Building Your Future Workforce: A Practical Guide to Internships
Internships can be a powerful tool for growing your workforce, completing meaningful projects, and building a future talent pipeline—but only when they're designed with intention. This interactive lunch-and-learn will explore best practices for recruiting, onboarding, and managing interns, creating impactful internship experiences, and maximizing the value interns bring to your organization. Attendees will also learn how InternshipsVA can help employers launch and support high-quality, paid internships through matching grant funding.
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
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Best practices for recruiting, onboarding, and managing interns
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A framework for designing internship experiences that create real value — for the intern and the organization
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How InternshipsVA can help you launch and support high-quality, paid internships through matching grant funding
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Employers, HR professionals, and hiring managers who want to start an internship program or improve one they already have. If you're trying to build a talent pipeline without reinventing the wheel, this session is for you.
Date and Time
Tuesday Aug 18, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT
8/18/2026, 12noon-1:15pm
Location
QCowork, 105 Roanoke St E, Blacksburg, VA, 24060
Fees/Admission
$10, Lunch Included!
Contact Information
Eliza Kerr
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