Overview
ACC Works is a student-led “employment agency” that supports ACC students finding hourly work on an ACC campus. Employment on campus, often in an area that is related to a student’s career interests, helps students build their employable skills, make connections, build their resumes, and connect with ACC faculty and staff. Those connections are often the key to students’ academic success.
Accomplishments
- Moved from the proof of concept phase (minimum viable product) to building the infrastructure necessary to run a unit
- Surpassed our first-year targets
- Demonstrated that ACC could build a student-led job agency to fill ACC jobs
- Leveraged cross-functional teams and external stakeholders
- Built on the successful HACA bridge internship model with Foundation Communities
Impact
Employment: As of April 2023, we have:
- Engaged 38 employers
- Engaged 53 students
- Facilitated the hiring of 41 students
- Seen a hiring conversion rate at 77% (target 60%)
Persistence: ACC’s persistence rate for fall 2021 was 53%. Research shows that we should expect to see students employed on campus to persist at a 7% higher rate. Our target is 60% retention.
Next Steps
- After the 12th class day of fall 2023, evaluate the program on its key metric of persistence
- Hire an ACC Works director for full implementation
- Allocate an hourly budget of $374,200 in AY24
- Coordinate with other learn and earn opportunities, including Work Study (for external placements)