Connecting work and education through work-based learning for youth.

MB Services to Youth MatchBridge focuses on building relationships with employers to secure work-based learning experiences such as jobs and internships for youth in San Francisco… Our services include: Web-based job matching service for youth Regular employer recruitment events Individual job placements for “hot leads” In-person assistance through partner organizations Business Pathways - sector-based internships

8-week paid summer internship at a variety of sector-based employers from real estate to finance and tech. 75 interns were placed in the 2013 program at 34 employers such as Jawbone, Airbnb, BRE Properties and Jamba Juice Interns perform basic office support functions and are provided with learning experiences such as site visits, staff meetings, and informational interviews with executives Business Pathways Internship

Employers are recruited by MatchBridge to interview young people for their openings on site – the goal is to enter them into the hiring process as quickly as possible In addition, MatchBridge refers youth members to employers to fill single positions – our “hot leads” Worked with 100+ employers in the last 5 years, including: – Starbucks– Jawbone – Ross– UPS – Ghirardelli– SFO – Airbnb– Levi’s – Lowe’s– Sephora – Enterprise– Old Navy Recruitment Events and Hot Leads

MatchBridge was selected to be San Francisco’s provider for jobs and internships for youth for the next three years Began as the San Francisco Summer Jobs+ program in 2012 and is now year-round 5,204 youth were provided with work-based learning opportunities in 2012

This year’s goal – 6,000 work opportunities. So far in our count we are over 6,200! Employers post positions via MatchBridge and youth can access them online at

2013 Summer Jobs+ (Preliminary Results)

2013 Summer Jobs+ (Preliminary Results)

2013 Summer Jobs+ (Preliminary Results)

2013 Summer Jobs+ (Preliminary Results)

2013 Summer Jobs+ (Preliminary Results)

2013 Summer Jobs+ (Preliminary Results)

Continuing to build connections between education and tangible work experience in San Francisco Improving our online job matching system and including better access for CBOs Providing new types of work-based learning to youth during the school-year MatchBridge - What’s Next? What’s Next for MatchBridge?

Connecting work and education through work-based learning for youth.