Corporate Partners
Education at Work helps American businesses tap the talents of hard-working and tech-savvy college students to fill in-demand roles in project management, analytics, customer service and beyond.
By partnering with Education at Work, our corporate partners are strengthening their employer brand, while developing a pipeline of early career professionals that fill critical talent needs.
300%
increased sales citing students are digital natives with advanced technical knowledge
100%
nights and weekends become your bread and butter
90%
of students hired remain on staff one year later
Our tuition assistance program is set up to drive high performance – both inside the classroom for students, and in the business environment for clients.
Education at Work delivers exceptional workforce solutions to forward-thinking companies while striving to decrease college students’ financial burdens through positions offering hourly wage plus tuition assistance.
Education at Work opens the door to a fresh talent pool of smart, eager-to-achieve employees who fill hard-to-fill time slots, including evening and weekends, for our business partners.
These smart, digital-savvy employees showcase problem solving and critical thinking skills and reach proficiency on key metrics quickly, with reduced training times. They are motivated to achieve both inside and outside the classroom.
From traditional contact center customer engagement, to specialized customer experiences, Education at Work’s collegiate workforce has a proven track record of delivering satisfaction going above and beyond industry expectations in the fields of E-Commerce, Financial Services, Health Care, Retail, Technology, and Telecom.
One EAW business partner used our student-employees to test new software, sitting side-by-side with their engineers – an approach that was only possible because of EAW’s smart, innovative, and tech-savvy workforce. That partner realized a 40% reduction in support resolution time by incorporating improvements suggested by EAW students.
We have had such great success that we
have brought on four EW associates full
time within our team after graduating!
Thank you for identifying and bringing a
diverse set of talent that has brought
amazing success to our team and
organization.
– Leo Franzen, Fidelity
Ashly Mockbee
Northern Kenucky University
Ashly Mockbee, a senior set to graduate in the spring of 2024 from Northern Kentucky University with a degree in Finance, shares how her work-based learning experience with Fidelity Investments led to an exciting postgraduate job opportunity with them.
Ashly jumped at the opportunity to work for Fidelity in a position with Stock Plan Services as it aligned perfectly with her academic studies and major in Finance. She appreciated the flexibility Fidelity provided to workaround her academic obligations and earn tuition assistance in addition to her wages. The key benefits Ashly valued most from her work experience with Fidelity were the durable professional skills and technical competencies she acquired in tandem with the tutelage she was getting from her professors and college courses.
Ashley’s soild performance and impressive work ethic didn’t go unnoticed so when there was a position opened at Fidelity, leadership tapped Ashley to apply and ultimately offered her a full-time position upon her graduation. “Working closely with EAW students, we witness firsthand how this work-based learning program transforms the students’ learning journey into a career path while allowing us the opportunity to cultivate an amazing talent pipeline”, exclaims Jessica Murray, CSA Manager, Fidelity Investments.
Ian Carver
Arizona State University
Ian Carver recently graduated with a degree incomputer science from Arizona State University andis starting his career in finance at a fin-tech startupcompany. Ian credits his experience with companies like PayPal and Discover Financial Services (DFS) with Education at Work’s work-based learning model for helping him develop the necessary skills to set him up for future career success.
From an early career standpoint, Ian appreciated the opportunity to experience working in different types of positions within large Fortune 500 companies while still in college. Being able to develop professional skills, both technical and durable, all while having the support of leadership to guide and mentor him was the main value he expressed of working with PayPal and DFS.
From a college student’s perspective, Ian enjoyed being able to network and belong to a larger community of his peers in a real-world corporate setting outside of his classes. Another thing he valued was his work schedule. “A key benefit to working for PayPal and Discover over other companies that also offer tuition assistance is the flexibility, Ian noted. To be able to create a permanent work schedule that didn’t intersect with my class schedule was invaluable.”
UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
Our partnerships with colleges and universities are an essential component of the Education at Work success story.
Like Education at Work, our university partners are eager to make sure that students who have the greatest need are most effectively served. We work with institutions to identify students who are most likely to benefit by working with E@W. Then, we collaborate with the colleges and universities to support students with financial aid, enrollment, and career services.
EAW helps students stay in school, do better in their classes, complete their degree, graduate with less debt, and launch a satisfying and successful career.
65%
are students of color
50%
are first-generation students
48%
receive Pell Grants
EAW students are going in with two or three years experience versus someone who may have worked their entire college career but might not have had the opportunity to work for a Fortune 500 company. That gives them a leg up; it speaks to the critical thinking and other skill sets that employers are looking for.
– Edmundo Hidalgo, Former Vice President of Outreach and Partnerships, Arizona State University
Education at Work has a strong partnership with Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona where EAW has partnered with businesses across multiple industries including, healthcare, global technology, and financial services. Furthering EAW’s mission to help college students graduate with little to no debt while gaining career building skills.
Agreement Levels
I feel confident in my ability to complete my college/universtiy degree
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My EAW work experience is giving me the knowledge and skills I’ll need in order to be successful in my future career.
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The EAW Tuition Assistance benefits are critical to funding my education.
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* 2021 EAW Voice of Student-Employee Survey
Our partnership with Education at Work places students’ coursework in context of real-life work-based experiences. It is an opportunity to bring academic concepts to life.
– Taylor Randall, President, University of Utah
We partner with academic institutions across the country to create true “campus communities” where the support for EAW is embraced because of our nonprofit mission and the impact of our tuition assistance.
EAW helps our institutional partners address the challenge of disproportionate access to paid internship opportunities for students of color, low-income, and first-generation students by bringing the jobs to them. The EAW model helps students earn the money they need to stay in school, while learning the skills that will help them earn more money once they graduate. Our collaboration with universities and colleges ensures that students who have the greatest need are most effectively served.