Business Partners

​Host Employer Experience

With your help, each year the Mayor's Youth Employment Program (MYEP) trains and develops the future workforce for the City of Charlotte.  Youth provide multiple benefits to businesses, such as increased productivity by having students engaged in meaningful task and project work. 


The MYEP is a 6-week summer career-focused internship program, minimum of 20 hours per week at a rate of $10/hour for a total of $1500

Fill out the Host Employer Application and submit needed paperwork by March 1, 2022 https://myep.classe365.com/form/view/MYEPHEapplication2022

Your student will be assigned in May, so you have plenty of time to connect before they report to work in late June. Orientations will be provided allowing a seamless onboarding.

Our mission is to provide all Charlotte youth with equitable career development opportunities to explore the world of work, build social capital, and enhance economic mobility.

  • Experience can be onsite, virtual or a hybrid of on location and remote
  • Pre-requisite trainings offered to all CMS high schoolers and those who attend charter/private schools or are home schooled
  • Historically 45%  qualify for free or reduced lunches and 80% are youth of color
  • We need your help to provide meaningful, career-oriented experiences

 

MYEP Host Employers & Sponsors. Full list below.


List of Partners and Sponsors 


  • 100 Gardens
  • Accenture
  • Atrium Health
  • Balfour Beatty
  • Bank of America
  • Blumenthal Performing Arts
  • Brownstone Construction
  • Builders Bridge
  • Camp North End
  • Cardinal Innovations Inlivian
  • Carolina Panthers
  • Carolina Youth Coalition
  • Central Piedmont Community College 
  • Charlotte Bilingual Preschool
  • Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
  • ClickFold Plastics 
  • Corsan
  • CREED (Center for Racial Equity in Education)
  • CRVA
  • Developmental Disabilities Resources
  • Digi-Bridge
  • Discovery Place
  • Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas
  • E2D
  • Firstlight Home Care
  • Freedom School Partners
  • Harvey B Gantt Center
  • Heart Math Tutoring
  • Hope Have
  • Hunter | Everage 
  • Iris Solutions
  • LAWA (Latin American’s Working for Achievement)
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • LS3P
  • Matthews Free Clinic 
  • Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court
  • Nascar 
  • North Carolina Business Committee for Education
  • Novant Health
  • Radius Learning
  • Raptor Center
  • Red Ventures
  • RJ Leeper Construction 
  • Robinson Bradshaw
  • Sabor
  • Sealed Air
  • Siemens Energy
  • Smith Family Wellness Center
  • South End Dentistry
  • Speedway Children’s Charities
  • Studio 345
  • The Firehouse Casual Living Store
  • The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
  • Tillman Insurance Advisors
  • Tobin & Company Investment Banking Group LLC
  • Trial Court Administrator's Office-26th Judicial District
  • Truist
  • Turner Construction
  • United Mechanical Corporation
  • Wilson Air Center
  • Wurth Wood Group





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Before applying to become a Host Employer, please read the Host Employer Guide to fully understand the expectations and requirements:

Testimonials

"My experience with the MYEP youth program, has been nothing but great. I was introduced to the program about 8 years ago. I was so impressed with the program, that I teamed up with wonderful staff members that lead the program. They helped me get involved and to create an apprenticeship program for mechanics here at Charlotte Area Transit. I have had success in recruiting mechanics because of the program. Dawn and her team are a great partner with me and my team. I know our relationship with the MYEP program has set the city of Charlotte future in a great place. "

- Reginald Arrington


Elizabeth Harris (Historic Rosedale Plantation) stated: “Jessica has truly done a first-class job in all areas.  She is focused, punctual and has a good work ethic.  When given an assignment, she can complete it with normal to minimal instruction.”
 

Danielle Frazier (Charlotte Works) stated:  “[Diamond] was a pleasure to work with.  She always displayed a high level of professionalism and had a great attitude and we would like for her to continue participating in our ambassador program.”


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