Internships, Co-ops, Work, Volunteering, and
Job Shadowing
Practical experience is a good teacher of job skills and job preference, and high school and college students can explore many opportunities in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region.
Inroads - www.inroads.org
The Inroads organization places minority youth in internships and provides other support with the aim of increasing minorities in corporate and community leadership positions. The local contact is:
INROADS Greater Cincinnati-Dayton, Inc.
Michael Blanchard, Manager
632 Vine Street, Suite 808
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 665-3520 ext. 11; (513) 665-4068 fax
Dosomething - www.dosomething.org
Dosomething is a national organization dedicated to inspiring young people to volunteer in their communities; student volunteers can qualify for awards.
ArtWorks - www.artworkscincinnati.org
ArtWorks provides summer and other employment in arts for local high school youth.
Cincinnati Museum Center Youth Program employs high school youth to help at the museum and enjoy related activities; call 1-800-733-2077.
College Co-op Programs
Cooperative education, which alternates academic classes with paid work in the student's field, was pioneered by the University of Cincinnati early in the century and is now widely available at institutiosn across the region.
Cincinnati State - www.cincinnatistate.edu/FutureStudent/Academics/CooperativeEducation.htm
College of Mount St. Joseph - www.msj.edu/academics/services/careerplan/coop/index.asp
Northern Kentucky University - access.nku.edu/co-op
Thomas More College -
www2.thomasmore.edu/academics/options_coop.cfm?group=Academic Options
University of Cincinnati - www.uc.edu/propractice/uccoop.htm
Xavier University - www.xu.edu/wcb_undergraduate/co_op_program.cfm