Work experience

Louisville's summer youth employment program connecting Jefferson County youth ages 16–19 with paid summer jobs at private, public and nonprofit employers.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A Tacoma Public Schools program connecting high-school students with career-connected internships at Tacoma businesses, nonprofits and city departments, with a stipend and elective credit.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

DC's locally funded summer jobs program giving District youth ages 14–24 paid, structured summer work experience with host employers.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Law firm A&O Shearman's work experience for Year 12 students from state schools: a five-day Smart Start week at its London office in July, or the online Smart Applications webinar series.

• Year 12
• No fee

A city-paid summer job program placing about 300 Lexington high-school students with local businesses and community organizations for up to 20 hours a week at $15 an hour.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A paid federal summer job program for ages 15–18 doing conservation work at national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries across the country.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A spring insight day at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for Year 12 students applying to study medicine.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

Paid summer jobs in City of Norfolk departments for Norfolk residents ages 16–21, with job-readiness training and financial-literacy education.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

Anchorage's long-running youth conservation corps: teens earn a paycheck restoring habitats, improving trails, planting trees and caring for parks across the Municipality of Anchorage.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

On-site summer work experience at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Harwell Campus, Didcot) for Year 10–13 students at UK schools, working on individual projects with STFC supervisors.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

Paid after-school and summer programs for Chicago high-school teens: hundreds of apprenticeships and outreach assistantships in arts, STEM, sports, communications and more. Spring session: late February to mid-May.

• Grades not published
• No fee

The City of Seattle's paid summer internship program that places youth ages 16–24 in City departments, community organizations and private employers for 6–8 weeks.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee