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title: 'Interested in interns? Portland’s Emerging Leaders will help connect you to talent'
date: '2019-01-04T14:42:11-08:00'
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categories:
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Startups
tags:
  - bbpdx
  - 'business for a better portland'
  - eli
  - 'emerging leaders'
  - intern
  - Internship
  - picoc
  - Portland
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# Interested in interns? Portland’s Emerging Leaders will help connect you to talent

[Speaking of interns](https://siliconflorist.com/2019/01/03/interested-in-interns-portlands-planet-argon-has-a-toolkit-to-help/ "Interested in interns? Portland’s Planet Argon has a toolkit to help")… the [Emerging Leaders Internship](https://www.emergingleaderspdx.org/) offers a compelling opportunity to source talented interns for your organization. That’s why [Business for a Better Portland is encouraging local companies to participate in the program](https://www.bbpdx.org/updates/2019/1/4/call-to-action-making-our-workplaces-more-representative-of-our-city "Call to Action: Making Our Workplaces More Representative of Our City") again this year. But you have to hurry because applications close soon.



> ELI has grown rapidly since its start in 2016, placing 201 students into internships at 84 companies around the region. This success has created high demand from students, sharply outpacing supply of internships. Last year, the program received 876 applications and placed 80 interns. With this incredible wealth of talented students, ELI sees huge opportunity to connect them with companies seeking to diversify their workforce.
> 
> ELI’s goal for 2019 is to place 200 students of color into top companies in the portland area. Let’s help meet that goal by adding at least 15 BBPDX member companies to the roster of ELI hosts.

Sound interesting? [Please indicate your interest by completing a short form](https://www.emergingleaderspdx.org/companies). The deadline to express interest is January 15, 2019.

For more information, read the [BBPDX Call to Action](https://www.bbpdx.org/updates/2019/1/4/call-to-action-making-our-workplaces-more-representative-of-our-city "Call to Action: Making Our Workplaces More Representative of Our City") or visit [Emerging Leaders](https://www.emergingleaderspdx.org/).