Employment Information and Training Opportunities

In this section, we provide some helpful information to help you research employment and training opportunities, as well as resources to help you develop advanced computer skills that are valuable to potential employers.

Click on these links to find information about:

• The Job Search Process
• Making Career and Employment Decisions
• Researching Employment Information
• Finding & Applying for Jobs
• Job Search Databases (General)
• Job Search Databases (Specialized)
• Summer Job Opportunities
• Skills Development
• Computer Training Resources

The Job Search Process

Basic Steps in Getting a Job

• An overview of the job search process.

Job Search Flow Chart

• A visual overview of the steps involved in the job search process.

Making Career and Employment Decisions

Matching Interests with Occupations

• A guide to occupations based on personal interests or strengths.

Self-Evaluation Form: How Do I Decide What I Really Want to Do?

• A worksheet to help you reflect on how your interests, strengths, and desires relate to potential career choices.

Occupational Brainstorming Worksheet

• A worksheet to help you identify a range of possible career, occupational, and summer job / internship options. A completed sample version is available here.

Researching Employment Information

US Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook

• A very comprehensive website, with tons of detailed information. You can look for information on a specific occupation, or you can browse alphabetical lists to find the occupation you have in mind.

   

Occupational Information Network

• This website focuses on the specific skills required by different jobs, and allows you to use them as the basis for browsing job information.

Monster Career Advice: Job Profiles

• A very straightforward, easy-to-use page, with a list of links to pages with information about a comprehensive set of different jobs.

Jobstar Guides for Specific Careers

• A list of links to other websites that offer career planning information, organized by career areas.

Job Descriptions from CareerPlanner

• This website has a list of nearly 900 job descriptions, arranged alphabetically.

Get That Gig

• This site has a list of different categories of careers. Clicking on a category takes you to a page with links to current information on internships and job opportunities, as well as “Day in the Life Of” articles and interviews with people who work in the field.

"Just for Students " Job Information

• This page has links to a wide range of articles on employment related issues that are geared specifically to students and teens.

Finding & Applying for Jobs

Materials from iMentor's SCA Workshop #5

Job Hunting Techniques

• Helpful tips to guide your job search.

About Working Papers

• Everything you need to know about the paperwork you will need for employment if you are under 18 years old.

Working Papers Application

• A sample application for Working Papers (you can also pick up a copy at your school's Career Counseling office).

Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Application Packet

• Everything you need to apply for the NYC Summer Youth Employment (SYEP) Program.

SYEP Frequently Asked Questions

• Answers to common questions about the SYEP program.

Job Applications: What You Need to Prepare

• A list of the different kinds of information you will need to have available when filling out job applications.

Sample Job Application Form

• A sample job application for you to use for practice.

iMentor’s Job Application Log

• Use this log to keep track of important information related to your job search.

Job Search Databases (General)

The websites listed below allow you to search for specific job listings by category and location. Most of them also allow you to post resumes and submit job applications online.

• Career Builder
• Hot Jobs
• Monster
• NationJob
• The New York Daily News Classifieds
• The New York Post @ Work
• The New York Times Job Market
• TrueCareers

Job Search Databases (Specialized)

Each of the job search sites listed below has a special focus.

College Grad Job Hunter

• This site specializes in entry-level positions for recent college graduates.

Idealist

• This website specializes in non-profit jobs, as well as volunteer and internship opportunities.

Snag-A-Job

• This site specializes in hourly (part-time and full-time) job opportunities. These kinds of jobs are ideal for most high school students with limited employment experience and availability (i.e., summers and after school).

Student Jobs

• This website provides information on Federal Government job opportunities for students.

Teens 4 Hire

• This website specializes in jobs for teens.

Summer Job Opportunities

NYC Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)

This program places young people in a wide range of government-funded summer employment settings, and is open to all youth ages 14-21 living in New York City, regardless of income level. All you need to do is submit an application, and you will be entered into a lottery for the jobs available through the program, which typically include clerical, hospital, camp, cultural, and custodial aide positions in government and non-profit agencies. You will also receive additional career skills training each week. All jobs offered through this program pay $6.75 per hour, for a maximum of 25 hours per week.

• Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Application Packet
• SYEP Frequently Asked Questions
• Application Deadline: May 30

Brooklyn Arts Exchange - Junior Summer Arts Program

The Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) is seeking two SENIOR COUNSELORS (age 16 and up) for its JUNIOR SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM from Wednesday, July 5 - Friday August 18 (plus one week of training and planning Monday, June 26 - Friday, June 30). Applicants must have completed their Junior or Senior year of high school and have experience/interest in working with children in groups. Interest or experience in the performing arts a plus. Senior Counselors will be paid $7.50 an hour.

• Please email info@bax.org for an application
• For information about JUNIOR COUNSELOR positions for ages 14-15, contact Pene McCourty at 718-832-0018
• Application Deadline: March 27

NYC Parks Department - Lifeguards Needed for NYC Beaches and Pools!

