- Date/Time
- Jun 27, 2025 ; 12:00pm - 12:00pm
Are you interested in hosting a career ready intern this summer and expanding your future workforce?
The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and Washington Maritime Blue are partnering with the Port of Seattle, Sound Experience, Seattle Skills Center, and Compass Courses to introduce the Youth Maritime Career Launch Program (YMCLP)!
The Youth Maritime Career Launch is a three month paid job training that connects young adults 18-24 to permanent employment with employers in the maritime industry. Our goal is to establish an employment pipeline to diversify the maritime workforce and get young adults into entry level jobs in the industry!
Benefits
- Host interns (Program pays for students' time)
- Investment in the future
- Potential talented future employees
- Community connections
- Fresh perspectives and innovative ideas
- Ability to give direct input on desired internship tasks and outcomes
How it works
- Host interns July-September
- Interns can work up to 35 hours a week
- Identify supervisor and draft a job description
- Attend a DEI workshop
- Interns will have case management support throughout their internship
Learn more:
Submit an employer interest form to Urban League or Washington Maritime Blue by Friday June 27 to get matched with our interns.
