After a job hiring process that includes creating
resumes, completing job applications and having job
interviews, students are hired to one of 60 different
jobs at Exchange City!
Students take on roles of business
owners, entrepreneurs, employees, public officials,
consumers and citizens in a wide variety of businesses.
These include: Credit Union; Radio Station; Post Office;
Health Center; Newspaper; Utility Company; Restaurant;
Distribution Center; City Hall and a variety of retail
stores and other businesses.
Students create a business plan, calculate payroll
expenses, plan advertising, take on accounting services,
purchase materials, pay rent, pay taxes, and utilities.
Students and their businesses pay taxes,
bills and repay loans as they market a product, make
payroll and live within the laws of the city.
All of this is done on-site at Exchange
City. Through their immersion in a real-life
scenario, students gain the practical skills of
decision- making and economics and learn the importance
of leadership and teamwork in the process.
