WEBVTT OPEN UP IN JULY. SUMMER JOB HUNTING IN BALTIMORE CITY, IT IS TAKING PLACE ONLY A FEW DAYS INTO THE BRAND-NEW YEAR. >> DO NOT WAIT TILL APRIL OR MAY TO START THINKING ABOUT A JOB. FOR BALTIMORE, IT IS TOO LATE. TIM WORDS FROM THE WISE TO CITY : YOUTH TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN LOOKING FOR SUMMER WORK. LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 10,000 SIGNED UP EARLY, BY THE SUMMER AS MANY AS 8,000 WERE EARNING PAYCHECKS ANOTHER 2,000 OR SO MISSED OUT, BECAUSE THE JOBS WEREN’T THERE. >> WE NEED EMPLOYERS TO STEP UP TO HIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GIVE MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEIR FIRST WORK EXPERIENCE. TIM FOR STARTERS, CITY YOUTH : MUST GO ONLINE TO APPLY. THAT ALONE, WILL GIVE THEM A BETTER SHOT AT LANDING A SUMMER JOB. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT SOME OF THEM ARE PLANNING TO DO. PRAXAIR’S OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND GET IT, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO CHANGE HER LIFE AROUND AND DO BETTER FOR YOURSELF. >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD WHO GOES ONLINE APPLIES FOR A JOB GETS A JOB. TIM: THAT IS THE MESSAGE COMING FROM THE MAYOR WHO SAYS SHE NEEDS MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO HIRE. >> EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LEAN IN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THIS SUMMER TO WORK. TIM: SUMMER WORK, FOR SOME, THAT’S TURNED INTO FULL-TIME JOBS. BALTIMORE YOUTH CAN TAKE THAT FIRST STEP, RIGHT NOW, BY GOING TO OUR WBAL-TV 11 APP. IT’S WHERE THEY CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR SUMMER