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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

We will only accept youth who we share our code with. Building 21's WorkReady Program is open to students of Building 21 High School, Alumni and students participating in Launchpad. Launchpad students will engage in a technology related summer experience. Building 21 students and alumni will be matched with a placement connected to their career interest area.
Ages:
14-20
This program is available
Our youth development program aims to support young people with the necessary workforce development tools that can grow them as young entrepreneurs. We will have a focus on the following areas: Culture & Arts, Healthcare, Entrepreneurship & Digital Media.
Ages:
12-18
Work experience:
Early (Incentive)
This program is available
This program is taking city-wide referrals. Use code WRS15 to apply.
We will only accept youth who we share our code with. Workready summer program at kcapa will help students be ready for jobs and workshops
Ages:
15-18
This program is available
​This program is FULL and not accepting new applications. Working for Success is a program designed to help young people achieve their dream careers. We ask our young people what they want to be when they grow up, and we do everything in our power to give them an internship within that career field. We have a 90% placement in the top two career choices of our young people. We hope to not only expose our young people to careers and opportunities that fit within their dream, but to nurture and support their passion into a vision and a path to get there
Ages:
16-24
This program is available
This program is taking city-wide referrals. Use code WRS17 to apply.
Our programs are designed for youth ages 14-18 which and provide a structured early work experience combined with learning opportunities to youth who have never worked before. We assist youth in understanding how to best prepare themselves to become active and productive members of the workforce. This program will allow youth to collectively address real-world issues, problems and needs within the local, regional, Some youth are placed at actual worksites based on their interest levels.
Ages:
14-18
This program is available
This program is taking city-wide referrals. Use code OSTS22 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.
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
Zip codes:
This program is available
This program is full and not accepting applications. 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
Rock to the Future's WorkReady provides hands-on experience learning and creating music and other creative skills during 2-weeks of full-day programming in Kensington or Germantown. Young people learn guitar, drums, bass, or guitar, form bands, write original music and learn music from popular artists, perform live, attend creative workshops like music production and graphic design, and attend other workshops like civic engagement, anti-violence, college and career readiness, and more.
Ages:
12-18
Work experience:
Early (Incentive)
This program is available
This program is taking city-wide referrals. Use code WRS79 to apply.