V-TOP Workshop: Developing our Workforce Through Internships

Description

Summary 

The Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) is a workforce development accelerator that provides students and businesses with resources to optimize the mutual benefits of work-based learning. Our local V-TOP representative, the Rappahannock Work and Learn Collaborative, is offering a free, online workshop designed to help organizations learn how to develop high-quality, mutually beneficial internship experiences. Participation in this program will help eligible organizations fulfill the training prerequisite to qualify for state-funded support to create or expand an internship program.

Facilitator 

Dr. Antoinette Carter Jenkins, Director of Rappahannock Work and Learn Collaborative (RWLC), has more than 20 years of experience in workforce development as a business professor, career consultant, and certified HR professional. Her expertise is in organizational culture, change management, and human resource development. She is leading the RWLC as part of her overall responsibilities as the newly appointed Director of the University of Mary Washington’s Center for Career and Professional Development.