Sail into Success: Navigating a Sea of Opportunities with Micro-Internships, Internships, Returnships, and Apprenticeships
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Breaking into (or back into!) the workforce can be hard for people whose life responsibilities require creativity, flexibility, and upskilling to access the work they want to do. In this session, we will dig into flexible get-into- or return-to-work options like internships, micro-internships, returnships, and apprenticeships. Explore what these pathways open up, and who (including you and your company!) can most benefit. Sail into a future of professional fulfillment and dig into an incredible untapped talent pool. This session is your compass to charting a course for a more skills-based recruitment.
Learning Objectives:
Define and understand the benefits of micro-internships, interships, returnships and apprenticeships and how these can be implemented within your organization.Understand how to change the work landscape and be part of innovative work trends by utilizing these opportunities. Take home specific, immediate actions you can use to implement the future of work within your organization.
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Jennifer Carlson
Jennifer Carlson serves as Executive Director of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) Workforce Institute. The Institute is the workforce development arm of the WTIA focused on addressing the tech industry’s workforce and diversity needs through building a nationally registered technology apprenticeship program called Apprenti. Additionally, she serves on the Tech Councils of North America (TECNA) workforce board and as an Adjunct Professor in Graduate Studies at Seattle University. Previously, she successfully ran a $260MM P&L in 12 states, developed web based policy management systems and ran national branding initiatives for AIG Agency Auto, a billion-dollar insurance division of AIG, and managed U.S. sports and event marketing for Progressive Insurance. While Jennifer began as pre-law in college, she completed her BA in technical journalism with a concentration in public relations, a minor in sociology, and has an MBA from Ohio University.
Jeffrey Moss
Jeffrey Moss is the Founder and CEO of Parker Dewey LLC, an organization facilitating Micro-Internships to improve early career hiring outcomes. Prior to founding Parker Dewey, Jeffrey spent most of his career as a venture investor in the education, HR, and technology sectors. In addition, Jeffrey was Chief of Enterprise Growth at Educational Testing Service (ETS) where he focused on the use of assessment to drive equity in employment and education. Jeffrey has served on the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Alumni Board, the Purdue University College of Liberal Arts Dean's Advisory Council, and the President’s Advisory Council of Governors State University.
Desiree Johnson
Desiree Johnson serves as the Head of Strategic Talent Pipelines at DRW. After successfully pioneering the Leadership Rotation Network (LRN) program, she enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to also oversee the Apprenticeship and Code Platoon pipelines. Desiree is honored to work alongside other DRW leaders committed to championing a purposeful culture of inclusion, firmly believing in the abundant yet often untapped potential of underrepresented populations and is energized by the work to be done in this space.
Prior to DRW, Desiree earned her Master’s Degree in Human Resources from Ohio State and spent a decade in the oil industry as an HR practitioner and global leader. As a first-generation student herself, she actively volunteers with organizations dedicated to supporting first-generation initiatives and currently serves on the Emerging Leaders Council for Bottom Line. Desiree also enjoys travel and her fun fact is that she has visited 70+ countries thus far!
Brawnski Armstrong
Brawnski Armstrong has more than 25 years of experience as a software engineer and technology leader, designing and implementing systems for financial institutions. Over the past 15 years, he has worked at DRW, a trading firm in Chicago, where he has delivered solutions to enhance the capabilities of middle office and risk management teams across various areas like rates, commodities, equities, foreign exchange, and cryptocurrencies.
Three years ago, he played a crucial role in launching DRW's technology apprenticeship program by leading a cross-functional team dedicated to integrating underrepresented and opportunity-driven talent into the trading industry. Brawnski holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, where he was as an Evans Scholar. He also holds an MSc in Finance from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Phill Haig
Phill Haig leads Early Career Programs at Visa. This includes Apprenticeships, Internship and Rotation Programs and more. Phill initially joined Visa in 2019 leading their European Early Careers team from London, before moving to into his current global role based in San Francisco in 2022. He has been responsible for launching Visa’s flagship Apprenticeship program in the US and as well as establishing global frameworks for Visa’s legacy internship and rotation programs. Prior to working at Visa, Phill has long career in the Early Career space working for large corporates such as Cisco and Johnson and Johnson.
