LIFE & WORKFORCE READINESS
Real-World Skills. Limitless Possibilities.
Every Kid Has Potential. We're Helping Them Discover What's Possible.
The path to a great future starts long before the first job interview. At the Club, we help young people explore their interests, discover their strengths, and build the confidence to pursue their dreams.
Through hands-on experiences, career exploration, real-world skill development, and meaningful connections with mentors and community professionals, kids discover opportunities they may never have imagined. From communication and teamwork to problem-solving and leadership, we're helping them develop the skills to navigate life's challenges and succeed in an ever-changing world.
Because preparing kids for the future isn't just about helping them find a career. It's about giving them the confidence, connections, and opportunities to create a life filled with purpose and possibility.
High School Programs
Our teen workforce programs bridge the gap between potential and opportunity. Through career exploration, hands-on experiences, job readiness training, and connections with local professionals, teens gain the confidence and real-world skills to take their next steps. From building resumes and practicing interviews to exploring career pathways and developing leadership skills, we're helping teens discover their strengths, pursue their passions, and prepare for success in work and life.
Exploring Passions
Young people can start building their expectations for careers as early as age 11. Research also asserts youth should have access to quality information by career professionals, positive encounters with employers and employees, first-hand experiences in workplaces and opportunities to gain career advice and support based on their interests and diverse needs.
Developing Essential Skills
Staff use targeted programs, experiences, activities, and interactions with youth to build essential skills through experiential and environmental learning. Clubs should also seek partnerships that broaden youth access to skill development opportunities throughout youths’ Club Experience.
Real-World Application
To prepare teens for success in the workplace, it is essential to provide practical work opportunities for them to sharpen newly gained skills. Such experiences will prepare young people with transferable skills and valuable training to transition into careers of their own. These experiences can include service-learning, first jobs, in-Club internships, external internships with companies and pre-apprenticeships.
Middle School Programs
In partnership with Youth Solutions, our Workforce Development Program is designed to introduce middle school-aged youth to various career paths. Participants have the opportunity to network and learn from trained professionals to gain experience and knowledge in various career fields.
Guest Speaker Series
- Law Enforcement
- Entrepreneurs
- Doctors
- Lawyers
- Manufacturing Managers
- Bankers
Goal-Setting
Participants work on vision boards and Individual development plans in order to set realistic personal and career goals. This process empowers our members to build their own great future by working towards the career that they want.
Meaningful Trips
Participants have the opportunity to participate in the Jobs for Michigan Graduates (JMG) Career Development Conference in Lansing and take part in the year-end field trip where members will explore every aspect of working at an amusement park.
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