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Target Case Study
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In its seventh year of partnership with Genesys Works, upscale discount retailer Target has provided almost 160 internships to students in their senior year of high school.
read moreKirkland & Ellis LLP Case Study
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Kirkland and Ellis LLP partnered with Genesys Works to gain access to a pool of talented high school interns to help support their IT team. In addition to gaining valuable professional work experience, the interns also...
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New Report Highlights Innovative Employers Building Opportunity Youth Talent Pipelines
We are excited to share the release of our new report, Workforce Wins, a companion piece to
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AHLA President Highlights Hotel Industry Economic Impact On Nation’s Cities At U.S. Conference Of Mayors
American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) president and CEO Katherine Lugar today pledged to partner with U.S. mayors to strengthen...
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Hotel Trade Groups Seek Solutions To Labor-Shortage Problem
LOS ANGELES -- At the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), U.S. and Canadian hotel trade groups announced programs to address a hospitality labor shortage.
The...
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Rya Conrad-Bradshaw Featured on Entrepreneur Weekly Podcast
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New Report On The Harmful Effects Of Degree Inflation
By requesting that applicants have four-year degrees for positions that didn’t previously require them, businesses are making it harder for themselves to find talent for...
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More Than What's On Paper: Being Empowered By Change
What I remember most about my school years was playing video games. I don’t remember exactly what my first video game was but I remember...
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Career Readiness: Whose Responsibility Is It, Anyway?
A funny thing happens during the time students begin to wrap up their college and career-preparation programs and prepare to enter the workforce. With diploma...
read moreBest Buy Case Study
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With the help of a variety of training programs and national nonprofit organizations, Best Buy is striving towards closing the opportunity divide by providing opportunity youth with the important technology skills that they need to...
read moreAon Case Study
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Aon works to close the skills and training gaps in the financial services industry while also improving their own business through their inaugural U.S. Apprenticeship Program. Through the apprenticeships, the participants are able to gain...
read moreIBM Case Study
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IBM addresses the high-tech skills gap through its New Collar Jobs initiative that places emphasis on jobs that value capabilities over credentials. IBM also works with policymakers to expand the amount of career-oriented training pathways...
read moreLyondellBasell Case Study
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Through a partnership with San Jacinto College, called the “San Jacinto College Project”, high school graduates and unemployed young people are recruited to work in the petrochemical industry.
read moreQualcomm Case Study
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Qualcomm works hard to inspire and cultivate the next generation of STEM workers. This STEM initiative engages a broad range of students through exposing them to the possibilities that lie ahead of them.
read moreSAP Case Study
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SAP is partnering with over 500 schools and universities to build technology skills. SAP has also created the University Alliances (UA) program, which exposes students and faculty to the latest technologies and SAP’s software.
read more3M Case Study
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Through their Science Training Engagement (STEP) Program and partnerships with various schools and diversity-based organizations, 3M is able to target a diverse and talented group of high school students and pair them with the company’s...
read moreOchsner Health System Case Study
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Ochsner Health Systems, Louisiana’s largest not-for-profit health system, developed flexible workforce training programs and valuable community partnerships to increase economic opportunities and close the health disparity gap in communities across the state.
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More Than What's On Paper: How Gaining Independence Created A Pathway To Success
At the age of 16, I was legally emancipated.
I come from a family of 6 and was raised in...
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More Than What's On Paper: My Journey To Success Was A Pathway To Finding Me
Let me tell you a story, one that is nonlinear and begins after a loving Korean family living in Harlem,...
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Redefining The Way Companies Build A Twenty-First Century Workforce
By Elyse Rosenblum
Our initiative, Grads of Life, sits at a unique crossroads of workforce training organizations, employers, social innovators and thought...
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Hilton Celebrates World Youth Skills Day
Travel and tourism is the fastest growing job sector in the world, with 86 million new jobs projected to be filled globally by 2026. At...
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Advancing Apprenticeships
This article was initially published on Inside Higher ED.
A few weeks ago, President Trump announced plans for advancing apprenticeships and work-based learning...
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A Job Training Initiative The Trump Administration Should Support
Donald Trump was elected president, in part, because of his success at speaking to the indignity that many working-class Americans...
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Strong Social Enterprises Boost Individual Lives And The Nation's Economy
When the baseball season started and new youth started their jobs at our sites in Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, and...
read morePacific Gas and Electric Company Case Study
SUCCESS STORY:
Seeking to build a diverse and talented future workforce while enhancing opportunities for undeserved communities PG&E formed a partnership with non-profit Genesys Works.
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A Landmark Event To Connect Chicago's Youth To Career Opportunity
A purposeful energy and determination was palpable at LeadersUp’s Chicago Career 360: The Experience. Young adults from across the Chicagoland...
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How State Street Builds Partnerships To Strengthen Boston's Future Workforce
According to the Boston Private Industry Council, early participation in the workforce has positive, long-term impacts...
