Words matter. These are the best Gerald Chertavian Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Many training programs and often schools focus on just a skill or a kind of work competency. That’s only half the equation.
It’s not always the case that doing what’s right is also doing what’s smart, but when it is, the question of ‘what to do’ should be pretty simple.
Businesses are no longer receiving the cost savings from outsourcing that they once did.
Our young immigrants have a lot to offer. They are motivated and hard-working, and in many cases have already contributed significantly to our society – by excelling in school, by volunteering in their communities, or by serving in the military.
I was taught very early on how you treat people is actually what matters.
The millennial generation and a growing number of employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. If a nonprofit could make that easy for me, they are doing me a favor. It’s not just a one-way value exchange; it is an internal morale building opportunity.
Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.
When we think about the workplace, people think about hard skills being dominant, but they’re not. The employer realizes knowledge will shift quickly, and there’s a half-life to knowledge in this world.
The ABC’s are attitude, behavior and communication skills.
As we say at Year Up all the time, investing in our young people is not just a matter of economic justice. It’s good business sense.
At Year Up, our students – low income 18-24 year olds – come to us having already faced substantial obstacles in life. They are not in search of a handout; what they want most of all is the ability to take ownership of their own futures.
Many of our students say, ‘We wish we had a mentor in high school. We wish we had someone we could spend more time with, who paid more attention to us, who I could sit down with and talk to when I had a problem.’ So relationships are critical.
At Year Up, we have helped thousands of students rise from poverty into a professional career in a single year.
Year Up for me is a year in which the young adults that we serve have an opportunity to move up in their lives and gain the access and opportunity they need to realize their potential.
