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Career Readiness Internship Program
The Career Readiness Internship Program is for neurodiverse college-age or college-bound Tech Kids Unlimited students and alumni with advanced tech skills. For 6 weeks over the summer, students are placed in an external internship at an organization or company we match them with for 3 days per week. The other days are spent with TKU staff learning career readiness skills such as networking, collaborating with peers, portfolio building, and more. Students are paid a stipend for their work.
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Work Sites
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Interns
TKU staff with some 2022 CRISP students.
Internship Tracks
Website Design & Updates
Refresh an older website built in HTML, CSS, and Javascipt using code
Refresh visuals and reorganize a website using a web builder (e.g. Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, etc.)
Social Media & Art Production
Create graphics, copy, or short videos, and schedule social media posts
Transcribe audio recordings
Polish and edit audio recordings (e.g. podcasts)
Resize, edit, and format images
Research
Catalogue digital items (such as items for sale via ecommerce, event information in a database, articles posted on a blog)
Research tasks (e.g. compiling a list of programming languages taught in schools)
Our Community Partners
We extend our gratitude to community partners for their incredible work and invaluable support.
Thank you!
Testimonials
“An intellectual disability diagnosis/Neurodiversity does not determine a person’s ability to learn and perform a job. There is absolutely a future where employment of neurodiverse people will be more mainstreamed.“
– ConEdison Supervisor
“Neurodiverse people have a place in our workforce.“
– Heightsites supervisor
“The most important learning experiences I had during CRISP were the supportive learning environment, the peer relationships formed through discussions and the training that addressed real-life concerns.“
– John, CRISP participant, age 19
“ I would definitely recommend Crisp and TKU to others, and how great of an impact they have been in my life. I am very grateful.“
– Leilah, CRISP participant, age 20