Media students from college or university can be a big help to tourism industryIt’s the end of another school term and that means its time to reach out to your local community college to get the skills you need to improve your team.
This week we are delighted to be working with an intern for a 100 hour placement with our tourism business. A current graduating student from the local college with expertise in producing video is getting hands on experience producing media with us. It is not costing us a penny.
What could your region or business do if you had a college trained multimedia intern for 100 hours?
Although I feel quite competent at producing media and distributing it online, I called the local college media studies department and talked with them about the media learning opportunities we could provide. In our case it meant talking with the broadcasting radio and broadcasting television and video programs department of Canadore College. Within hours we had an applicant who was eager to put their skills of directing, producing, shooting and editing video that tells our stories.
As a result, we are working with a student who can teach us a lot, as well as provide us with professionally produced media content that we can post to the Web. There are many benefits of working with your local college multimedia department.
* getting access to current best practices
* putting idle cameras and audio recording equipment to use
* learning from students who know how to use state of the art media production tools
* producing high quality media content that tells our story
* getting access to skilled workforce who will be looking for summer employment at the end of their intern placement.
What skills can your business or region recruit from the local college?
Start by making a wish list of all the projects you hope to accomplish and then having a gander at your local post secondary institution programs that involve a work placement. Too often in tourism we restrict our recruitment to students in the Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts programs. Match your search for talent with your needs. And don’t neglect the local high schools either. We’ve already made contact with the local high school to engage a media enthused student for a full-time co-op work placement next school term.
Have you had success working with students in your tourism business? How?
Media students from college or university can be a big help to tourism industry. It’s the end of another school term and that means its time to reach out to your local community college to get the skills you need to improve your team.
Intern or Co-op?
Many post-secondary institutions offer students opportunities to get work experience as part of the learning experience. Interns generally spend a few weeks working with a business at or near the end of the school term to round out their learning. Co-op programs often offer students work placements for an entire term – sometimes longer.
This week we are delighted to be working with a video production intern for a 100 hour placement with our tourism business. A current graduating student from the local college with expertise in producing video is getting hands on experience producing media with us. It is not costing us a penny.
What could your region or business do if you had a college trained multimedia intern for 100 hours?
Although I feel quite competent at producing media and distributing it online, I called the local college media studies department and talked with them about the media learning opportunities we could provide. In our case it meant talking with the broadcasting radio and broadcasting television and video programs department of Canadore College. Within hours we had an applicant who was eager to put their skills of directing, producing, shooting and editing video that tells our stories.
As a result, we are working with a student who can teach us a lot, as well as provide us with professionally produced media content that we can post to the Web. There are many benefits of working with your local college multimedia department.
- getting access to current best practices
- putting idle cameras and audio recording equipment to use
- learning from students who know how to use state of the art media production tools
- producing high quality media content that tells our story
- getting access to skilled workforce who will be looking for summer employment at the end of their intern placement.
What skills can your business or region recruit from the local college?
Start by making a wish list of all the projects you hope to accomplish and then having a gander at your local post secondary institution programs that involve a work placement. Too often in tourism we restrict our recruitment to students in the Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts programs. Match your search for talent with your needs. And don’t neglect the local high schools either. We’ve already made contact with the local high school to engage a media enthused student for a full-time co-op work placement next school term.
Have you had success working with students in your tourism business? How?
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It’s the end of another school term and that means its time to reach out to your local community college to get the skills you need to improve your team.