Work Ready Program:

Join us for a 12 session program designed to prepare teens to get and keep a job! We will use chop's Café and various community and school snack bars to teach business skills such as marketing, profit margins, inventory, customer service, cash handling, food safety and sanitation. You will:

* Gain valuable work experience by working in Chop's Café

*Learn the financial aspects of earning a paycheck

*Create a resume and cover letter to successfully present yourself on paper

*Learn how to conduct yourself in an interview

*Participate in mock - interviews with local employers

The Work Ready Program focuses on 15 competencies in Sonoma County Employers identified as being needed for success on the job. Successful participants will earn a basic food handlers certificate, the Sonoma County Office of Education's Work Ready Certificate and a completion reward in the form of a $200 paycheck.