Taking skills and social capital and applying them in practical job-shadowing, network-building, and workplace experience-gaining opportunities, Experienceships provide a great bridge to workforce pipelines and career-readiness for Step Up students
Important Program Dates
Deadline: December, 13 2020
Orientation: January 7, 2021
Experienceship: January 11-22, 2021
Capstone Celebration: January 28, 2021
Program Details
Summary: Students will have the exciting opportunity to learn more about a particular field and gain real experience and relevant skills, while growing their network. The January 2021 Experienceship program will feature three industry tracks:
- Experience Media: NBCUniversal
- Experience Professional Services:
- 24Seven Talent creative recruitment agency
- Accenture change consulting
- Innovation Protocol brand consulting + design
- Experience Creative:
- C'est Moi clean skincare + color cosmetics
- Skylar clean fragrance
Time: Experienceships will offer 10 hours of experience over the 2-week period. Students will be asked to participate a maximum of two hours per weekday. The host company will provide additional details about the daily schedule.
Step Up Experienceship Capstone Celebration: January 28 at 2:00 p.m. PT
Facilitated by Step Up, the Capstone will virtually gather all Experienceship participants and host mentors for a session highlighting and celebrating the learnings from the three Experienceship tracks.
Qualifications
- High school or college student
- Positive attitude - enthusiastic, willing to learn, team player
- Commitment to attend full Experienceship and participate for the full 10 hours over the two weeks
- Commitment to attend mandatory orientation on January 7, 2021
- Commitment to attend group coaching calls with Step Up staff + Experienceship cohort
- No previous Step Up participation necessary
What to expect from Step Up:
- Step Up will match students with the industry/company that best meets their skills and interests as space permits.
- All Step Up participants will go through a pre-Experienceship orientation that will prepare them for the Experienceship.
- Each cohort will have a Step Up staff member working with the Experienceship participants on an individual and group basis.
How to apply
E-mail your resume and answers to the following questions in PDF or Word document format to sofia@suwn.org by Sunday, December 13, 2020.
- Which Experienceship track is most interesting to you (Creative, Media, or Professional Services)?
- Why do you want apply for this track's Experienceship?
- Why this opportunity is important to you and what do you hope to gain from this experience?
- What qualifications and skills do you have that make you a good fit for this Experienceship?
- Is there anything else you would like to share about your possible participation in this program?
