For Partners
Here's how partnering with Parker Dewey works
Your Goals. Your Relationships. Our Expertise.
A Parker Dewey partnership is a shared effort. We provide the platform and run the day-to-day, while you bring it to your students and employers. This page walks through who does what and how to make this work.
A partnership works when both sides do their part.
Whether your goal is expanding experiential learning, strengthening employer engagement, or supporting specific student populations, we are here to help you put Micro-Internships to work.
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Parker Dewey handles:
- Platform and administration: Technology to manage projects, applications, student payments, and related administrative processes.
- Employer support: Guidance to help employers develop, post, and manage projects, including assistance with the application and selection process.
- Student support: Resources to help students apply and participate in projects.
- Marketing resources: Customizable materials and outreach guidance to help you promote Micro-Internships to your students, employers and team.
- Ongoing partnership support: Expertise and guidance to help you increase engagement.
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Your team handles:
- Student outreach: Introduce Micro-Internships to students and encourage them to explore and apply for opportunities.
- Employer engagement: Invite employers, alumni, and other professional contacts to participate and post projects.
- Institutional alignment: Identify how Micro-Internships can complement existing career services, academic, and employer engagement initiatives.
- Continued promotion: Keep Micro-Internships visible to students and employers throughout the year.
How it works
From Getting Started to Ongoing Engagement
Our partnership is designed to be straightforward to launch and flexible enough to support your institution's evolving priorities.
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Align On Your Goals
We start by understanding your priorities, student populations, and employer engagement goals. Together, we identify where Micro-Internships can complement your existing initiatives.
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Launch Your Partnership
You provide us with your logo, colors and points of contact. Within 2 business days, we'll provide co-branded, ready-to-use marketing materials and outreach to help you get started.
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Engage Employers to Post Projects
Your team helps identify and invite employers to participate. Parker Dewey helps interested employers to develop and post projects, review applications, and select students they want to work with.
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Support Students Through Project Completion
Your team continues promoting opportunities and encouraging applications. Parker Dewey supports students through the application process and provides administrative assistance to selected Micro-Interns, including project-related communications and payment.
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Track Engagement and Build on Your Success
We work with your team to understand participation, identify opportunities to strengthen outreach, and support your evolving goals. Reporting and data access depend on your partnership level.
Together, we keep the momentum going. As your team builds relationships with students and employers, Parker Dewey provides ongoing support to help strengthen your efforts.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does our institution need to fund Micro-Internships?
No. Colleges and universities can partner with Parker Dewey at no cost, and eligible students can apply for paid projects available through the platform. Institutions can also choose to fund dedicated opportunities through a customized program.
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Do we need to find employers and projects?
Employer engagement is a shared responsibility. Your students can apply to projects from employers already on Parker Dewey, and your school helps expand opportunities by sharing Parker Dewey with employers in your network. We provide the tools and guidance to make it easy for employers to create and post projects.
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Does our team need to administer projects or pay students?
No. Parker Dewey manages the platform and related administrative processes, including student payments. Your team's primary responsibilities are student outreach, employer engagement, and aligning participation with institutional goals.
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What support will our institution receive?
Parker Dewey provides customizable marketing resources, employer and student support, and ongoing partnership guidance. Additional services, reporting, and dedicated program management are available through enhanced partnership options.
Your team's primary responsibilities are student promotion and employer engagement. Parker Dewey handles platform operations, student and employer support, data collection and administrative processes including student payment.
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Can we access student participation and outcome data?
Reporting capabilities vary by partnership level (opens in a new tab). Parker Dewey+ provides on-demand access to participation data and related insights, while funded programs can include customized reporting.
Let's Turn Your Goals into Action—Together.
Whether you're just getting started or looking to expand an existing initiative, Parker Dewey can help you identify an approach that fits your students, employers, and institutional priorities.