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Mt. San Jacinto College and local businesses are
working together to help prepare students for
successful careers.
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The Cooperative Work Experience Education
Program at MSJC provides students with on-the-
job training to enhance their classroom-based
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education. In the Occupational Internships,
students gain real world experience, improve or
learn new career skills and become more
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marketable as they look for jobs. Local
businesses can select from a pool of advanced
students who can serve as interns or to fill job
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positions.
This unique, state-approved program is operated
by MSJC’s Career and Technical Education
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department. The CTE department has also
partnered with local businesses to provide
externships for our faculty members. The faculty
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members complete forty-hour externships so
they can teach their students the latest trends
from first-hand experience in the field.
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The CWEE program is gaining momentum. In the
Fall of 2010, there were 20 students who were
enrolled. By Spring of 2012, the program
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had 48 students. Employment statistics for the
program are impressive: Forty-eight percent of
the students who enrolled in the Fall of 2010
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received jobs because of the cooperation
between MSJC and our business partners.
Some of the business partners include the
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Eastern Municipal Water District, Diamond Valley
Honda and several Temecula Valley Wineries.
Our partners are reporting some exciting
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success stories. The Santa Rosa Plateau
Foundation has partnered in our program for
three years. Each year, the MSJC intern has been
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hired by the Foundation. This year’s intern, who
previously worked delivering pizzas, was hired as
the administrative assistant to the director.
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The Hemet Police Department selected two of
our students as interns this year. Those students
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will participate in a rigorous forty-hour volunteer
academy program and gain exposure to a variety
of careers in the police department.
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The program provides software that links
students to employers, allows employers to post
internship and job openings and allows our
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students to post resumes and search for job
openings. The software, NACE Link Network,
also gathers employment data about the
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students. Students interested in the CWEE
program need to attend a job skills workshop and
complete the mandatory orientation.
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To find out more, visit msjc.edu/cte or call
951-639-5351
Good luck getting that job!