Career Alliance Summer Jobs+

In 2009 and 2010, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding supported over 372,000 summer and year-round job opportunities for low-income youth. This past summer, the Department of Labor set a goal of obtaining 100,000 summer job commitments from the private sector – and nearly reached that goal with 84,000 jobs despite a lack of funding.

Career Alliance Summer Jobs+ program makes it possible for our clients to aggressively provide learn and earn employment opportunities to youth struggling to get the work experience they need for jobs of the future. As a pathway to careers and education, meaningful summer employment not only helps young people develop workforce and leadership skills to get and keep good jobs, but also connects them to long term economic opportunity.

Career Alliance provided over 50 jobs to high school students interested in the transportation industry for the summer of 2011. This year we have joined forces with partners such as Bank of America, Baxter International Inc. and The Gap with a commitment to provide over 100 summer time jobs to low-income teens.

Join The Team!

A AC Transit, Alameda County Office of Education, Alameda County Public Works Agency, American Association of People with Disabilities, Association of Bay Area Governments, ATT

B Bank of America, Baxter International Inc., Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Bay Area Toll Authority

C Caltrans, Career Alliance, City of Alameda Public Works Department, City of Albany, City of Brisbane, City of Burlingame, City of Campbell, City of El Cerrito, City of Fairfield, City of Hayward, City of Healdsburg, City of Los Altos, City of Mountain View, City of Napa, City of Novato, City of Oakland, City of Oakley, City of Orinda, City of Petaluma, City of Pittsburg, City of Richmond, City of Rio Vista, City of San Bruno, City of San Leandro, City of San Pablo, City of San Ramon, City of Santa Rosa, City of Saratoga, County of San Mateo, County of Santa Clara

DDeloitte, Department of Agriculture

E F G Gap Inc., General Dynamics C4 Systems, Goodwill Industries International

H I JJamba Juice, JPMorgan Chase

K LLaney College, LikedIn

M McGraw-Hill Companies

N Napa County, Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency

O Oakland Public Works Agency

P Presidio Trust, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

Q R S San Francisco County Transportation Authority, San Francisco Municipal Transp. Agency, San Mateo County Transit District, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), Solano Transportation Authority, Sonoma County Transportation Authority, Starbucks Coffee Company, Suisun City

T Town of Danville, Town of Fairfax, Transbay Joint Powers Authority, Transportation Authority of Marin

U UPS

V Viacom

W Wells Fargo, West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee

X Y Z

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The Private Sector Can Help

Workforce Investment

Every US company can play a part in creating pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth. In January 2012, the President is challenging businesses to commit to connecting low-income youth to summer employment. Recognizing that in a difficult economy not every business is in a position to hire, the Administration’s new Summer Jobs+ program includes businesses that hire youth, as well as companies that provide additional pathways to help connect youth to a better future. Participating companies also see benefits for their businesses, such as increased employee engagement, customer loyalty, and employee retention.

Creating Pathways

Businesses can accept the challenge of developing a pipeline of candidates to ready for future success by making a specific pledge to help create corridors to employment for low-income youth in at least one of the following ways:

Life Skills

Provide youth with work-related soft skills, such as communication, time management, and teamwork, through coursework and/or experience. For example, your company could offer resume writing or interview workshops or provide employee mentors.

Work Skills

Provide youth with insight into the world of work to prepare for employment. For example, businesses can host job shadow days.

Learn, Earn, Intern

Provide youth with on-the-job skills in a learning environment while earning wages for their work. For example, businesses can offer paid internships, and/or offer permanent positions that provide on-the-job training. Business can also partner with educational institutions to give youth the opportunity both to connect learning to the context of work.

Tools for Employers

To support companies that make pledges to Summer Jobs+, the Corporation for National and Community Service published a Youth Employment Partnerships toolkit. The toolkit provides information on how businesses can create clear, community-supported, mutually beneficial experiences for young people. Complete with case studies of best practices, the toolkit guides businesses down the pathways that best match the company’s assets and readiness to provide youth the skills they need for employment and adulthood.

All of the commitments made through the Summer Jobs+ initiative will be accessible to young people through the Summer Jobs+ Bank. This easy-to-use search tool launching in March will help connect low-income youth, community organizations, and committed employers.