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Program Overview:
The Summer Youth Internship Program is a short-term learning and employment opportunity for Nashville Davidson County youth. The program provides a combination of work experience, site-based learning, and exposure to the staff and functions of Metro government Offices and Departments.

Participants will be assigned to work at a Metro Department for twenty hours per week for six weeks. In addition, both before and throughout the program, all participants will receive opportunities for skill building and training. Participants will be paid $8 an hour for both their work time and their learning time. Participants are expected to provide their own transportation to both the training and work sites.

Who Can Apply:
Eligible participants must be enrolled students in a high school in Davidson County who will complete their Junior year in May 2008 and/or expect to graduate in Spring 2009.

 

Application Process:

Applications will be reviewed for the following criteria:

·         Responsiveness, completeness, and neatness;

·         Diversity of schools represented;

·         Strength of written responses; and

·         Strength of recommendation letter.

Final selection of participants will be made by a panel interview.

All applicants must submit completed application packets by mail, personal delivery, or fax to Nashville Career Advancement Center by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 3, 2008. Late applications will not be accepted.

Applicants selected for an interview will be notified by March 24th. Final notification of selection will be April 7th.


Application Packet:

Application packets must include the following information:

• One recommendation letter. Acceptable recommendations can come from a teacher, guidance counselor, coach, or any other adult with whom the applicant has an established relationship (no recommendations from family members);

• A completed Metro application (typed or printed in black ink); and

• A completed Summer Internship Program application (typed or printed in black ink).

Submit application packets to the Nashville Career Advancement Center, 621 Mainstream Drive, Suite 210, Nashville, TN 37228-1210, fax 862-8910. Please contact Ellen Zinkiewicz at Ellen.Zinkiewicz@nashville.gov or 862-8890 x77431 with questions