Hire Los Rios
Resources and Services for Employers in the Sacramento Region
Local. Diverse. Highly Skilled.
Find and hire talented, motivated students – right here in the Sacramento region.
It can be difficult to find quality candidates for your open internships or jobs. Los Rios Community College District – American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, Sacramento City College – is here to make it easier.
Los Rios students and graduates are uniquely prepared with the skills they need to do the jobs you need to fill. Our students are diverse and highly skilled – and they may be just who you're looking for.
There's so much talent right here in our region. Most Los Rios students are Sacramento-area residents and are looking to invest their talents in the local economy full time after graduation.
Strengthen your roots in the growing Sacramento economy and connect with our students. Hire Los Rios.
Connect Directly With Students
Handshake is our exclusive hiring platform to connect students and employers. Employers can post jobs and internships, making these opportunities visible to our talent pool of 70,000 students. Handshake is also our platform for virtual career presentations and online events. Learn about Handshake.
Fund Internships Through LAEP
The Learning-Aligned Employment Program (LAEP) helps students find educationally-aligned internships and can reimburse eligible employers for 50% to 100% of student salaries.
Other Ways to Engage With Los Rios
Work Experience and Internships: Employer Resources
Learn more about how to set up an internship and hire an intern from the over 70,000 students in Los Rios, including how to support students earn academic credit through a work experience course.
Career Education: Industry Convenings
Los Rios has partnered with Valley Vision to develop and manage Regional Advisory meetings for the priority industry sectors of the Sacramento Capital Region.
Workforce Training: GTA and Training Source
Los Rios offers training and workforce solutions to help your employees reach the potential and boost contributions to the workplace. The Government Training Academy (GTA) is the largest provider of customized training for public agencies while Training Source meets the needs of business and industry.
Living Wage Calculator
The Insight Center’s living wage calculator measures the floor income necessary for an individual or family to afford basic expenses in California.
FAQs
Our students have skills and experience beyond their program of study. From "skills builders" focused on earning short-term certificates, to "nontraditional" students returning to make a career pivot, to recent high school graduates pursuing career exploration, Los Rios students can contribute by applying lessons from life and the classroom. Employers can view student profiles in Handshake or partner with an internship developer to make the right match between the student and organization.
The Work Experience and Internship Program is an academic program offered at all four of our student-centered colleges focused on experiential learning. It allows students to apply what they've learned in the classroom to a work environment while earning college credit.
Work Experience helps students develop technical skills and non-technical skills in their field of study.
An unpaid internship is similar to training that would be given in an educational environment. For this reason, unpaid internships are subject to increased examination to ensure compliance with the U.S. Department of Labor Fair Labor Standards Act, which mandates that the internship should offer students a learning experience closely aligned with their major or career goals.
Ultimately, an unpaid internship must benefit the student more than the employer and for that reason it is best if you craft your posting around projects and skill building work. The internship description should avoid lengthy qualifications lists and duty lists that mimic that of a regular employee.
Unpaid internship descriptions should include all of the following elements:
- Projects that involve skill development and collaboration with professional staff
- Projects that require critical thinking and reflection on learning
- Time to establish goals and assess progress towards goals
- Supervision and mentorship by a professional with expertise in the field
We would love to help promote and post your existing internship position(s) on our Los Rios platform! Contact the site coordinator or fill out our contact form to be put in touch with the Work Experience team.