Employment & Training Strategiesfor Disconnected Youth April 3, 2012

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Roberta GassmanDeputy Assistant Secretary for Employment & Training, U.S. Department of LaborJacqueline FreemanUnit Chief, Division of Youth Services, U.S. Department of LaborDave RobertsOffice of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of LaborAnthony DayPotomac Job Corps Center Graduate, Kitchen Manager, Meatballs Restaurant Edna Primrose (Facilitator)National Director, Office of Job Corps, U.S. Department of Labor

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Agenda

Employment & Training Programs

Grant Opportunities

Best Practices in Serving Disconnected Youth

Summer Jobs+ Initiative

Real-Life Benefit of Youth Employment Programs

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John KellySenior Advisor to the CEO and Director of Partnerships and Public Engagement For more information:http://www.americorps.gov/about/programs/nccc.asp

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Summer Jobs+

A call-to-action for businesses, non-profit organizations, & governments to provide pathways to employment

Targeted at low-income & disconnected youth

Goal: Provide 250,000 employment opportunities for youth by Summer 2012

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Accepting the President’sCall-to-Action

Summer Jobs+ 

Participating employers can make a “Pathway Pledge” by offering one of the following pathways:

Life Skills

Work Skills

Learn & Earn

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Businesses can accept the President's call-to-action & make a "Pathways Pledge" by choosing at least one of the following three pathways to employment for low-income youth:

Life Skills:  Provide youth work-related soft skills, such as communication, time management & teamwork, through coursework and/or experience.  This includes resume writing or interview workshops & mentorship programs. 

Work Skills:  Provide youth insight into the world of work to prepare for employment.  This includes job shadow days & internships. 

Learn & Earn:  Provide youth on-the-job skills in a learning environment while earning wages for their work.

The initial commitments list featured nearly 180,000 employment opportunities from public & private sector entities across the country.  Some of the partners are listed on the following slide.

Summer Jobs+Bank

One-stop online search tool for youth to access postings from employers

Will be launched in April 2012

Includes a Widget – a what? – a widget!

http://www.dol.gov/summerjobs/Widget.htm

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A centerpiece of the program is the Summer Jobs+ Bank, a one-stop search tool for youth to access postings from participating employers.  This online tool that will be launched within the next month or two & will help connect young people to summer jobs, internships, & mentoring in their area. 

What’s a widget?

A widget is an online application built by one website that can be displayed on another website. A widget, like the Summer Jobs+ widget, can be embedded in personalized home pages, blogs & other sites. Once you have added the widget, there is no technical maintenance required — the original source of the information will update the content automatically.

Summer Jobs+ Partners

Initial commitment list includes nearly 180,000 employment opportunities

Examples in Forum target cities:

Baxter International Inc. – Chicago

JPMorgan Chase – Chicago

State Street Corporation – Boston

Many more to come!

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Summer Jobs+: Partners to Date

The American Assn. of People with Disabilities

AT&T

Bank of America

Baxter International Inc. *

Bender Consulting Services, Inc.

The Camber Corporation

CenturyLink

CodeNow 

The Corp. for National & Community Service

CVS Caremark

Deloitte

The Department of Agriculture

The Department of Health & Human Services

The Department of the Interior

The Direct Employers Association

Discovery Communications

Easter Seals

Expeditors

Gap Inc.

General Dynamics C4 Systems

Goodwill Industries International

H-E-B

J.B. Hunt Transport

Jamba Juice**

JPMorgan Chase*

LinkedIn

Manpower Group

Operation HOPE

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

The SI Organization

Starbucks Coffee Company

State Street Corporation*

Syracuse University

The McGraw-Hill Companies

UPS

Viacom

WE ARE GOLF

Wells Fargo

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The American Assn. of People with Disabilities

AT&T

Bank of America

Baxter International Inc. *

Bender Consulting Services, Inc.

The Camber Corporation

CenturyLink

CodeNow 

The Corp. for National & Community Service

CVS Caremark

Deloitte

The Department of Agriculture

The Department of Health & Human Services

The Department of the Interior

The Direct Employers Association

Discovery Communications

Easter Seals

Expeditors

Gap Inc.

General Dynamics C4 Systems

Goodwill Industries International

H-E-B

J.B. Hunt Transport

Jamba Juice**

JPMorgan Chase*

LinkedIn

Manpower Group

Operation HOPE

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

The SI Organization

Starbucks Coffee Company

State Street Corporation*

Syracuse University

The McGraw-Hill Companies

UPS

Viacom

WE ARE GOLF

Wells Fargo

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Additional Resources

TEN 33-11 -- Partnering with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Jurisdictions, State Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Offices, and local CSBG Entities to Create or Expand Summer Youth Employment Opportunities has been posted to the ETA Advisory Web site and disseminated to the workforce development system.

Link:  http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=7506.

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A centerpiece of the program is the Summer Jobs+ Bank, a one-stop search tool for youth to access postings from participating employers.  This online tool that will be launched within the next month or two & will help connect young people to summer jobs, internships, & mentoring in their area. 

What’s a widget?

A widget is an online application built by one website that can be displayed on another website. A widget, like the Summer Jobs+ widget, can be embedded in personalized home pages, blogs & other sites. Once you have added the widget, there is no technical maintenance required — the original source of the information will update the content automatically.

Discussion

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