Best Buy Fiscal Year 2022 ESG Report | 76 Best Buy Teen Tech Centers . Workforce readiness programming. Teen Tech Centers offer youth the opportunity to explore technology and learn about careers they never knew existed. Through career panels, local company tours and engagement with professional mentors, teens gain a deeper understanding of the many “behind the scenes” jobs in their local community and beyond. Additionally, Teen Tech Centers offer a formal Career Pathways program to older youth that helps build a bridge to the post-high school world. Cohorts of 10-15 teens gather regularly for six to nine months to learn technical skills such as coding, film production, digital marketing, and app development. Teens engage with mentors with subject matter expertise and professional experience, and develop workforce readiness skills, including interviewing and resume writing, communication with peers and supervisors, and professional dress. Each teen who successfully completes the training program is placed into a paid summer internship in their local community. The Best Buy Foundation provides Teen Tech Centers an annual grant to staff and run the program, along with funding to a slate of national partner organizations to lead technical skills training. Past national partners have included organizations such as Creating IT Futures, Cyber Seniors, Fresh Films, and Grammy Museum. We are expanding our Career Pathways offerings over the upcoming fiscal year to include opportunities such as a paid Direct-to-Hire program to prepare Teen Tech Center youth for a range of career opportunities at Best Buy and other companies.