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First Workings Founder and Chairman, Kevin Davis, Quoted in U.S. World & News

We are excited to share that First Workings and our Founder an Chairman, Kevin Davis, was featured in the U.S. News & World Report’s article, The Rise of High School […]


First Workings Executive Director, Linda Nguyen, Interviewed by Business Brief

We are pleased to share Linda Nguyen’s recent appearance on Business Brief. The segment covered how the pandemic has affected those starting out in their career. Linda spoke about internships, mentorships, […]


First Workings Founder and Chairman, Kevin Davis, published in The American Genius

First Workings Founder and Chairman, Kevin Davis, was recently published in The American Genius! In his opinion piece, Can Gen-Z talent build social capital in a remote working world?, Kevin […]


First Workings Welcomes New Executive Director

NEW YORK – 25 October, 2021 –  New York City nonprofit First Workings has hired Linda Nguyen as its new Executive Director. Nguyen previously served as the Director of Digital […]


First Workings London

FIRST WORKINGS ANNOUNCES EXPANSION TO LONDON Programming provides mentorships for under resourced high school students  NEW YORK – 8 September, 2021 –  New York City nonprofit First Workings announced its […]


First Workings’ Kevin Davis Published in CEO World Magazine

First Workings Founder and Chairman, Kevin Davis, recently published in Ceoworld Magazine! In his byline, Mentorship is Critical to the Post-Pandemic Workplace, Kevin Davis offers his thoughts on the value of mentorships in […]


Virtual Fundraiser Raises Over $100,000 Benefiting First Workings

On Wednesday, June 9, First Workings had the honor of hosting UK’s Vaccination Minister, Nadhim Zahawi MP for a virtual conversation regarding his incredibly successful vaccine rollout in the UK. […]


FIRST WORKINGS HOSTS UK VACCINATION MINISTER AT VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER BENEFITING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES

FIRST WORKINGS HOSTS UK VACCINATION MINISTER AT VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER BENEFITING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES NEW YORK – June 7, 2021 – This week, First Workings will host a virtual fundraising […]


First Workings featured in Inside Higher Ed

Kevin Davis and First Workings were featured in Inside Higher Ed’s article Online Internships Fail to Meet Expectations. In the article, reporter Lindsay McKenzie dives into the findings of a recent study […]


First Workings and Mount Sinai’s Center for Scientific Diversity featured in Tribune Content Agency’s Careers Now column

We’re pleased to share that First Workings and the Center for Scientific Diversity at Mount Sinai were included in Tribune Content Agency’s Careers Now column: Why mentorship is important, especially to young […]