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MTC SEEKS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
FOR PAID INTERNSHIPS

Contact:

Michelle Tan, 510.817.5802
Catalina Alvarado, 510.817.5783

OAKLAND, Calif., April 20, 2005 . . . Nearly two-dozen high school students from throughout the Bay Area will be able to get paid work experience in the field of transportation this summer through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)’s High School Internship Program. MTC has set April 29th  as the deadline for submittal of applications from high school students who are at least 16 years old and will have completed the 10th, 11th or 12th grade by this June.

“The program’s purpose is to introduce students to potential careers,” noted MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger.  One of MTC’s citizen advisory panels, the Minority Citizens Advisory Committee, provided guidance in the design of the program, and assists with recruitment of high school students.

Students will be employed, either full- or part-time, in the summer with cities and public agencies in a department related to transportation planning or engineering, public works or public transit.  Approximately 25 paid internships ($8.25 per hour) are available throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.  The student can view all of the positions and select the internship(s) he/she is most interested in being considered for by going to the MTC web site at www.mtc.ca.gov/jobs/high_school/.   Students must have completed at least the tenth grade by the start of the program, and have a minimum grade point average of 2.8. Applications from students with grade point averages below 2.8 will be considered if accompanied by two letters of recommendation.

“This is an opportunity for students throughout the region,” commented MTC Human Resources Analyst Ann Macaulay. “We’re looking for students in Napa, Solano Marin and Sonoma counties as well as the more urbanized parts of the Bay Area.”

Interested students must submit an MTC application form (available online from the MTC Web site at http://www.mtc.ca.gov/jobs/high_school/ or by request from MTC’s Front Desk Receptionistat 510.817.5700 or via e-mail at info@mtc.ca.gov), a one-page cover letter, and a letter of recommendation from a teacher, school principal or counselor.

Completed applications should be returned by Friday, April 29, 2005, although some counties will have jobs open until filled.

MTC is the regional transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.

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