Employer Information

Work-Based Learning provides Wake Tech students an opportunity to gain valuable work experience while pursuing educational credentials. They apply what they have learned in the classroom with paid, supervised, practical work experiences directly related to their fields of study.

Students typically work 10 to 30 hours per week, depending on credit hours to be earned, while attending school and earning academic credit. This combination is a meaningful way for students to explore career choices and become better prepared for the job market after graduation.

During the work experience and at its completion, employers evaluate students on the established learning objectives and the following employability competencies:

• Communication – Do they effectively exchange ideas and information with others through verbal, written or visual means?
• Interpersonal skills and teamwork – Do they work effectively with others, especially to analyze situations, establish priorities and apply resources for solving problems or accomplishing tasks?
• Problem-solving – Can they identify problems and potential causes while developing and implementing practical action plans for solutions?
• Information processing – Can they acquire, evaluate, organize, manage and interpret information?

A site supervisor for a Work-Based Learning employer must sign these forms:

• Work-Based Learning Agreement
• Measurable Learning Objectives
• Monthly time sheets verifying number of hours student(s) work for the company within the Wake Tech semester dates
• Midterm evaluation
  A student's faculty coordinator will contact the site supervisor to arrange a meeting for the site supervisor to complete the midterm evaluation and discuss the student's performance.
• Final evaluation
  The final evaluation of the student is a checklist that provides Wake Tech with important information about the student's communication and interpersonal skills. It also allows the site supervisor the opportunity to suggest areas that he or she feels the student needs to strengthen before entering the workforce.

Employers can post available jobs on Handshake.