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Organize and supervise Summer Jobs
for 180 Thread Students all over
Baltimore City
Act as a liaison between employers,
Thread, and students.
Conducted site visits for all employers
across the city to distribute important
paper work and observe students in the
workplace.
"This summer was challenging, but extremely rewarding. Our summer
was split between communicating with students, their volunteers,
families, and students' employers. During my time at Thread, I was able
to increase both my communication skills as well as organization, tracking
of data, and planning. I found an extremely valuable piece of the program
to be site visits. Tena and I would spend several days driving around the
city from employer to employer checking in with our students and seeing
them in the workplace. These visits gave me a perspective on just how
important a summer job is for most students. While these were great,
and allowed us to become familiar with Baltimore, I loved interacting
with our students every time I could. Every Friday we would host a
Professional Development Session at the office where we would teach
students about life in the workplace, leveraging their summer internship
for future opportunities, being creative, and different leadership
workshops. Seeing our students participate in these seminars was
definitely the best part of my experience at Thread. I hope to stay
involved with Thread because I have grown to love the organization. This
was the perfect placement for me because our boss, Neekta, allowed me
to ask as many questions as I wanted or to even challenge certain things
we do. She was always so supportive of me and really made me grow as a
person. Even when I messed up certain tasks, she always found a way for
me to use it as a learning experience. I could not have scripted a better
summer than the one I have had at Thread." -Angad
Community Partner: Thread
Intern: Angad Uppal
Site Supervisor: Neekta Khorsand
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