Executive Summary About This Guide SETA ~ Sacramento Works for Youth i offering this guide to help employers understand the basic principles of youth development. As you read the guide's content, think about how your work environment curently, or potentially, engages ‘young people as resources. We understand that each ‘organization has unique capacities and challenges to consider ‘when developing iternshio experiences. Take time to identity what is most easily adaptable to your work setting and begin incorporating youth clevelopment principles where you can. Gem The Business Case for an Internship Program Given the proper resources and support, young people can be powerfulallies to companies seeking new ways of thinking and doing business. It your business is not directly involved with youth issues, oF ‘young people, you may at frst be hesitant to include youth in "your work. Anough young people lack cartain work and it experiance, they have valuable skis and insights that adults do not hava. A well-designed internship program can bene your company and halp a young person develop the 21st contury skils they need for work and Ifo. How to Use this Guide ‘This guide is divided into twelve sections. The frst six sections provide general information about internships, youth clevelopment principles, working with teenagers, and workplace mentoring, Sections seven and eight explain how to design and structure eloments for a high quality internship experience. Sections nine through eleven discuss things to consider when the internship is fished. The “Tips. ‘and Tools” section provide resources to help you implement a successful program. EMPLOYER NaN) Internships offer Internships offer ‘Opportunities for ‘Opportunities for Employers to: Youth to: + Expand Capacity + Learn 21st century ‘and complete special workplace skils, projects + Loam about the + Tap into new ideas, demands of the innovation and workplace enthusiasm + Identity potential + Generate good career options public relations. + Lear how to build + Pre-Sereen potential rolatonships with ‘employees professional aduts * Diversity your + Experionce now workforce things * Provide en inter with *+ Gain technical skits ‘a postive mentoring + Getinspired ‘experience (CREATING A YOUTH-FRIENDLY WORKPLACE