Help Young People Turn Summer Jobs Into Future Opportunities
Most summer programs help young people get a job. Beyond Summer helps young people keep the opportunities that come after the job.
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Every summer, young people earn paychecks, gain experience, and build new skills. But when summer ends, most young people stop communicating with the supervisors, employers, staff, and supportive adults who could help them move forward.
That means they may miss future jobs, references, referrals, scholarships, career advice, and opportunities they never knew existed.
Social Capital Smart: Beyond Summer changes that.The Problem
When we surveyed 100 summer job and internship employers, they told us something powerful:
of young people stay connected after their summer employment ends.
of employers said they wish young people would reach out.
Why? Because they often have:
- Future job opportunities
- Internship information
- References
- Referrals
- Scholarship information
- Career advice
- Industry insights
The Beyond Summer Solution
Beyond Summer is a self paced virtual learning experience that teaches young people how to see their summer job or internship as more than a paycheck.
It teaches them to see it as an opportunity asset.
Participants learn how opportunities really happen, why staying connected matters, and how to maintain career connections long after summer ends.
What Young People Learn
Inside Beyond Summer, participants learn how to:
Understand why connections matter for career growth
Identify key people from their summer experience
Stay connected to supervisors, employers, staff, and supportive adults
Use email, calendars, and simple reminders to follow up
Apply the CORE strategy to stay visible and in circulation
Turn summer experiences into future opportunities
The CORE Strategy
Beyond Summer introduces young people to the CORE strategy.
A simple, practical system to help them stay connected, stay visible, and stay in circulation.
This gives young people a repeatable way to maintain valuable career connections beyond the summer.
Who Young People Learn to Stay Connected To
- Program staff
- Program directors
- Field supervisors
- Worksite supervisors
- Managers
- Employers
- Family members
- Supportive adults
- People who referred them to opportunities
Because opportunities come from people. And people cannot help young people if they never hear from them again.
Why This Helps Organizations
Beyond Summer does more than help young people. It helps programs strengthen long term outcomes. When young people stay connected, programs stay connected too.
Organizations benefit from:
- Stronger alumni engagement
- Better follow up communication
- Improved placement verification
- Stronger employer connections
- Better documentation of participant success
- More opportunities for returning participants
- A stronger culture of long term career development
Best Fit For:
- Summer youth employment programs
- Internship programs
- Workforce development organizations
- Youth development programs
- Community based organizations
- Career readiness programs
- Schools and afterschool programs
- Programs that want better follow up and placement verification
What Is Included:
- Self paced virtual learning modules
- Youth friendly video instruction
- Cortez guided lessons
- Reflection activities
- Real world follow up challenges
- CORE strategy training
- Staff implementation support
- Organizational training
- Tools young people can use immediately
Pricing Plan
Student Access
$25 / studentOrganization Training
$1,500 / org feeThe organization training helps staff understand the model, support participant engagement, and use Beyond Summer as part of their summer jobs, internship, workforce, or youth development strategy.
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