Launch your career here
OUR PROGRAMS: CAREER
Discover your path to employment with Heights Philadelphia. We guide students through our five-step career process: exposure, exploration, planning, opportunity, and support. And with our established partnerships, students can tap into internships, mentorship, and job opportunities leading to life-sustaining careers.
Our career support begins long before the application process begins, with job-focused guidance in middle school, high school, and college.
Site-based summer bridge programs including:
- High school selection
- Industry tours
- Career assemblies
- Work permit support
- Stipends
- Career advising and StrengthsFinder
- Career exposure
Site-based, Out-of-School-Time, and virtual programs including:
- Industry and college tours
- StrengthsFinder
- Professional networking
- Stipends
- Internships
- Career exposure and advising
- Resume development
- Interview preparation
- Credentialing
Summer bridge and virtual programming including:
- Professional networking
- Resume development
- Interview preparation
- College support
- Career advising
- Stipends
- Early professional preparation
Available to high school, college, and post-secondary students, our paid internships provide on-the-job experience in a variety of industries including STEM, education, and financial services.
The Heights alumni network connects both students and professionals to career opportunities and continued support — even years after graduation.
Tap into rigorous summer study collaborations with partner colleges. Students explore a variety of topics including writing, environmental science, and career exploration.
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Enter a clearer pathway to high school selection with summer and weekend programs, tutoring, and advising.
Receive college and career preparation embedded in Philadelphia high schools, including enrichment, summer programs, and 1:1 advising.
Gain a college advisor and connections to greater resources ⎯ including career opportunities, stipends, and scholarships ⎯ at over 70 distinct institutions across the country.
Join Heights and see how far Philadelphia students can go.