Employer Engagement
Employer engagement is key to ensuring curricular alignment with industry needs and labor market information and for providing meaningful student work-based learning opportunities, internships, and employment.
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Employers are able to sign up for free on the districtwide job board - post jobs and connect with students from all four colleges. Learn more here.
Industry Advisory Committees
All CTE programs are required to have an industry advisory committee and connect with committee members no less than once per year. The districtwide handbook provides general guidance on maintaining these committees. Learn more here.
- Benefits to the Employer
- Employer Responsibilities
- Biennial Board of Trustees Submission of Advisory Committee Members (title 5)
Site Supervisors for Work Experience Internships
Employers routinely support student placements through mentorship and site placement supervision tied to enrollment in Work Experience Education (WEE).
Job Placement Case Managers, Job Developments, & Internship Coordinators
Each college receives Regional SWP funding to support local placement efforts for jobs and internships.
Employer Relations Liaisons
Each college has been provided the opportunity to receive a fully funded, locally assigned, embedded Employer Relations Liaison (ERL) from the Regional Consortium. These roles provide their assigned college support for connecting with employers to inform programming, provided students with internship and job placements, and for helping college meet employer needs.
- City College: Karen Overklift
- Mesa College: Erica Olmos
- Miramar College: Lance Grob
- SDCCE: NA / Job Placement Developers: Rita Shamoon, Jennifer Kennedy, Sandy Hamel
Corporate Council
The SDCCD Chancellor's Corporate Council meets four times per year. Learn more about the Corporate Council.