Applications open for Mayor’s annual Summer Youth Employment Program
January 31, 2023
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The Youth Division of the City of Jackson’s Human and Cultural Services has begun accepting applications for its annual Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program. The program offers Jackson youth paid opportunities to develop an array of work skills and experience and aims to foster an environment that teaches work ethics and life skills, while providing exposure to diverse careers in the private and public sector.
“We need to expose our young people to the work environment so that they can begin to envision themselves in that environment,” said Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. “It is through opportunities like this that we engage our young people and broaden their horizons.”
The Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program is open to all City of Jackson residents between the ages of 16 to 24 years old. To qualify for the program, students must be 16 years old by March 3, 2023.
Applications are available for download on the City’s website or can be picked up from the Department of Human and Cultural Services in the Metrocenter Mall. Applications are due by Friday, March 3, 2023. Interviews will be conduct the week of March 14-17.
For more information, please contact Jasmine Thigpen at 601-960-0556 or email jthigpen@jacksonms.gov.