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WorkReady summer 2020 participants

WorkReady Summer Programs

Find your WorkReady summer opportunity! Enter your age, zip code, work experience and/or areas of interest to find matching programs and apply online.

Programs Offered

Harlem Lacrosse

We will only accept youth who we share our code with. Harlem Lacrosse works to provide opportunities, relationships, and experiences that activate the skills and traits to put youth on a path to success as students, athletes, and citizens. Harlem Lacrosse - Philadelphia's WorkReady program provides the opportunity and space for our high school and graduated participants to develop the habits and skills to be successful post-high school graduation (both professional, academic, and athletically). Prior experience with lacrosse is preferred.
Ages:
12-19
Zip codes:
Work experience:
Intermediate (Wage)
This program is available
The IAC WorkReady summer program offers youth work experience/exposure with experts in the fields of early elementary school education programming, STEM programming and community & civic engagement.
Ages:
14-24
Work experience:
Intermediate (Wage)
This program is available
This program is taking city-wide referrals. Use code WRS26 to apply.
LNESC Philadelphia's WorkReady Program serves youth from ages 14-18. Our goal is to provide youth with their first work experience through our 6 week summer program. As part of this program students will be connected to a variety of professions including Education, STEM, medical, and maintenance.
Ages:
14-18
Work experience:
Intermediate (Wage)
This program is available
This program is taking city-wide referrals. Use code WRS28 to apply.
MET WorkReady Summer Program provides job related skills training, career and employment preparation services, public/private relationship building community engagement services, job shadowing and institutional job placement exposure. Students receive hourly wages, engage in role playing and work site practice experiences and diversified entreprenuership training and work site placements.
Ages:
14-24
Work experience:
Intermediate (Wage)
This program is available
This program is taking city-wide referrals. Use code WRS30 to apply.
We will only accept youth who we share our code with. This six-week early incentive-based program introduces students to hands-on work readiness experiences in what it takes to be a working artist. Through project-based learning, employing drawing, painting, photography, mixed media, and mural making, students learn to develop their own creative portfolio while working with locally and nationally known artists.
Ages:
12-22
Work experience:
Early (Incentive)
This program is available
We will only accept youth who we share our code with. The Netter Center & Philadelphia Youth Network School-Year and Summer WorkReady Programs recruit current 6th–12th graders ages 12 and up in Philadelphia to participate in a unique internship experience. Students will learn about a variety of career and college pathways, engage in professional development sessions and participate in virtual trips and guest speaker sessions to increase their knowledge and understanding of different careers. Students who are selected will be eligible for a stipend.
Ages:
12-21
This program is available
We will only accept youth who we share our code with. Philadelphia Academies, Inc.’s WorkReady summer experience supports students in a broad range of industry interests (such as Early Childhood Education, Construction Trades, Business, and Tourism and Hospitality) to have the opportunity for quality internship experiences in their field of interest, supplemented by PAI Staff led workshops on professionalism, personal branding, financial management, and more.
Ages:
12-18
This program is available

Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation

We will only accept youth who we share our code with. PCDC's Summer WorkReady program is a 6-week internship which offers students opportunities to be exposed to different career fields to help explore potential career paths. This program helps build connections and exposes them to working at a non-profit organization. Each student at PCDC will be given an important role that works towards our mission statement of preserving, protecting, and promoting Chinatown as a viable ethnic, residential, and business community.
Ages:
13-19
Work experience:
Intermediate (Wage)
This program is available
Philadelphia Parks & Recreation is actively recruiting and hiring teens/ young adults to work this summer for the WorkReady Program. Interested Philadelphia Resident ages 14-24 should stop in their local recreation center/playground to apply with site supervisor and to obtain the application process. Proper documentation, clearances, vaccination requirements and application procedures must be successfully completed in a timely manner to be approved to work each summer.
Ages:
14-24
Work experience:
Intermediate (Wage)
This program is available