Welcome to the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership Resource Page. The Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership connects Virginia businesses that have work-based learning opportunities to Virginia students with Virginia’s higher ed institutions serving as the main catalyst.
Institutions of Higher Education:
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Grants to Institutions: The program aims to expand high-quality, paid, and credit-bearing student internships and other work-based learning opportunities in collaboration with Virginia employers. The program comprises institutional grants and a statewide initiative to facilitate the readiness of students, employers, and institutions of higher education to participate in internships and other work-based learning opportunities.
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Transforming Federal Work-Study: This toolkit meets institutions where they are in their journey to make at least some on-campus/federal work-study jobs more internship-like. The toolkit provides guidance and solutions as an institution makes decisions, creates policy, and overcomes regulatory barriers to transform Federal Work-Study positions. PowerPoint serves as an abridged version of the toolkit. The PowerPoint can be saved/modified for institutions to use, obtain buy-in, and support the transformation of Federal Work-Study.
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Becoming a Career Champion: Developed for faculty, staff and educators who will develop skills and practices to become a champion for students’ career success through effective mentoring, guidance and fostering a culture of career readiness within post-secondary education institutions.
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MentorVA: Free Mentor, Supervisor, and Mentee training for employers, institutions, and students.
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Developing an Internship Program: V-TOP has created a series of online, self-paced modules for employers that review the best practices for developing an internship program. Free courses for employers developed to learn how to host a successful internship program. Course’s content ranges from developing internship postings to helping interns develop their skills.
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Student Internship Toolkit: covers topics such as tools and strategies for seeking an internship, resume development, interviews, preparing for first few days, maximizing your experience, and ending the internship professionally.
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Graduate Student Professional Development Scholarships: Eligible applicants are graduate students who intend to follow a career that involves connecting students, institutions of higher education, and the employer community to expand paid and credit-bearing internships and other work-based learning opportunities.
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