Gen Z aren’t ready for the workplace—and this youth job program CEO is giving them a crash course in emails and workplace etiquette to change that

Fortune · 48

Genesys Works is running an eight-week summer program to prepare underserved high school students for workplace internships and jobs, including email and office etiquette training and AI basics like fact-checking and prompt engineering. The program places students into paid corporate internships and can earn up to $14,000 during a senior-year internship. As a result, Genesys reports helping 2,161 teenagers in 2025 launch professional careers, with alumni later earning an average salary of $67,000 per year versus $56,153 for recent college graduates.