Work president Jane Swift will be joined by panelists from Intuit, The University of Texas at El Paso, and New America to share insights from new models of student employment that are disrupting the broken economics of working while in college—and creating meaningful work experience for students. Will you be at SXSW EDU? Comment below and let us know! https://lnkd.in/gchDuCut #SXSWEDU #workbasedlearning #studentemployment #highered