tate officials and Hub business leaders implored more than 200 representatives from local companies and colleges today to broaden their internship opportunities for students to promote their talents and retain them in the state’s workforce.
“The way to win the future is to make use of our commitments towards the brain power here in the Commonwealth — our students. We have the best talent pool in the world,” said Gov. Deval Patrick at a forum titled “Internships: A Win-Win for Employers, Students and Academic Institutions” this morning at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. “We need to encourage our people to stay here or to come back to Massachusetts when they finish school elsewhere. ... We need to work together across the public and private sectors to build and retain talent for the innovation economy of today and also of tomorrow. One of the ways that I’m asking you to do this is through internship programs in your companies.”
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