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Human Service Programs > Office of Workforce Development > Teen Employment Programs and Services

Teen Employment Programs and Services

The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) offers a variety of youth employment programming and services. We provide services for Cambridge residents starting at age 14 through the summer after they finish high school. Teens can apply to our various programs or reach out to us to schedule individual job search support. 

Our programs include: 

  • Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP), a paid six-week summer jobs program for high school students and rising 9th graders, age 14+
  • Several school-year paid STEAM internships: Science Research Mentorship Program (SRMP), Innovators for Purpose (IFP), Media Arts Internship 
  • Youth Employment Center: an office at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) where OWD’s youth team supports teens with preparing resumes as well as searching and applying for jobs and internships.

Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program

The Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP) provides Cambridge teens with paid job experience.
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STEAM Internships

Learn about enriching, paid internships related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) available to Cambridge teens.
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Youth Employment Center

Cambridge teens can meet with OWD staff at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School to get resume help and and job search support.
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Reaching All Youth (RAY) Committee

Professionals who work with you and teens at a focus group meeting

 

The Reaching All Youth (RAY) committee brings together teen-serving agencies in Cambridge - including schools, City departments and community partners - to share information, coordinate efforts, and collaborate on initiatives in order to best serve the young people of Cambridge.

RAY aims to build a strong network of providers, uses strength-based approaches and peer-wisdom, is intentional in centering equity and anti-racism, and strives to build the world we want to see.

 

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