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Build Your Skills. Apply Your Knowledge.
Build Your Skills. Apply Your Knowledge.
Building real-world experience is an important step in preparing for life after high school. Internships, apprenticeships, and job opportunities help students apply classroom learning, gain professional skills, and explore possible career paths. This page highlights resources to help you find opportunities, strengthen your résumé, practice interviewing, and develop the workplace skills you’ll need to succeed in any field.
Getting to Know Types of Job & Career Readiness Pathways
Getting to Know Types of Job & Career Readiness Pathways
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
A paid job where you learn a skilled career through hands-on work and classroom or technical training. A pre-apprenticeship helps prepare you to enter an apprenticeship.
Training Program
Training Program
A program that teaches specific skills for a job or career. Programs can last a few weeks, months, or longer.
Credential
Credential
Proof that you completed training or demonstrated a skill. Credentials can include certificates, certifications, or licenses.
Certificate
Certificate
A document showing that you completed a course, training program, or set of requirements.
Skilled Trade
Skilled Trade
A career that requires specialized hands-on training, such as electrical work, plumbing, welding, construction, or automotive repair.
Certification
Certification
A credential that shows you have specific skills or knowledge, often earned by completing training or passing an exam.
Career Pathway
Career Pathway
A series of education, training, and work experiences that can help you prepare for a specific career field.
Progressive Pathways (ProPaths)
Progressive Pathways (ProPaths)
are education and training options after high school that can lead to in-demand careers without starting with a four-year degree. Examples include certificates, licenses, apprenticeships, and other career training programs.
Post-Secondary Programs
Post-Secondary Programs
City of Boston Workforce Training Programs Directory
List of all job training programs in Boston.
MA Building Trades Apprenticeships
List of PAID skilled trade apprenticeships.
Pre-Apprenticeship program designed to join an apprenticeship.
Job Training program in Architecture, BioTech, Clean Energy, Computer Science, and Engineering.
Paid training for lighting & design in theater.
Paid Job Training program in Information Technology (IT), Finance, and Business.
Training Pathway for Biomanufacturing, Lab Support, and Clinical Trial Associates.
Get paid to volunteer and learn skills. Programs BPS students are successful in incude City Year, College for Social Innovation, and PowerCorps.
6-15 week training programs in Banking, Maintenance (BEEMS), and Weatherization Tech.
City of Boston run training for EMT and Commercial Drivers License (Trust).
Programs include Carpentry, BioTech, Early Childhood Education, HVAC, Certified Nursing Assistant, and Pharmacy Technician.
New England Culinary Arts training program is 14 weeks to become a skilled chef. Programs options in Spanish & Haitian Creole.
A coding bootcamp for black and brown women & non-binary people.
Get certified to be an Early Childhood Education/Daycare staff.
School Year Jobs Support
School Year Jobs Support
Young Adult Career Center Services.pdfPIC Young Adult Career Center
PIC Young Adult Career Center
In-School Job Readiness - Boston PIC
In-School Job Readiness - Boston PIC
PIC Career Services.pdfPIC Career Specialists
PIC Career Specialists
Young Adult Career Center Services.pdfPIC Young Adult Career Center
PIC Young Adult Career Center
Boston PIC
The Boston Private Industry Council (PIC) helps BPS students prepare for jobs, internships, and future careers. PIC career specialists work directly with students in many BPS high schools and can help you:
Find jobs and paid internships
Build your resume and prepare for interviews
Explore careers that match your interests
Connect with employers and career opportunities
Start by talking with your PIC career specialist at school.
Explore the PIC Student Jobs Board
Learn more about PIC Career Services
Creating & Updating Your Resume
Creating & Updating Your Resume
Creating a resume is one of the first steps to interacting with the professional world. Resume writing resources:
Getting Set Up on LinkedIn
Getting Set Up on LinkedIn
LinkedIn Profile Checklist - High School Students.pdfPage updated
Google Sites
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