Job Readiness Skills for Youth (Seattle, WA)
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The 2018 Job Readiness Skills for Youth report, sponsored by the City of Seattle, King County, and the Seattle Region Partnership, stresses the importance of developing “soft skills” so that Seattle youth are ready for their first jobs and have positive early experiences in the workforce. In addition to skill building, it is also important to empower youth to pursue the careers of their dreams—even those careers they may think of as being out of reach.
The City of Seattle, King County, and the Seattle Region Partnership —the partners—along with other organizations in the region have identified that early youth employment experiences are critical to preparing young people to access living-wage careers in the Seattle area when they finish their education. The partners are exploring ways to increase the number and quality of early work experiences, and they know that preparation is critical for both young people and employers to have a positive experience.
This report dives into the skills and behaviors that young people need to be prepared for early work experiences. It includes information about how other major cities support this preparation, how youth-serving providers in the Seattle region work with young people to help them gain these skills, and recommendations for how the partners can ensure the quality of both youth preparation and the jobs and internships themselves.
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- Resource Publication Date: 2018
- Author(s): Rachel P. Klein
- Organizational Author(s): City of Seattle, King County, and the Seattle Region Partnership
- Posted by: Youth Connections TA 1
- Posted in: Youth Connections