Fueled by Additional Member Companies and More
than 40 Local Chicago Community Organizations, the Three-Year
Commitment to Hiring 100,000 Opportunity Youth Begins on Aug. 13 in
Chicago, and Will Serve as the Model for Future Cities of
Impact
The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, a national coalition of
leading U.S.-based companies committed to hiring at least 100,000
Opportunity Youth by 2018, today welcomed additional partners –
including Chipotle Mexican Grill, Domino’s, FedEx, Hyatt, Mars,
Nordstrom, Pizza Hut, Prudential, Red Robin, Sweetgreen, and
T-Mobile - to the collective effort to form the nation’s largest
employer-led coalition committed to creating pathways to meaningful
employment for America’s young people.
“Through this unprecedented partnership with the private and
public sector, we will further accelerate our collective hiring
efforts over the next three years,” said Blair Taylor, Starbucks
chief community officer. “Chicago represents an important city for
this launch. While there are more than 200,000 Opportunity Youth in
Chicago alone, there is also an incredibly vibrant system of civic
leaders, nonprofit organizations, businesses and elected officials
who share a commitment to bridging this opportunity divide. And, I
am confident that our collective impact in Chicago will serve as
the blueprint for communities across the country for years to
come.”
The national initiative, which now includes 29 companies
spanning a number of various industries, is committed to
collectively hiring and engaging at least 100,000 Opportunity Youth
– 16 to 24 year olds who face systemic barriers to jobs and
education – by 2018 through apprenticeships, internships, training
programs, and both part-time and full-time jobs. The coalition will
work with community-based organizations and civic leaders to help
deliver the local skills training and hiring opportunities young
people need, ensuring that this truly cross-sector effort is
sustained in the long-term.
For more than ten years, Sheri Schultz, cofounder of the Schultz
Family Foundation, which is a key supporter of the 100,000
Opportunities Initiative, has been working with community-based
organizations to develop job training programs for youth and young
adults. “Like all of us, these young people need clear pathways to
employment so they can acquire the skills and support to be work
ready,” said Schultz. “We know that this is a complex issue
and we need all of our collective horsepower to solve it. For too
long, it’s been the nonprofit and public sectors tackling this
issue, without meaningful involvement from the private sector.
Closing the opportunity divide requires bold leadership and
innovation across all sectors.”
Chicago Opportunity Fair & Forum
The official launch of the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative will
take place on Thursday, Aug. 13 in Chicago where the participating
companies, in collaboration with the Chicago Cook Workforce
Partnership and community-based organizations, expect to
collectively engage at least 3,000 pre-registered youth and
anticipate making hundreds of on-the-spot job offers, delivering
immediate impact for their businesses, the Chicago community and
many participating candidates. This ticketed event will begin with
an Opportunity Fair, which will feature informative, inspirational
and interactive experiences for youth including workshops,
on-the-spot mentoring and feedback, college counseling, skills
development, and entertaining events and activities. This will spur
long-term engagement, which will help participating companies hire
thousands of youth in the Chicago area over the next 18 months.
This is expected to deliver an unprecedented impact to the young
people and businesses in Chicago.
“A job is the first step for many toward a responsible life, and
we are energized by the commitment of these companies to engage and
hire so many young people in our region who are looking to take
this significant step,” said Cook County Board President Toni
Preckwinkle. “I commend the companies who are participating in this
initiative, as our young people represent an unrealized pipeline of
talent and an engine of economic growth for our communities.”
“Bringing this first hiring fair to Chicago will have an impact
on both the businesses and the young people that they will hire for
years to come, supporting growth in the City’s economy and creating
more opportunities for our residents,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
“Chicago will have the chance to showcase its talented workforce to
the participating companies and further increase the potential of
our residents to secure lasting employment.”
Following the Opportunity Fair, an inspirational Opportunity
Forum will be hosted by Academy and Grammy® Award winning
performing artist Common, who will lead an open discussion with
more than 3,000 young people and their support networks focused on
economic opportunity in America. Joining Common on stage will be
special guests, local “heroes,” young people, entertainers and
speakers. The event is a ticketed event for pre-registered young
people and their support networks.
The following member companies have joined the 100,000
Opportunities Initiative, and many will be represented at the first
Opportunity Fair & Forum in Chicago:
-- Alaska Airlines
-- JP Morgan Chase
-- Red Robin
-- Chipotle
-- Lyft
-- Starbucks
-- Cintas
-- Macy’s
-- Sweetgreen
-- CVS Health
-- Mars
-- Taco Bell
-- Domino’s
-- Microsoft
-- Target
-- FedEx
-- Nordstrom
-- Teavana
-- Hilton Worldwide
-- Pizza Hut
-- T-Mobile
-- HMSHost
-- Porch.com
-- Walgreens
-- Hyatt
-- Potbelly Sandwich Shop
-- Walmart
-- JCPenney
-- Prudential
More than 40 community based organizations, government agencies,
and other organizations have joined together to participate in the
Chicago Opportunity Fair & Forum with the objective of
connecting Opportunity Youth to services, workshops, and employment
opportunities.
