Right Track: Cultivating Saint Paul’s Future Workforce
For your company to stay relevant, it needs a workforce of the future.
Since 2014, the City of Saint Paul’s Right Track program has connected this workforce of the future to hundreds of organizations, government agencies, and businesses through internships and professional development opportunities.
Saint Paul youth are talented, diverse and full of fresh, original ideas. Between their unique perspectives and energy, this up-and-coming generation is sure to take your business to the next level.
Apply to host an intern:
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About Right Track
Right Track is a youth mentorship and employment program led by the City of Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Department. We work with employers like you to host interns, pay for wages, and provide training and enrichment opportunities.
Right Track offers six- to nine-week internships for young people through two different programs: Saint Paul Youth Jobs One (YJ1) and Youth Jobs Two (YJ2). We are always looking for new employers to host interns for both programs.
YJ1: Building foundational job skills
Youth Jobs One focuses on supporting young people ages 14-19 who are looking to build their foundational job skills, helping them secure their first or second work opportunity to practice workplace basics. YJ1 primarily provides city-subsidized summer jobs in parks, libraries and nonprofits. You can learn more about YJ1 here.
YJ2: Career exploration
Youth Jobs Two focuses on building on those foundational skills by providing paid internships to young people ages 16-21 at organizations and businesses of all kinds, from U.S. Bank to the State of Minnesota. YJ2 internships generally include more project-based work. You can learn more about YJ2 here.
2024 Employers:
A Pocket Full of Posies Accenture LLP American Indian Family Center Base Camp, Northern Star Big Wonder Child Care Blaze Credit Union Blooming Saint Paul- Gardening Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities Capitol Region Watershed District Chicago Ave Fire Arts Center (CAFAC) Children's Minnesota Churchill St. Restaurant City of Saint Paul: - Aquatics - Attorney's Office - CFPS Awakenings Program - Emergency Management - Golf - Human Resources - Human Rights & Equal Economic Opportunity - Mayor's Office - Office of Financial Empowerment - Office of Financial Services - Office of Neighborhood Safety - Office of Technology and Communications - Parks and Recreation - Planning and Economic Development - Police - Public Works - Safety and Inspections - Saint Paul Public Library - Ward 1 Office - Councilmember Anika Bowie - Ward 2 Office - Councilmember Rebecca Noecker - Ward 3 Office - Councilmember Saura Jost - Ward 4 Office - Council President Mitra Jalali - Ward 5 Office - Councilmember Hwa Jeong Kim - Ward 6 Office - Councilmember Nelsie Yang - Ward 7 Office - Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson CommonBond Communities Construction Careers Foundation Cookie Cart Cypher Side Dellwood Assisted Living and Memory Care Dog Days Inc Ecolab Elpis Enterprises Elsa's House of Sleep EOR Inc Ever-Green Energy, Inc. Family Values for Life Finishing Trades Institute of the Upper Midwest Flava Cafe Friends of the Mississippi River | Frogtown Farm Frogtown Neighborhood Association Great River Greening GREATER MSP Hallie Q. Brown Community Center Hazel Park Congregational United Church of Christ Hazel Park Learning Center High School for Recording Arts HNTB Corporation House of Daskarone, LLC dba SPRAYFiNGER Irreducible Grace Foundation ITS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INC Joy of the People Keystone Community Services Kimley-Horn and Associates Leap Pediatric and Adolescent Care Listen Up Youth Radio Love First Community Engagement M Health Fairview Minnesota Children's Museum State of Minnesota: - Department of Administration-Facilities - Management (Capitol Complex) - Department of Management and Budget/Department of Administration, (MMCAP) - Department of Transportation Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Minnesota Tool Library Minnesota Voice Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals MNHBCU Alumni Neighborhood House Now. Make. Art. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Rabata Ramsey County: - Aging and Disability Services - Assistance & Support - Attorney's Office - Chief Clerk - Communications & Public Relations - Community Corrections - Compliance & Ethics - EGCI Administration Finance - Emergency Communications Center - Financial Assistance Services - Human Resources - Parks & Recreation - Soil & Water Conservation Division - Parks & Recreation - Property Management - Public Health - Service Centers - Workforce Solutions Roseville Area Schools Saint Paul Port Authority | Saint Paul Public Schools: - Agriculture Garden Project - CDF Freedom Schools/Freedom Schools Express - Community Education - Facilities Department - Humboldt Admin Office - Nutrition Services - OCCR - Youth Enrichment Programs Saint Paul Regional Water Services Saint Paul Urban Tennis Science Museum of Minnesota, Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center Seiler Law Shakir Consulting Services Sol Of the Cities Sounds of Hope, Ltd. Spark-Y: Youth Action Labs SPNN St Paul Federation of Teachers St. Paul Saints Baseball Club STAR House The Canine Coach! The CREW Urban Youth Equestrians The Good Acre The JK Movement The Salvation Army St. Paul Eastside Corps The Sanneh Foundation The Summit-University Planning Council TopLine Financial Credit Union Tree Trust Twelve Plus Media Union Park District Council University of Minnesota - Renewable Energy Project Urban Boatbuilders Urban Roots Victoria Theater Arts Center Vivacity Tech PBC Warners’ Stellian West Indies Soul Food West Side Farmers Market WFNU Frogtown Community Radio Wilder Research World Youth Connect Xcel Energy Yellowbird coffee bar YMCA - Midway Early Childhood Center Young Dance Youth Leadership Initiative Youth Performance Company |
