Career Services
The mission of the Open Meadow Career Services Department is to ensure that all Open Meadow youth reach their long-term career goals by providing access to advanced employment and educational opportunities, focused training, and comprehensive support.
Our program is designed to provide incremental and continuous support for youth from the time they first define their career goals, through their first employment experience, and on into college and career-track employment.
We work with low-income youth from middle school through the age of 24. Most Career Services participants are (or have been) enrolled in one of Open Meadow’s core school-based programs, but youth from all around Portland are welcome to apply for admission into Career Services.
Services
- Career Exploration
- Career Planning
- Job Readiness Training
- Job Shadows
- Leadership Development Activities
- Internships
- Employment Connections for In-School Youth
- Post-Secondary (College) Preparation
- College Tours
- Scholarship/Financial Aid/Support
- On-Campus Support for Beginning College Students
- Career-Track Job Placements for Older Youth
- Job Retention Services and Follow-Up Support
Click on a link to the left to explore our varied programming options.
Project ESTEEM student and mentor, 2006
I love the staff. They do a lot of good. They give people like me hope for the future, and that’s a cool thing.
Career Services client about the impact of our programming.