• This is one of the best jobs in New York City and a guaranteed way to be in top
  physical condition while helping to keep millions of New Yorkers safe. NYC's beaches are open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, and pools are open from June 29th through Labor Day. Lifeguards work 48 hours each week and first-year lifeguards will earn a minimum of $10.71 an hour. All candidates are tested by Parks' Lifeguard School to ensure that they meet our high standards. Upon completing the lifeguard course, you will have a guaranteed job for the summer! The lifeguard program will also give you the chance to be a part of an organization that is committed to serving the public. In order to qualify for the training you must:

  • Be able to swim 50 yards in 35 seconds.
  • Have a minimum of 20/30 vision in one eye and 20/40 in the other.
  • Be at least 16 years old when the position begins.

  

   

Skills Development

American Youth Scholarship Foundation’s United States Model House of Representatives

• This program will be held April 17-21, 2006 in Washington, DC, uniting the nation’s most outstanding university students in the national capitol for five days of enriching and rewarding debate, discovery, and development. This unique program provides students with the foremost experience and education in policy making, relationship building, and negotiation skills, within the walls of Capitol Hill.

Harvard Business School Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)

• The SVMP is a one week management training program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education and expose participants to what life is like as an MBA student at Harvard Business School.

In the Making: Summer at MoMA

• This free summer program engages NYC high school students in an exploration of modern and contemporary art through a unique integration of art making, observation, writing, and discussion. Throughout the six-week program, participants in each class have the opportunity to use The Museum of Modern Art as a resource for inspiration, discovery, and learning in the arts. Each class combines studio activities and ongoing dialogue with artists and MoMA staff, field trips throughout the city, special tours of the Museum’s collection, writing exercises, and expert art instruction from MoMA educators. Collaborative and individual art and writing activities provide a space for students to create their own works of art that will be presented in a small culminating exhibit.
• Application Deadline: April 7

Latinas Learning to Lead Summer Youth Institute

• The purpose of this program is to train the next generation of Latina leaders. The Institute combines leadership training with technical and practical experience in a one-week comprehensive program in Washington, D.C. The Institute focuses on personal and career planning, health and well-being, entrepreneurship and leadership skills. There will be sessions on cross-cultural communications, conflict resolutions, race, class, and gender issues. Participants will also have an opportunity to interact with high-level Latina/o leaders during lectures, group exercises, and site visits. Up to 22 Latina undergraduate college students from diverse geographical areas and ethnic subgroups within the Hispanic community will be selected each year.

NPower New York's Technology Service Corps

• This program creates opportunities by providing technology training to young people who represent an untapped pool of talent that can meet IT staffing needs of local nonprofits. Before being admitted to TSC, candidates must meet baseline requirements that include: previous work experience, a high school diploma or GED, a desire for a career path in the technology field, and a keen interest in the nonprofit sector. Students are put through a rigorous twelve-week program that includes a four-week internship, and develop problem solving, customer service, and communication skills while acquiring an understanding of the nature of a professional work environment.

The New York State Summer Young Writers Institute (July 2-8, 2006)

• This writing workshop for New York State high school students will be held at the Silver Bay YMCA Conference Center on Lake George. It is open to all high school students in grades 9-11 in New York State. Participants will immerse themselves in poetry, prose, creative nonfiction, and critical evaluation of each other's work. Admission and participation will be determined by evaluation of creative writing selections submitted by student applicants.
• Questions about this program may be addressed by calling Bill Patrick at 518-272-1446 or e-mailing caltap@nycap.rr.com.
• Application Deadline: April 15

TASC City Scholars Program

• This program provides free professional training to youth who work, volunteer, or are interested in working with children in after-school programs in New York City.

Young Artist's Program @ The Education Alliance Art School

• This vibrant community center in the Lower East Side with a 100-year history of providing affordable art classes to the City's youth offers a wide range of summer arts classes for teens. All courses are taught by professional artists in their fully equipped studios; small class size permits individual attention. These popular classes attract students from throughout New York City. The schedule has been designed to accommodate summer morning programs, weekend trips, and late-summer vacations. Students can take just one course, back-to-back classes, or even class everyday of the week!

Youth Justice Board

• The Youth Justice Board is a team of young people, ages 14 to 18, from throughout New York City who meet over a ten-month period to study and propose solutions to the public safety issues that most affect New York City teenagers. The Youth Justice Board seeks to establish a credible vehicle through which young people can influence juvenile justice and public safety policies. In the process, Board members develop skills and gain leadership experience through intensive training in research and critical thinking, and learn how policy is crafted in the real world. At the end of the project, participants present their policy recommendations to juvenile justice policymakers in New York City.

Computer Training Resources

Materials from iMentor's SCA Workshop #2