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USVI- Commissioner Gary Molloy announces that the Virgin Islands Department of Labor (VIDOL) is now accepting applications for the 2023 Labor Investing for Tomorrow (LIFT) Summer Internship Program. VIDOL’s LIFT Summer Internship Program was established in 1989. Serving as one of the most prominent work experience/internship programs in the territory, the Labor Investing for Tomorrow is a component of the Summer Youth Work Experience Program (SYWEP) that provides college juniors, seniors, recent graduates, and Graduate students with eight (8) weeks of work experience.
Now in its thirty-fourth (34th) year, the LIFT program continues to deliver on the promise of exposing interns to the workforce in the Virgin Islands, motivating them to stay or return home. LIFT Interns will be paid by the hour and expected to work no more than thirty (30) hours per week for approximately eight weeks. All LIFT interns will be required to participate in a special project, a mentorship initiative, and community service activities. Additionally, all participants in the program are provided with Life Skills Management & Career Orientation Workshops, Workplace Preparation Skills, and Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulation training.
Eligibility criteria are as follows: Interns must presently be a college junior, senior or graduate student; must have a minimum GPA of 2.80 on a 4.00 scale; and must be between the ages of 18 – 25, inclusive.
Interested juniors, seniors, or graduate students must complete the LIFT application available online at www.vidol.gov/youth. The application deadline is April 21, 2023.
If you have any questions regarding this information, contact our offices on St. Croix at (340) 773-1994 ext. 2140 (amelia.christian@dol.vi.gov) or St. Thomas at (340) 776-3700 ext. 2080 (shenika.sebastien@dol.vi.gov).
