Talent Access is a paid internship program that prepares employers to mentor effectively while equipping high-potential students with real-world experience, confidence, and pathways into long-term careers.
PROGRAMS
Talent Access
Expanding Talent Pathways
Talent Access equips employers with the tools and support needed to deliver meaningful internship experiences. Through supervisor training, structured playbooks, and ongoing coaching, participating organizations create environments that foster professional, emotional, and mental growth.
Innovation Starts with Prepared Employers
Talent Access equips employers with the tools and support needed to deliver meaningful internship experiences. Through supervisor training, structured playbooks, and ongoing coaching, participating organizations create environments that foster professional, emotional, and mental growth. By reducing employer risk and increasing internship retention and conversion, the program strengthens long-term workforce sustainability.
A Smarter Approach to Employer Engagement
A structured, employer-centered approach to strengthening Indiana’s innovation workforce. Through a phased model, 16 Tech builds the systems, partnerships, and insights needed to create lasting employer–student connections.
Phase 1: Discovery and Infrastructure
Talent Access begins by building a strong foundation. During this phase, 16 Tech identifies priority employers and conducts discovery interviews to understand workforce needs, mentorship capacity, and placement opportunities.
Employer readiness and student demand are mapped to ensure alignment. A centralized CRM system is established, and clear success metrics are defined to guide implementation and long-term measurement.
Phase 2: Employer Training and Support
With infrastructure in place, the focus shifts to activation. Employers receive structured training, practical playbooks, and engagement tools that clarify expectations and strengthen supervision practices.
A Tier 1 employer engagement model is launched, alongside feedback and tracking systems that ensure consistency, accountability, and quality across placements.
Phase 3: Monitoring, Learning and Scale
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Continuous improvement drives long-term success. Employer and student outcomes are analyzed, end-of-experience reflections are facilitated, and insights are captured to inform refinement.
This phase formalizes the Employer Engagement framework, supports knowledge transfer, and strengthens internal systems. Metrics are refined, scalable practices are identified, and recommendations are developed to sustain and expand impact over time.
Phase 4: Sustainability and Scale
The final phase focuses on long-term integration and growth. A permanent Employer Engagement framework is formalized, knowledge transfer and onboarding processes are strengthened, and refined metrics guide future expansion.
This approach ensures Talent Access is not a one-time initiative—but a scalable, sustainable model that strengthens the regional workforce ecosystem over time.