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How To Address Bias In The Workplace
Following my last article on workforce diversity, I want to hone in on a specific issue that affects many hiring decisions today, and that is unconscious bias. Unconscious bias refers...
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Aspen Institute Summit Offers New Solutions For Expanding Opportunity
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post.
In America today, the...
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Technology Executives Model Best Practices For Attracting, Developing And Retaining Diverse Talent
In 2016, Per Scholas and the Information Technology Senior Management...
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Year Up: Boston
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Year Up Boston seeks to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their pot...
read moreJuma Ventures
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In 1993, Juma Ventures became the first nonprofit organization to own and operate a commercial franchise, a Ben and Jerry's Scoop Shop that provided jobs to a handful ...
read moreLeadersUp
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Established in 2013 by the Starbucks Corporation and launched by some of its largest U.S. suppliers, the mission of LeadersUp is to bridge the divide between the untap...
read moreNPower
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NPower mobilizes the tech community and provides individuals, nonprofits and schools the opportunity to build tech skills and achieve their potential.
A...
Urban Alliance
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Headquartered in Washington, DC, Urban Alliance partners with businesses to provide youth in under-resourced communities a continuum of services that include: 1) profe...
read moreGenesys Works: National Capital Region
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Genesys Works is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that enables inner-city high school students to break through barriers and discover through meaningful work ex...
read morePer Scholas: National Capital Region
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Per Scholas is a national nonprofit organization that generates powerful technology education, training and career opportunities for people who are un- and underemploy...
read moreGoodwill Easter Seals | Miami Valley
YouthBuild Boston
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YouthBuild Boston (YBB) was founded in 1990 with the goal of providing underserved young people with the support and credentials needed to successfully enter the trade...
read moreAll Stars Project
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The All Star project seeks to serve inner-city youth through its three-pronged commitments: community, performance, and creativity. All Star's project houses a robust ...
read morei.c.stars
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i.c.stars was founded in 1999 to develop 1,000 community leaders by 2020. i.c.stars targets a particular population of young adults that is not being effectively serve...
read moreFareStart
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FareStart is a solution to some of our society's most pressing challenges—homelessness, joblessness, poverty and hunger. This model works because we are both an effect...
read moreBridges from School to Work
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Established in 1989 by the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities, Bridges from School to Work (Bridges) engages employers, schools, community resources, you...
read moreSt. Louis Job Corps Center
Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland, Inc.
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Goodwill Industries International was founded in 1902. Currently, they do work in Battle Creek and Jackson counties. Currently, they offer various Youth training progr...
read moreYouthBuild Quincy and Training Resources of America, Inc.
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YouthBuild is designed to provide low-income, out-of-school youth, aged 16-24 with an opportunity to transform their lives and become contributing partners in the comm...
read moreGeneral Assembly
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General Assembly is advancing the future of work. We create sustainable talent pipelines for businesses and build transparent career pathways to the most transformatio...
read moreSTRIVE International
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STRIVE today is a national leader in helping individuals from underserved communities receive the training and support they need to obtain meaningful employment and ac...
read moreAfterCollege
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AfterCollege has a lofty vision: to help every college student and recent graduate discover their career path. In our 15 year history, AfterCollege has become the lar...
read moreNational Guard Youth Foundation
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The National Guard Youth Foundation (NGYF) is a private Foundation that supports over 9,000 drug-free high school aged “at-risk” youth ages 16 to 18. These are youth t...
read moreTaco Bell Foundation for Teens
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Taco Bell is a brand with a purpose … to feed people’s lives with más: más flavor, más heart and más value. Taco Bells puts their heart into everything they do and is ...
read moreNAF
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NAF solves some of the biggest challenges facing education and workforce development by bringing education, business, and community leaders together to transform the h...
read moreEckerd Connects
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Eckerd's Career Connections Program serves youth aged 16-24 who are out of school and out of work. The primary goals the program are to provide occupational skills tra...
read moreHire KC
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Hire KC Youth aligns and organizes the region’s work-based experiences to support opportunity equity, and illuminate career pathways so that all youth can learn and gr...
read moreJane Addams Resource Corporation
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We can help you fill many of your entry-level manufacturing positions. Our job seeker training programs are industry-driven and focus on computer numerical control (CN...
read moreJobs R 4 U
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About the Organization: Founded September 2014, Jobs R 4 U is a 501©(3) organization that exists to ensure economic equity and empowerment for all, especially women, y...
read moreLatin American Youth Center
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LAYC's mission is to empower a diverse population of youth to achieve a successful transition to adulthood through multi-cultural, comprehensive, and innovative progra...
read moreMaryland New Directions
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Career Focus
MND's award winning Career Focus program provides comprehensive services emphasizing career planning, rapid placement, adequate wages, and long ter...
Petaluma People Services Center
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Petaluma People Services Center is dedicated to improving the social and economic health of our community by providing programs that strengthen the dignity and self-su...
read moreTaller San Jose Hope Builders
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Orange County-based Hope Builders equips disadvantaged youth, who lack opportunity, with the job training and life skills needed to achieve enduring success.
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