Ladders for Leaders is a nationally recognized program that offers outstanding high school and college students the opportunity to participate in paid professional summer internships with leading corporations, non-profit organizations and government agencies in New York City.
Our participants are high-achieving high school and college students between the ages of 16-22 and residents of New York City. They come from prestigious educational institutions including Brooklyn Technical High School, Stuyvesant High School, The Bronx High School of Science, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, New York University, and many CUNY and SUNY schools throughout the City and State of New York.
NYC Ladders for Leaders participants are selected into the program through a rigorous application, interview, and pre-employment process.
NYC Ladders for Leaders requires our participants to have prior work/ volunteer experience to be eligible for the program.
The program typically starts the first week in July and participants work 25-40 hours per week for a minimum of 6 weeks. However, many employers have extended offers to their interns to continue on past the 6 weeks.
All internships are paid and the salaries are set at employer's discretion at New York State minimum wage or higher.
Many employers conduct interviews with the participants and make final selection decisions. Students are referred to employers based on their needs and participants' skills and interests.
Our partners provide interns with meaningful and supervised work experiences including but not limited to the following: