City of Raleigh Internship

Over last summer I did an internship at the City of Raleigh in their Youth Employment Program. Here is a rundown of it.

Job Site

We mainly operated remotely, at our computers at home. Communication was handled through a special app on our phones and also the Slack Desktop Application. Sometimes we would get to go to in-person events at places like the McKimmon Center at NCSU or some community gyms.

What we did

Our tasks mainly involved switching between researching, compiling that research and then presenting it. We got started with researching communities and demographics financially impacted by the pandemic. We did that for the first couple of weeks.

Then we started to compile a report about our demographics. We had to include stuff like which race made the most money in a certain region. Then we presented findings about which age ranges suffered most unemployment claims during a month. The most fun part was when we designed our own personas, people who we might see struggle after the pandemic.

Finally in the last 2 weeks, we made a final presentation where we had to present it live to our boss. This final presentation contained the goal of the entire internship, to make a concept app that would help remedy the financial problems of people. My concept app relied on the introduction of the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) laws that basically operate the same way as stimulus checks given out during the pandemic. UBI just gives a basic income source, even if employed or unemployed so their savings can go up or you can take more time to find a job and not starve. My app was called UBIFI and it looked like an average banking app where you can see the transaction logs and send money away. UBI income is not regulated.

Most days, we had multiple meetings with bankers and employees from Bank of America. They taught us all about taxes and credit and actually useful personal financing lessons. Then we had people come and talk about workplace etiquette and how to handle common workplace problems. One particular in-person event was the LinkedIn event at the McKimmon center. We met our partners in person and learned how to make a basic LinkedIn account and link it with our employers.

What we learned and skills gained

• How to manage taxes basics
• What is credit and how do we raise it
• Workplace ethics
• Research
• How to make professional presentations
• much more!!!

Journal Entries Doc

My Entries

Memories ( LinkedIn Event )

Résumé

Resume is being updated right now

Thanks

Ms. Dixon
Ms. Pugh
Partners like Gavin, Jayden ( our team leader ), Layka, Arnold, Seyila, Jebediah