Highlights include:
- Twelve different organizations will
host workshops on rotating topics, including the Chicago Urban
League who will help young people craft a great resume and provide
tips for how to make an application stand out when applying online
and College Advising Corps, who will advise young people on how to
choose a college pathway that is right for them and how to finance
their college choice.
- More than 10 workforce development and
youth support agencies, including Youth Guidance, Goodwill, YearUp,
and Employment & Employer Services, will be available for youth
to get connected to support, training, and job placement services.
Attendees will also be able to connect to national service
opportunities through organizations, including Public Allies and
City Year, will be recruiting youth to join paid programs where
they can build skills while giving back to their communities and
schools.
- LinkedIn will be onsite to help
attendees create and improve their LinkedIn profiles and provide
tips for building their online professional networks.
- Youth will have also have opportunities
through Get Schooled, Road Trip Nation, and the Young Chicago
Authors to find new and creative ways to express themselves.
- Participants will also be able to get
reconnected to the Chicago Public School system through the SOAR
program, access crucial personal documentation through the
Secretary of State, and even discover all the resources available
through the Chicago Public Library.
The following is the complete list of community-based
organizations, government services, and other organizations that
will have a presence at the fair, in addition to the more than 200
agencies helping to recruit youth to attend the event and interview
for jobs:
-- All-Stars Project
-- Department of Family & Support
Services
-- Public Allies
-- Arizona State University
-- Economic Awareness Council
-- Road Trip Nation
-- Beyond Z
-- Employment & Employer Services
-- Secretary of State
-- Boys and Girls Club of Chicago
-- Get Schooled
-- Central States SER
-- Business and Career Services, Inc.
-- Goodwill
-- Service Nation
-- Chicago City of Learning
-- Illinois Mentoring Network
-- Teach for America
-- Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
-- Indigo
-- Thrive Chicago
-- Chicago Public Libraries
-- La Casa Norte
-- UIC
-- Chicago Public Schools
-- LeadersUp
-- Year Up
-- Chicago Urban League
-- LinkedIn
-- Young Chicago Authors
-- Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
-- Metropolitan Family Services
-- Youth Guidance
-- City Colleges of Chicago
-- National Council of Young
Leaders/Opportunity Youth United
-- YouthBuild USA
-- City Year
-- One Goal
-- College Advising Corps
-- One Million Degrees
-- College Greenlight
-- One Summer Chicago
Funders participating in the initiative include:
-- Accenture (in kind)
-- JPMorgan Chase Foundation
-- Schultz Family Foundation
-- Domino’s
-- MacArthur Foundation
-- Starbucks
-- FedEx
-- Prudential
-- Walmart/Walmart Foundation
-- Joyce Foundation
-- The Rockefeller Foundation
-- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The Aspen Institute’s Forum for Community Solutions will act as
an intermediary for the initiative in the hiring cities, building
upon the existing work of its national Opportunity Youth Incentive
Fund (OYIF). The OYIF currently supports collaborative efforts
focused on Opportunity Youth in 21 communities around the country.
The Aspen Institute will provide direct leadership, technical
assistance, and programmatic support to launch the 100,000
Opportunities Initiative in Chicago and future cities.
Chipotle: Commitment to Opportunity Youth
Chipotle provides extraordinary advancement opportunities and
industry leading benefits for its employees. Currently, more than
95 percent of Chipotle’s managers come from within the ranks of its
crew, and the company recently expanded its benefit programs to
include paid sick days and vacation days, as well as tuition
reimbursement for hourly crew. With more than 75 percent of its
workforce aged 16-24, Chipotle offers a career path that is ideal
for young, ambitious people entering the workforce. The company's
people culture is built around identifying top performers,
empowering them to achieve high standards, and developing them to
become the company’s future leaders. With more than 1,850
restaurants, 60,000 employees and 2,100 open positions, Chipotle is
always looking for additional top performing individuals to join
its team.
Domino’s: Commitment to Opportunity Youth
At Domino’s, 90% of our franchisees started in delivery driver
or in-store positions. They turned their first job into an amazing
career as business owners. Our franchisees and corporate store
leaders are committed to serving neighborhoods all around the
country. Domino’s is a brand of opportunity, and as we continue our
growth trajectory, we can fill thousands of jobs throughout the
country in our company-owned and franchised stores this year alone.
Many of these positions will be filled by young people looking for
an entry-point into the workforce.
