The GUAM WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM, in collaboration with the Office of the Governor, business industry and community stakeholders have engaged in the "Passport to Careers" summer youth employment for Guam's public high schools. The agency partners of the workforce investment system consists of the Department of Education as the lead agency in this effort, along with Department of Youth Affairs, Guam Community College, the University of Guam, Department of Labor, Agency for Human Resources Development, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the business community.

The goal of the program, which begins in July, is to prepare students in their career path with the skills and competencies to enter the work force. This summer, the program hopes to provide the opportunity for Guam's youth to participate in the job market identified by the power of E3 (Education, Employment and Economic Development) within the Construction Trades, Health Care, Business, Tourism and Telecommunications.

Through their involvement, students will acquire employment experience that prepares them with job entry skills and practical knowledge of the workforce environment. A year-round employment experience for students in the career path is one of the objectives of the program.

Five hundred students will be allowed to participate in the program working in the private sector as they integrate their academic learning into the work force.
For more information, contact Jennifer Santos at Simon Sanchez High School at 653-2313 from May 16, 2005 to May 18, 2005.