CHOICE Business Champion! high-school student

Position: Become a CHOICE Business Champion! Share your career experience with a high-school student!

Become a CHOICE Business Champion! Share your career experience with a high‑school student!

Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. (Consider How One Individual Changes Everything) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that strives to increase college entry rates among low‑income youth. The agency provides direction to at‑risk students beginning in their junior and senior years of high school and continuing through their college careers and graduation to support them in successfully navigating the transition into early adulthood and establishing a path toward reaching their potential.

A “business champion” is a business professional who works with a mentor‑student team as the subject of a meaningful Research a Business project. This consists of just three 30‑minute phone calls along with a half‑day career shadow. We are interested in showing students what it means to work in your field!

During a nine‑week period (roughly January to March) mentors and mentees (high school juniors and seniors) investigate an existing business. The goals of the project are to uncover students’ particular business aptitudes, provide them with the opportunity to connect with a real‑world business and learn how to interview, and teach conflict resolution techniques.

At the completion of the project, students participate in a career shadow with their business champion, giving them a #First‑hand view of a corporate environment and a glimpse of the potential that a college degree can offer.

Job Details

• Seniority level:
  Associate
• Job function:
  Other
• Industries:
  Civic and Social Organizations;
  Non‑profit Organizations

Responsibilities

• Conduct three 30‑minute phone calls with the student mentor‑team
• Provide a half‑day career shadow experience
• Research and present findings on an existing business
• Teach students interview and conflict‑resolution techniques