Year up JAX IT Council - February 2016
•Descargar como PPTX, PDF•
1 recomendación•667 vistas
Year Up Breakfast Sponsor Presentation February 2016
Recomendados
Recomendados
Más contenido relacionado
La actualidad más candente
La actualidad más candente (20)
Destacado
Destacado (19)
Similar a Year up JAX IT Council - February 2016
Similar a Year up JAX IT Council - February 2016 (20)
Más de JAX Chamber IT Council
Más de JAX Chamber IT Council (12)
Último
Último (20)
Year up JAX IT Council - February 2016
- 1. Year Up Program Overview February 23, 2016
- 2. 2 Who we are • A strategic source of entry-level middle skill talent for some of America’s largest and best known companies • A workforce development organization that rigorously prepares underserved young adults for successful corporate careers • A non-profit organization dedicated to closing the Opportunity Divide
- 3. 3 Why We Were Started: The Opportunity Divide
- 4. 4 Our Mission: Closing the Opportunity Divide Year Up's mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education.
- 5. 5 Our Program: A High Expectations High Support Model Intensive one-year program for young adults ages 18-24: • 12-months of continuous enrollment at FSCJ • 6-months of a corporate experiential-learning Internship while earning 15+ college credit hours •Potential to earn 48 college credit hours in a year through FSCJ towards a degree. Our Program: Our Model: Aquila Evans Class 3 Support Training Guidance Experience • Educational stipends • College/Career Coaching • Business Clothing • Mentors • Behavioral contract • Constant feedback • Hands on training •High Expectation • Corporate internship • Academic Technical skills • Professional skills
- 6. 6 Who We Work With: Some of Year Up’s Corporate Partners
- 7. 7 Year Up Growth: A National Movement
- 8. 8 Program Details: Learning & Development + Internships • Advising & Mentoring • Professional Skills Semester I: Classroom Learning & Development Months 1-6 • Advising & Mentoring • On-going academic training at Year Up (Wednesday afternoons) Semester II: Experiential Learning Internship Months 7-12 Business Analyst Customer Service Desktop Support Financial Operations It Analyst Project Management Quality Assurance Website Support • 26 week internship • 36 hours per week • 15 credit hours through FSCJ • 26 week program • FSCJ & Year Up • Up to 30 credit hours through FSCJ • English Composition • Financial Accounting • IT Security/Networking • Economics • Business Law/HW & SW Config. • Microcomputer Applications • Business Administration Capstone • Speech Comm. for Bus. Professionals • Intro. to Applied Ethics • Human Relations in Bus. & Industry
- 9. 9 Results • 80% of students complete Learning and Development • 100% of qualified students placed in internships • 85% of graduates are either employed, in college, or both within 4 months of graduation • 98% of partners surveyed conclude Year Up interns meet or exceed expectations in technical preparedness It's a win for the urban communities, it's a win for the students, and it's a win for our company. We would not be doing this unless these students were active contributors as employees. And they more than pull their weight. Ken Chenault CEO and Chairman American Express Year Up gives them six months of intensive training to teach them basics. So by the time they come here they know what a job's going to be like, they know what an internship is going to be like, and they can keep on growing in the job. Jamie Dimon CEO and Chairman JPMorgan Chase
- 10. 10 Year Up: Opportunities for Engagement • A new strategic source of talent: • Entry-level talent through Year Up internships • Experienced workers through YUPro • Engage with our program: • Sponsoring a student seat • Mentors • Friday speakers series • Business clothing drives • Introduce us to other Jacksonville leaders • Contribute to our program through your foundation
- 11. Click below to watch the 90 second 60 Minutes episode about Year Up For more information: Contact Wendy Norfleet at wnorfleet@yearup.org or 904-632-5154
Notas del editor
- Year Up is a new program to Jacksonville this year, but has been in existence for over 15 years across America. Year Up has become a strategic source of entry level middle skill talent for some of America’s largest and best known companies. Year Up is a workforce development organization that rigorously prepares 18-24 year up urban young adults for successful living wage careers and higher education. Year Up is organized as a nonprofit organization and is dedicated to closing the Opportunity Divide between America’s disconnected urban young adults and corporations looking for a new strategic source of entry level talent.
- There is an opportunity divide in America. While one can discuss the numerical totals, there are millions of urban young adults that have the motivation, desire and ability to learn but do not have the knowledge to connect with corporate America. On the other side of the divide, there are millions of unfilled corporate entry level jobs. Corporate America does not see the urban youth as viable candidates due to generalizations concerning reliability, dress code, behavior, etc.
- Year Up’s mission is to close the opportunity divide by offering an education program to the urban youth and connecting them to the corporate positions with an internship.
- The Year Up Program includes a six month intensive educational program that teaches technical and professional skills required to meet the needs of Corporate America. Upon completion of the academic program, the Year Up student is connected to the corporate positions through a six month internship. The student will also receive 20+ college credits for the Year Up program as well as a weekly stipend to help defray commuting and minor living expenses. This program is built upon high expectations and high support. Each student signs a behavioral agreement which describes approximately 12 – 15 infractions (lateness, missed assignment, etc.) which if incurred reduce the weekly stipend and the students 200 point allowance. Positive points can be achieve for no infractions and other good behaviors. Year Up provides extra support to those students that need it. Once a student’s point total hits zero, they have “fired” themselves from the program.
- Here is a small sampling of our corporate partners. Corporate partners range from traditional financial services companies like JP Morgan Chase and State Street to 21st century companies like Google, Facebook and LinkedIn. Year Up has over 250 existing corporate partners and we continue to growth that list as new organizations join our program. We will continue to grow our partner base as we expand geographically and via new curriculums.
- In 2014, Year Up will serve over 2000 urban young adults and will have served over 13,000 students since our first class of 22 students in Boston in 2000. Year Up continually looks for expansion opportunities and opened two new locations in Jacksonville, FL and Phoenix, AZ in 2015.
- The initial six months of the Year Up program are focused on the intensive skills training required to prepare the students for entry level corporate jobs. Some of the topical areas include computer applications, such as the Microsoft suite of tools, operating systems and the internet. Additional education in networking, desktop support and QA testing are also part of the curriculum. A portion of the curriculum is dedicated to Business Communications which include proper writing of emails, how to handle a difference of opinion with co-workers as well as verbal communications. All designed to prepare the student for the proper behaviors in the corporate environment. The Year Up professional skills, often referred to as our “secret sauce”, are a significant part of the academic program. The entire academic program is supported by Year Up advisors and mentors to assist the urban young adults as they proceed through first six months. The second six months represent the internship program. This chart lists some of the positions that our students have fulfilled during their internships. Various IT positions from Help Desk to QA testing. They have also fulfilled internships in various business functional departments and customer service positions. Year Up continues our high support model by having Professional Development Workshops (PDW) every Wednesday afternoon at the Year Up facilities for the students that are on internships. This enables the students to spend 36 hours per week executing internship responsibilities. In addition to the PDW sessions, Year Up advisors and social workers are available to assist interns on an individual basis as needed.
- Year Up’s results speak for themselves. The program has delivered value to America’s leading corporations for over 15 years and is ready to deliver value to leading businesses in the Jacksonville area.
- There are several ways leading businesses in the Jacksonville area can get involved and engaged with Year Up. Please join our team of leaders!
- Please take 12 minutes to watch the 60 Minutes episode featuring Year Up to learn more about our students, our corporate partners and our program!