Jobs and Internships for Youth

May 23, 2013 - Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a unique and inspiring leadership summer camp for youth 12-17 who care about community service, activism, and social justice. At a week-long sleep-away program in a beautiful camp setting, YEA campers choose an issue of importance to them (for example, some have chosen climate change, racism, homophobia, homelessness, or animal rights) and they build the knowledge, skills, confidence, and community to take action on that issue once they...Read more »

May 23, 2013 - Game Theory Academy (GTA) and West Oakland Woods Farm (WOW) are hiring Youth Associates to participate in a five-month business and farm management program. Position Description - Work collaboratively with a team of youth to grow food for sale to local restaurants - Create a business plan for our business and participate in decision-making to make a positive financial, social and environmental impact - Write, take photographs and make videos for the farm blog -...Read more »

May 08, 2013 - Project WHAT! is expanding to San Francisco, and has extended their recruitment deadline for San Francisco youth to Friday, June 7th. San Francisco youth get PAID to share your story. Project WHAT! is looking for youth between the ages of 14 and 19 who have had a parent in jail or prison, are willing to share their experience, and who share the desire to increase awareness of what it’s like to have...Read more »

April 18, 2013 - Self Expressions, a program of Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, is hosting a fundraiser event today, April 18th, at 4:30 at 953 De Haro Street, San Francisco, to showcase the talent of the youth in the program. Youth in the program learn leadership, community, and teamwork skills, and dance and graphic design. At tonight's event, youth will perform a few dances and sell some of the t-shirts they have created....Read more »

April 18, 2013 - Game Theory Academy will be beginning a new session in May. Please share this flyer with youth who are motivated and want to take initiative in learning how to make better financial decisions. Oakland Spring session begins May 1st: Thursdays from 4pm-6pm through July 17th. Participants can earn up to $150 if they attend all 10 classes.Read more »

April 18, 2013 - FYA member Larry Robbin, who recently conducted our highly rated employment workshop series, offers a workshop to help non-employment programs "vocationalize" their services. The workshop is customized for each organization to develop the most effective process to vocationalize its services so the people being served move closer to paychecks and careers. Vocationalizing is not about adding employment services to what you do. It is about giving your existing services and your...Read more »

April 17, 2013 - Youth Job Fair (ages 16-25) May 1, 2013 from 3:00-5:00pm Alameda County Building: Eden Area Multiservices Center 2nd Floor/California Poppy Room 24100 Amador Street, Hayward, CA RAFFLE PRIZES FOR YOUTH! COME DRESSED FOR SUCCESS WITH YOUR RESUME! _________________________________ LGBT Career Fair Wednesday, April 24, 2013 At the SF LGBT Center - 1800 Market Street, SF, CA This is the nation’s largest LGBT Career Fair, which showcases leading Bay Area employers dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The event...Read more »

April 17, 2013 - An orientation will be held on April 23, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. for the Job Training and Career Exploration program at Alameda County Youth Development, Inc.,/Scotlan Youth and Family Center at 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland (on the corner of 18th and Adeline St.) This job training program is for youth between the ages of 15-18 who are currently on probation or in foster care in Alameda County. Career...Read more »

April 03, 2013 - Employment Plus II Program/Youth Enrichment Services provides a system of training, education, career development, and employment services to eligible youth between the ages of 16-21 within the Eden and Eden Unincorporated Areas of Alameda County. For more information, check out their brochure HERE and their flyer HERE. Download the Eligibility Questionnaire here. For more information, contact Youth Enrichment Services at (510) 293-8595 ext. 5430Read more »

April 01, 2013 - The US Department of Labor will provide approximately $32 million through two grant competitions that will offer job training, education and support services to formerly incarcerated youths and women. This includes a total of $20 million to operate programs that work with juvenile offenders and youths at-risk of becoming juvenile offenders in high-poverty, high-crime communities. Additionally, the department will award a total of $12 million to provide job training for formerly incarcerated...Read more »