FedEx: Commitment to Opportunity Youth
FedEx believes that access to new markets, knowledge and
opportunities makes people’s lives better. We know that connections
foster prosperity, and to maintain progress toward a better world,
we must not only create Access for today’s thinkers, leaders and
entrepreneurs, but for the next generation as well. Our commitment
to education is focused on innovative solutions that help close the
achievement gap and create and teach Access. Together with some of
the top nonprofit organizations across the country, we are
supporting tomorrow’s diverse young leaders to gain the skills and
experience they need to succeed.
Hyatt: Commitment to Opportunity Youth
Hyatt, a leading global hospitality company with more than
97,000 colleagues worldwide, has a deep global commitment to caring
for people to be their best. A key component of the company’s
corporate responsibility program, Hyatt Thrive, focuses on
programs that equip disadvantaged people and youth to reach
their full potential. Across the U.S. and in places around the
world such as Amman, Bangkok, Istanbul, São Paulo, Mumbai and
Delhi, Hyatt hotels have long partnered with organizations such as
Youth Career Initiative and Hands on Education to provide skills
training and expanded career choices. This year, Hyatt also
announced plans to develop a new, multi-year partnership with Khan
Academy, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free
access to world-class education online. For more information,
visit hyattthrive.com or jobs.hyatt.com.
Nordstrom: Commitment to Opportunity Youth
Nordstrom continues to evolve the ways it serves customers at
its stores (at Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Jeffrey, and Trunk Club
clubhouses) and online (at Nordstrom.com, Nordstromrack.com,
HauteLook.com, and TrunkClub.com). The company recognizes that
connecting with young people – the next generation of customers and
retail talent – is the best way to ensure long-term support of this
growth. To make these connections, Nordstrom has created strong
relationships with universities around the country where company
leaders participate in round table conversations, job shadows
and cooperative education projects. Additionally, each year
the company provides thousands of job and educational opportunities
through its own internship program and community partners such as
YearUp, Rainier Scholars, the LaGrant Foundation and Out For Work.
Nordstrom is committed to giving back by providing contributions to
organizations that empower youth such as the Boys & Girls Club,
Girls Inc., Big Brothers Big Sisters, Junior Achievement and Black
Retail Action Group (BRAG). The company also awards 80 Nordstrom
Scholarships each year to outstanding high school students who are
ready to pursue their college education.
Pizza Hut: Commitment to Opportunity Youth
Pizza Hut is the world’s largest pizza company and has a
long-standing commitment to the betterment of young people through
education and opportunity. Through the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! youth
literacy program, which started in 1984 and is now the
longest-running corporate supported literacy program in the
country, Pizza Hut provides more than 14 million students each year
with materials and messages about the positive impact a love for
reading can have on their future. In addition, Pizza Hut – which
employees more than 150,000 people a year in the U.S. alone –
champions a culture of unlocking potential, demonstrated by the
number of above restaurant leaders who began with the company as
team members and shift managers. Pizza Hut is committed to
continuing to motivate and provide opportunity for young people to
be introduced to a rewarding career in the restaurant industry.
Red Robin: Commitment to Opportunity Youth
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRGB) has been the
Gourmet Burger Authority since 1969. The casual dining restaurant
chain embodies its unique culture of learning, development and
recognition, which also serves as the foundation for how it treats
its Team Members. With more than 13,000 hourly Team Members between
the ages of 18-25, Red Robin is proud to support the 100,000
Opportunities Initiative at the Opportunity Fair & Forum in
Chicago, on Aug. 13. As part of its commitment to youth, Red Robin
offers meaningful career opportunities, on the job training and
life-long skills. Red Robin is a support network that cares about
its Team Members both personally and professionally, and regardless
of where their careers take them, many find they are Better for
Being Here. For more information, visit redrobin.jobs.
T-Mobile: Commitment to Opportunity Youth
As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile is changing wireless for the
better. We bring that same Un-carrier approach to how we support
and engage America’s youth as a critical part of our award-winning
workforce. We are committed to building career pathways for youth
in communities across the country, providing them with a wealth of
skills, training, and experiences to be successful in the mobile
world and beyond. The “mobile-first generation” is critical to
T-Mobile and we are proud to participate in the 100,000
Opportunities Initiative to build the future -- together.
Leaders Quotes:
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
"At The Partnership, we believe that this initiative
will provide youth with the experience and skills needed to
achieve employment,” said the Chicago Cook Workforce
Partnership Chief Executive Officer, Karin M.
Norington-Reaves. “This event will inspire youth to lay the
groundwork for a solid career pathway and strengthen the regions
workforce.”
