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  • Five Pieces of Advice When First Joining Enterprise

    Five Pieces of Advice When First Joining Enterprise

    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. If you are joining or thinking about joining an Enterprise program this year, here is some advice to keep in mind!  1. Have an open mind and try something new…

  • The Enterprise Experience: Stories from our Youth Council

    The Enterprise Experience: Stories from our Youth Council

    Youth Council is a year-long leadership development internship. Youth Councilors hone personal and professional skills through attending workshops, planning events, representing Enterprise at events, and serving as a youth voice to the staff and board of Enterprise.  We sat down with some of the members of the Youth Council to hear about their journey with…

  • Climate Career Corps blossoms this summer

    Climate Career Corps blossoms this summer

    Enterprise is creating a future workforce capable of accelerating solutions to climate change. Our vision is to have Enterprise youth enter their professions with the skills and climate-minded framework needed to meet the growing demand of the workforce and the planet. For over 45 years we’ve collaborated with San Francisco Recreation and Parks to give…

  • Climate Career Summit 2023: Empowering youth to make change

    Climate Career Summit 2023: Empowering youth to make change

    On July 12, over 300 Enterprise community members attended our second annual Climate Career Summit for the chance for youth to explore the world of climate careers. Eight speakers from a diverse set of careers relating to climate justice, sustainability, environmental education, and public policy spoke about their career pathways and answered prepared questions from…

  • Career Exploration Program 2023 Recap: Words of Advice and Youth Impact

    Career Exploration Program 2023 Recap: Words of Advice and Youth Impact

    Say Cheese! Everyone poses for a group picture in Koret Quad, outside UCSF Neurology, Mission Bay  Choosing a career path can be as intimidating as it is exciting, and for most youth, understanding the full breadth of the careers they can pursue is near impossible. In 2020, during the height of the lockdown, many of the…

  • The Inside Scoop: Interning for Enterprise

    The Inside Scoop: Interning for Enterprise

    “What is working for Enterprise like?” From October to May, we had seven exceptional Enterprise youth interning for us. We asked each of them this question. Keep reading to see what they said! Enterprise for Youth is an organization dedicated to finding youth employment opportunities, whether that’s through summer internships with our partners, direct-to-hire programs…