YouthWorks - a program to meet your needs
YouthWorks, Inc. provides a wide range of activities on a regular basis to help you explore relevant careers and build a career path that's right for you. We provide training to prepare you for a job search and be successful on the job when you are hired.
Here are some of the many services YouthWorks offers:
JumpStart Success - YouthWorks' work-readiness and career exploration training. Learn about yourself and how your skills, talents and things that make you happy connect to the larger world of work and careers. Complete this training and put it on your resume. Any future employer will be impressed. And, you'll be ready to create a career plan, conduct a job search, develop a resume and learn the ins and outs of interviewing and being successful in the workplace.
Job tours - YouthWorks arranges onsite visits to companies that match your career interests. Learn from professionals in the field and see if you could see yourself in that career.
Job shadowing - YouthWorks arranges in-depth visits to job sites so you can see first-hand what a day might be like at your dream career.
Cool Hot Jobs Workshop Series - YouthWorks brings in professionals from in-demand careers in southwestern Pennsylvania to help you see the great opportunities that await you if you prepare. You'll learn about salaries and educational preparation for a wide range of jobs in fields such as:
- Technology
- Healthcare and medicine
- Manufacturing
- Entrepreneurship
- And more...JobBlast - YouthWorks' monthly e-newsletter keeps you plugged into important YouthWorks activities and events, community events and youth-friendly job opportunities.
Employment opportunities - YouthWorks funds work opportunities at community based organizations and works with businesses in the area to provide first-time work experience.
It’s up to you to take the first step. Call YouthWorks today and start building your future: 412.281.6629
Unless otherwise stated, all activities will take place at the YouthWorks office:
401 Wood Street, Suite 1500, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(Arrott Building, Downtown Pittsburgh, next to the Subway sandwich shop on the corner of 4th and Wood St.)
