Get a Paid Internship! 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)

🏃 🏃‍♀️ Are you aged 16-24 and eager to make the most of your summer? Look no further! CMP is thrilled to participate in the Summer Youth Employment Program, funded and administered by the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD).

🌟 Program Highlights:

• Gain valuable work experience

• Explore diverse career options

• Earn up to $2,400

📝 Program Details:

• Six weeks from July 1, 2024, to August 9, 2024 (or starting July 8 and ending August 16, 2024)

• Work up to 25 hours per week

• Earn $16 an hour

• Choose from 120+ worksites across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, spanning government agencies, non-profit organizations, hospitals, schools, summer camps, professional offices, retail stores, and more.

💥 Eligibility:

• NYC youth ages 16-24

• Application Deadline: March 15, 2024! (The deadline has been extended!)

🔍 How to Apply:

Youth can select Chinatown Manpower Project(CMP) as the Provider and submit an online application.

🙌 For application assistance, contact us at 📞 (646) 292-9679/9678 or 📧 syep@cmpny.org (Office Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.)

Don't miss this chance to shape your summer and future career! 🚀

SYEP at 50 Madison Street

Thanks to Hamilton-Madison House’s partnership and generosity, CMP SYEP (Summer Youth Employment Program) is able to set up an office at 50 Madison Ave, RM 207, New York, NY 10010 this summer!

If you have any questions about the program and would like to talk to us in person, please feel free to stop by. For now, our SYEP team will be there 2 to 3 days a week, so please give us a call or email us before your visit to make sure we have staff on site:

• Email: syep@cmpny.org or gingerjiang@cmpny.org

• Call: (646) 481-5319

Reminder: SYEP application deadline is this Friday, 3/31. Don’t miss it if you want to have a summer job! Lean more: www.cmpny.org/news/events/classes/syep2023

Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) 2023

For Youth: Participant application for SYEP 2023 is now open! If you are 16 - 24 years old, and want to gain work experience, explore career options, plus earn some money this summer, apply today! Application deadline is March 31, 2023.

This year, SYEP will start on July 5 and end on August 12 (or start on July 12 and end on August 19). Youth can work up to 25 hours per week and earn up to $2,250 in total.

To submit your application, please:

• visit application.nycsyep.com and choose “Chinatown Manpower Project” as your provider, or

• contact us for application assistance by calling (646) 292-9679 / 9678 or emailing syep@cmpny.org

For Employers: If you run a business or organization and having extra helping hands with NO additional costs sounds good to you, please consider hosting interns by becoming an SYEP worksite this summer! To apply to become a worksite, please contact us at (646) 292-9679/9678 or syep@cmpny.org. The worksite application deadline is May 26.

SYEP Workshops

SYEP’s (Summer Youth Employment Program) application deadline is March 31st! To answer any questions our interested applicants may have, we will be providing the following SYEP information sessions/workshops via Zoom:

• Wednesday, March 15th, 12:15PM - 1:15PM (EST). Workshop will be conducted in Mandarin.

• Monday, March 20th, 3PM - 4:30PM (EST). Workshop will be conducted in English. Workshop link: tinyurl.com/SYEP-320

• Thursday, March 23rd, 3PM - 4:30PM (EST). Workshop will be conducted in Mandarin. Workshop link: tinyurl.com/SYEP-323

Good Job, Everyone!

Did you know that our Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) had placed over 600 youths to more than 120 worksites all over the city this year? Today is the last day for most of the SYEP participants (for participants who started working on July 15th will have their last day on August 23rd) and they are heading back to school. We’ve been proud and thrilled to see youths explore their interests and career pathways, develop workplace skills, and simultaneously make their own money during the summer!

Earlier this month, on August 1st, our volunteer photography team visited one of our SYEP worksites, Governor’s Island, and had a great opportunity to observe and see what the summer job was offering to the participants.

Photo credits to CMP Volunteer Photography Team: Ethan Lee, Flora Moy and Kylie Moy

“ From my own experience, I had always perceived internships/summer jobs to be a mundane albeit important time to learn and get a grasp for what the workplace is like. Filling in tables, taking notes, doing menial tasks, etc. It had never occurred to me that an internship could be as dynamic as the one offered by the Friends of Governor’s Island. Even though we had only stayed for a brief period, my photography team and I could immediately tell that these interns loved their job. It wasn’t a monotonous task they were performing behind the scenes — they were front and center, helping out visitors by giving detailed directions, maps and other resources to ensure the tourists’ experience was an enjoyable one”.

- - - Ethan Lee, Volunteer Photographer

SYEP 2019 Orientations

On June 16, June 22 and June 23, we successfully hosted SYEP 2019 orientations for over 500 program participants at PS 124 Yung Wing School auditorium!

The comprehensive 8-hour orientation each day covered topics including program overview and structure, workplace success, career exploration, resume and cover letter writing, interview skills, financial literacy, and civic engagement, which would better prepare youths for their summer jobs starting on July 8th. And they are looking forward to it!