Teens of Distinction Program

The DC Public Library offers part-time jobs for teens through the Teens of Distinction Program. Teens work 10-12 hours per week all year long, helping the library with important tasks and projects.

To apply, you have to:

• be a D.C. resident
• have and maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average
• be 16 to 19 years old
• be able to work 10-12 hours per week

Oh, and of course you have to impress us with your wonderful personality and intelligence!

Find out more about the Teens of Distinction Program.

Summer Youth Employment Program

What’s that, you said? You only want a job for the summer? That’s cool, too. The DC Public Library is a host site for the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program. Every summer teens work in the neighborhood libraries and at the Martin Luther King Jr. central library.

Teens help library customers, shelve books, and learn lots of new skills to put on their college applications and resumes—like video and production, journalism, and blogging.

Just remember that you have to register with the Department of Employment Services first. Visit the DOES Web site for more info.