{"id":2247,"date":"2026-05-21T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2247"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:57:55","slug":"firstlight-intern-from-mayors-youth-employment-program-shares-experience","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/news\/firstlight-intern-from-mayors-youth-employment-program-shares-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"FirstLight Intern from Mayor&#8217;s Youth Employment Program Shares Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are happy to support students along their career journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h1SPZSBDAHDNculFEM8l68g\"><strong>What I learned from my first internship<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Student internships, like one I completed as part of the Mayor&#8217;s Youth Employment Program, are great ways to explore possible careers and types of work environments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My first office job helped me discern what kind of career I\u2019d like to pursue after high school and college \u2014 and what kind of work environment best suits me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/05\/image-1-1024x780.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/05\/image-1-1024x780.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/05\/image-1-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/05\/image-1-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/05\/image-1.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>by Grace Paddock<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I applied for the Charlotte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlottenc.gov\/City-Government\/Initiatives-and-Involvement\/Youth-Programs?utm_campaign=what-i-learned-from-my-first-internship&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=www.thecharlotteledger.com#section-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mayor\u2019s Youth Employment Program<\/a> in 2023, I was hoping to earn money for my first car. But the experience gave me so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the application asked me what my intended field was, I wrote \u201cpediatric occupational therapy.\u201d MYEP paired me with FirstLight Home Care of Greater Charlotte, where I worked as an office assistant and scheduler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecharlotteledger.com\/p\/what-i-learned-from-my-first-internship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.thecharlotteledger.com\/p\/what-i-learned-from-my-first-internship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to support students along their career journey. What I learned from my first internship Student internships, like one I completed as part of the Mayor&#8217;s Youth Employment Program, are great ways to explore possible careers and types of work environments My first office job helped me discern&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news-category":[],"class_list":["post-2247","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-charlotte\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}