Partnership Opportunities
We believe that tomorrow’s careers start with today’s students. The Jeffco Career Links team would like to invite you to become a valued partner with Jeffco students and Jeffco’s team.
The goal is to connect current professionals with Jeffco students to showcase various industries and careers, and bridge connections for the future workforce within Jefferson County. As a representative of your business or organization, you will interact in various activities with students by helping them understand what partnership opportunities are available and what a career in your field can entail.
Ways to Engage
- Industry speakers
- Career counseling: networking, industry interviews and job search skill development
- School-based and district career and job fairs
- Host a job shadow
- Mentorships
- Industry-sponsored projects (ISP)
- Internships
- Apprenticeships
- Hire Jeffco youth
- Become a program advisory board member
- Complete the Arvada Chamber WBL Business Training. Created by the Arvada Chamber, it offers businesses a practical, accessible pathway for organizations to embed hands-on learning opportunities, such as internships, job shadowing, apprenticeships, and other WBL modalities.
How to Partner
Jeffco Career Links utilizes the The Jeffco Partners in Education (PIE) system for industry and community partners. It is a web-based platform, embedded within the Jeffco Public Schools website, designed to connect Jeffco Public Schools schools, families, and students with community and industry partners and resources to facilitate a robust educational community of learning and engagement.
To get started as a new partner, visit jeffcopublicschools.org/community to learn more and create an account. After completion, a Jeffco Career Links Specialist with connect with you to discuss ways to partner and collaborate!
The main goals of Jeffco PIE are to:
- Create a partner system for sustainable communication with schools and the central office.
- Provide a platform for schools to request support from community and industry partners
Provide a platform for community and industry partners to share relevant, free resources and opportunities for schools, staff, students, and families in order to foster the educational mission of Jeffco Public Schools.
Career Expo 2025
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at the Jeffco Stadium
View the Event Flyer for Exhibitors
Want to share the growing careers at your office? Interested in mentoring students in your career field? How about offering job shadows or internships this spring?
Join us for the annual Jeffco Career Expo and increase your talent pipeline.
This is a unique opportunity for students to speak with industry and post-secondary professionals about a wide variety of careers and learn about work-based learning opportunities such as job shadows, capstone mentorships, internships, apprenticeships, and jobs.
Hands-on, interactive activities make this a fun event for all!
Registration Fee:
To help offset the costs of hosting this large-scale event, a $100 registration fee is required for all exhibitors. This fee helps support event logistics, materials, and student engagement activities. While the event is partially funded by federal grants, recent changes in funding for schools and government programs have made it necessary to implement this modest fee to ensure the continued success and impact of the event.
Tomorrow's careers start with today's students.