Adult Program

StreetWise Partners runs its core Career Ventures job-readiness programs twice a year (generally in the Fall and the Spring).  Each adult cycle typically serves 10-50 participants.   Business professionals volunteer to mentor participants at weekly two-hour sessions conducted in donated corporate spaces.  The mentoring relationship, which grows beyond the program sessions, is critical to participants accountability and the expansion of their professional networks.  The Programs, with 45 hours of training sessions over 13 weeks (on Saturdays or weekday evenings), are held in donated corporate space. The participants and volunteer mentors commit to the entire 13-week cycle of meetings, showing an extraordinary commitment of their free time.

The core training sessions, developed with help from volunteer HR professionals,  include computer skills instruction (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and  periodic skills assessments, as well as goal setting, resume and cover letter writing, interview preparation, developing an elevator pitch,  informational interviews, workplace etiquette, and public speaking.

At the end of each cycle, SWP requires all participants to complete an anonymous survey which tracks 57 data points across our cycles.

    
• 100% of participants stated that they would recommend SWP to others.
    
• 100% of participants felt that SWP helped them learn the skills they need to get a job.
    
• 100% said that the program increased each of the following:         
  overall confidence; job readiness; interpersonal skills; job-search network.