Chipotle
“We believe that our success is the direct result of our
incredibly strong people culture, which is rooted in having teams
of all top performers, and developing them to be the leaders we
will need to accommodate our growth,” said Monty Moran, co-chief
executive officer at Chipotle Mexican Grill. “The nature of
opportunities we provide are ideal for young people entering the
workforce. Regardless of your background or experience, you can
succeed at Chipotle if you have a passion for making the people
around you better. Working here isn’t just a job, but a career
where employees learn how to make others better, run a successful
business, master culinary techniques, and most importantly, lead
teams of top performers through empowerment. For people who embrace
that culture, the opportunities are tremendous.”
Domino’s
“The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative can provide a pathway for
young people to succeed in many of the neighborhoods our brand
serves, through employment in company-owned and franchised stores
that offers basic job skills, operations, and management training
programs, and exposure to an enthusiastic global brand,” said
Domino’s CEO Patrick Doyle. “We are proud to team up with
other iconic brands in this initiative to build the next generation
of skilled team members and business owners.”
Hyatt
"At Hyatt, caring for people to be their best is how we make a
difference in the world - in our hotels and in our communities,”
said Mark Hoplamazian, President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels
Corporation. “A critical part of this is providing young people
opportunities to reach their full potential. We are delighted to
join forces in the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, and are
optimistic about the positive impact we can make - starting in our
hometown of Chicago.”
Leaders Up
“LeadersUp is proud to support the 100,000 Opportunities
Initiative. Our work with the Chicago Cook Workforce
Partnership in helping to prepare young adults with the skills
employers are seeking will strengthen the talent-pipeline
between local companies and Chicago’s opportunity youth,” said
Jeffrey Wallace, President of LeadersUp. “The
100,000 Opportunities Initiative illustrates the
significant impact public-private partnerships can make in
addressing the youth unemployment and the talent-divide
challenge, and is a shift in the right direction towards creating a
more inclusive economy.”
Nordstrom
“As a company, Nordstrom has long been committed to engaging
with and supporting youth as the future leaders of our
communities,” said Jamie Nordstrom, president of Stores at
Nordstrom, Inc. “We are excited for the opportunity, through
the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, to meet some terrific
Chicagoland young people and share with them why we think that
Nordstrom is a great place to start a career.”
Pizza Hut
“Pizza Hut is dedicated to helping people unlock life’s
potential,” said David Gibbs, CEO, of Pizza Hut, Inc. “As
the leader of the pizza category, we felt it was our
responsibility, and privilege, to join the 100,000 Opportunities
Initiative to help provide young people with the tools and know-how
to get job ready.”
Red Robin
“Red Robin is excited to be part of the 100,000
Opportunities Initiative and work alongside many
of America’s most influential companies, helping to
guide thousands of young people across the
country to start their careers,” said Denny Marie Post, Red
Robin’s executive vice president and chief concept
officer. “Our brand creates special moments in the
lives of guests and Team Members alike. We seek to
build Team Members skills and focus during their
time with Red Robin, and even beyond. Red Robin Team
Members know they have a great support
network and we are committed to helping them achieve their
goals. We look for Team Members who embody the Red
Robin spirit of genuine service and provide
them with the leadership skills necessary to grow
successful careers.”
Thrive Chicago
“By working to align efforts of service providers, city
agencies, the K-12 system, institutions of higher
education, foundations, and others, we at Thrive
Chicago are able to help young people succeed,” said Jennifer
Keeling, director of Thrive Chicago. “In partnership with the
100,000 Opportunities Initiative and these industry-leading
companies who are hiring qualified candidates, we are able to
connect hundreds of local Opportunity Youth with jobs.”
T-Mobile
"Investing time in America's youth is a perfect match for
T-Mobile,” said John Legere, president and CEO of T-Mobile.
“So many kids out there have to fight huge odds to compete, to get
ahead and to win – just like we do. What could be better than
bringing some of that talent and ambition to the Un-carrier?"
For more leader quotes from members of the 100,000 Opportunities
Initiative, including Alaska Airlines, Cintas, CVS Health, Hilton
Worldwide, HMSHost, JCPenney, JPMorgan Chase, Lyft, Macy’s,
Microsoft, Porch.com, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Starbucks, Taco Bell,
Target, Teavana, Walgreens and Walmart, visit:
www.100kOpportunities.org.
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About the 100,000 Opportunities
Initiative
The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative has the goal of creating
the nation’s largest employer-led private sector coalition
committed to creating pathways to employment for young
people. Companies engaged in the coalition will help to launch
careers for young people that are just entering the workforce,
including internships, apprenticeships and on the job training, in
addition to developing potential in youth that have some work
experience but are looking to gain new skills that lead to a
successful career. The participating companies are committed to
diversity and equal employment opportunity, and the Opportunity
Initiative does not prevent opportunities for older workers. Its
purpose is to open up new opportunities that currently do not exist
for some youth. For more information, please visit
www.100kOpportunities.org.
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