Join the Better Together Summer Jobs program

Learn about the program

Through the Better Together Summer Jobs program, we partner with local Boys & Girls Club chapters to provide youth, ages 15–18, with career education and job training. Participants who successfully complete the six-week training program can apply and compete for six-week paid summer jobs at local nonprofit organizations and small- or medium-sized businesses. Since 2012, we've provided training and summer jobs for youth in communities all across California.

 

Get training for a summer job

The Boys & Girls Clubs have long provided youth with career training, but couldn’t connect young trainees to jobs until recently. In 2012, PG&E partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno County to pilot the Better Together Summer Jobs program, providing training for more than 200 teens and jobs for 55 of those teens during its first year. Learn more about the pilot program by viewing a video. Visit Better Together Summer Jobs program Fresno.

 

Today, the program extends beyond Fresno to Bakersfield and Sacramento. Learn more about the current program in these areas by viewing the following videos:

 

• Better Together Summer Jobs program Bakersfield
• Better Together Summer Jobs program Sacramento

Throughout the six-week employment period, program participants work 25 hours per week to achieve the following goals:

• Acquire critical skills
• Interact with customers
• Learn professional behaviors

In addition to their earnings, participants, many from underserved households, receive the following benefits:

• Professional work attire
• The opportunity to open a bank account
• A stipend for transportation to and from work
• An invitation to an overnight retreat designed to inspire students to seek higher education

 

Sign up for the program

If you are between the ages of 15-18 and are interested in the Better Together Summer Jobs program, contact your local Boys & Girls Club chapter at any of the following locations:

Fresno County chapters

540 N. Augusta

Fresno, CA 93701

Phone: 559-266-3117

 

Kern County chapters

801 Niles Street

Bakersfield, CA 93305

Phone: 661-325-3730

 

Sacramento County chapters

5212 Lemon Hill Avenue

Sacramento, CA 95824

Phone: 916-392-2582

 

Preparing youth for employment

• Read about 56 Sacramento-area teens who spent their summer in the Better Together Summer Jobs program, working hard and gaining skills that might lead to future careers. In August 2013, the teens were recognized for their dedication. Visit Sacramento: PG&E Rewards Teens at Summer Jobs Graduation.
• Eilene Reynolds, 17, is one of 58 Kern County teens who landed a paid summer job as one of the 2013 Better Together Summer Jobs program participants. Read about her first day on the job. Visit Teens Head to Work as expanded Better Together Summer Jobs program Kicks Off.
• Based on the success of the 2012 program in Fresno, we increased our commitment to the Better Together Summer Jobs program by expanding the partnership to include Boys & Girls Clubs all across California. Learn about this expansion. Visit PG&E Expands Better Together Summer Jobs Program, Brings Jobs to More Teens.