Pluralsight One Partners with Year Up to Close Opportunity Divide Through Technology
August 28 2019 - 11:00AM
Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS), the technology skills platform,
today announced that the company’s social enterprise, Pluralsight
One, is partnering with the national workforce development
nonprofit Year Up to close the Opportunity Divide for underserved
young adults by building technology skills that strengthen pathways
to professional employment.
There are currently 5 million young adults disconnected from
stable career pathways while there are 12 million jobs requiring
post-secondary education that will go unfilled in the next decade.
This creates both an equity problem for millions of young adults
that have the talent and motivation but that lack opportunity as
well as a business problem for companies that have opportunities
but lack the talent to fill them. The Pluralsight One and Year Up
partnership meets both these problems head-on, creating an
accelerant for opportunity by empowering young adults with
technology skills to access careers, grow as contributors and
leaders, and in turn support the technology strategies of
companies.
“Access to technology skills is one of the most powerful tools
we have to create equality of opportunity in our technology-driven
world, and by making Pluralsight available to Year Up students and
graduates nationally we can ensure they have full agency over their
lives and careers,” said Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of
Pluralsight. “Pluralsight One exists to advance Pluralsight’s
mission to democratize technology skills and I’m proud to partner
with Year Up to increase equal access to technology skills for
underserved young adults to close the Opportunity Divide.”
Year Up’s mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by ensuring
that young adults gain the skills, experiences, and support that
will empower them to reach their potential through careers and
higher education. By accessing Pluralsight One’s resources, Year Up
participants can develop the technology skills they need to
flourish in their internships, move into full-time employment and
thrive as they continue to build their careers over the years to
come.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Pluralsight One to provide all
our students and graduates — as well as our staff members — with
free access to thousands of online courses and other tools that
will help them hone their skills and stay up-to-date with the
latest developments,” said Gerald Chertavian, Year Up Founder and
CEO. “Through Pluralsight’s generous support, our young adults will
be even better prepared to earn and grow meaningful careers at top
companies across the US.”
The multi-year, national partnership with Year Up will support
their staff's technology skills development as well as that of the
young adults supported by their programming. Pluralsight One is
providing a $12.3 million, three-year product grant that includes
tech strategy development and access to 6,500 licenses to the
Pluralsight platform for staff, students and alumni in year one;
with an additional 4,500 licenses each in years two and three to
support annual youth cohorts. In addition, Pluralsight One is
supplementing the product-based investment with $100,000 in funding
in 2019 to support Year Up's tech strategy and development.
About Pluralsight
Pluralsight is an enterprise technology skills platform that
delivers a unified, end-to-end learning experience for businesses
across the globe. Through a subscription service, companies are
empowered to move at the speed of technology, increasing
proficiency, innovation and efficiency. Founded in 2004 and trusted
by Fortune 500 companies, Pluralsight provides members with
on-demand access to a digital ecosystem of learning tools,
including Pluralsight IQ, directed learning paths, expert-authored
courses, interactive labs, and analytics. For more information,
visit www.pluralsight.com.
About Pluralsight One
Pluralsight One is Pluralsight’s social enterprise. It is the
company’s commitment to drive significant, lasting social impact by
improving equal access to technology skills and investing in
catalytic solutions. Pluralsight One Fund is a corporate advised
fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public
charity registered in the United States, EIN# 20-5205488. For more
information about Pluralsight One and the nonprofit product suite,
visit www.pluralsightone.org.
About Year Up
Year Up is an award-winning, national 501(c)3 organization that
enables motivated young adults ages 18-24 to move from minimum wage
to meaningful careers in just one year by providing the skills,
experience, and support they need to reach their full potential.
Through a one-year, intensive program, Year Up utilizes a
high-expectations, high-support model that combines marketable job
skills, stipends, coursework eligible for college credit, and
corporate internships at more than 250 top companies. Its holistic
approach focuses on students’ professional and personal development
to enable young adults with a viable path to economic
self-sufficiency and meaningful careers. Year Up has served more
than 24,000 young adults since its founding in 2000, and will serve
more than 4,700 young adults in 2019 across 25 U.S. cities
including Arizona, Baltimore, Bay Area, Charlotte, Chicago,
Dallas/Fort Worth, Greater Atlanta, Greater Boston, Greater
Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, the National Capital
Region, New York City/Jersey City, Puget Sound, Rhode Island, South
Florida, Tampa Bay, and Wilmington. Year Up has been voted one of
the “Best Non-Profits to Work For” by The NonProfit Times for eight
consecutive years, and rated a 4-star charity by Charity Navigator
for twelve consecutive years, placing them in the top 1% of tracked
organizations.
Media Contact
Pluralsight PRBen VeghteDirector,
Communicationsben-veghte@pluralsight.com
Year UpLauren PeacheyPublic Relations &
Events Managerlpeachey@yearup.org
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