Why Enterprise for Youth?
Enterprise’s training and internship program sets youth up for success
98%
of youth report gaining valuable job skills
Enterprise helps break through barriers, giving youth a leg up in the workforce
85%
of youth face at least one barrier to entry to employment
Enterprise pays youth as they gain valuable work experience
$806,000
earned by youth interns in summer 2022
Enterprise has been helping San Francisco Bay Area youth find work for over 50 years
25,000+
youth served since 1969
What we do
Enterprise for Youth is a central employment resource, where youth learn job-readiness skills and soft skills — and practice those skills in supportive, paid internships. Through ongoing professional development workshops, youth build a strong network of peers, colleagues, and mentors. Our multi-year model allows youth to develop their resumes during high school through paid work experience and training opportunities in the fields of healthcare, technology, art/architecture/design, financial and legal services, government and nonprofit, entrepreneurship, environmental stewardship, communications, and retail.
Youth Voices
Learn what Enterprise can do for you. Our youth-directed video answers the question, “What does Enterprise mean to you?”
Stories of Impact
Immigrating to the US and Finding Work
[Enterprise for Youth] has been the best experience I ever had because I did not think that I would go…
Impacting lives for 53 years: Alumni speak out
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT “Early on, I got a picture of what professionalism looked like. I had a good work ethic heading into college.” -…
Giving Youth the Freedom to Explore
We talked with Enterprise youth Baijian Xie about his summer internship at BAVC, during which he wrote and produced a…
The Inside Scoop: Old Navy Headquarters
Career Experience intern, Aja Bhooma, discusses his time interning for Old Navy Aja and the other interns pose for a group…
This Way ONward: From First Jobs to Career Rockets
Lamiya Cotton, Enterprise Job Coach at Old Navy Headquarters Lamiya Cotton says that her goal in life is “to be the…
Learning about Greening the World: Youth Essay Winner
This past August Enterprise for Youth hosted our first op-ed competition as part of our Climate Career Corps internship. In…
OUR FOCUS
Providing young people access to paid internships is the cornerstone of Enterprise’s work
Join Us
Support under-resourced San Francisco youth. Your contribution helps youth reach their full potential through life-changing paid internships.
