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For young people first entering the workforce, there's a massive gap to cross. Too many entry-level jobs require a university degree. A lot is invested in building bridges across issues of injustice. Instead, we could be closing the gaps. On today's show, Gerald Chertavian, founder of Year Up United and Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, shares how he sparked change from inside the system and began to close the opportunity divide. To learn more about Year Up United, visit yearup.org--If you aspire to be a System Catalyst and need resources to help you on your journey, subscribe to our newsletter. To learn more about our mission and our partners, visit systemcatalysts.com.Subscribe to our YouTube channel This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Year Up Founder and CEO Gerald Chertavian believes that skill, more than credentials, is key to making a successful hire. He also thinks it's a way to close the opportunity gap that primarily impacts low income individuals. In this episode of #ThisIsWorking the Podcast, Dan Roth and Nina Melendez Ibarra discuss Gerald's mission with Year Up, including primary factors in improving social mobility, whether the ROI on college networks is worth the cost of a 4-year degree, and why Gerald's pitch to executives on skills-based hiring is a case-study on how to be persuasive. Special thanks to members Sarah Horne, Virginia Backaitis, and Ben-Jamin Toy for their comments on the topic. Got questions you want to hear our This is Working hosts ask? Share a post or comment on LinkedIn using the hashtag #ThisIsWorking, or drop us a line. You can reach us at ThisisWorking@LinkedIn.com. Follow Gerald Chertavian, Dan Roth and Nina Melendez Ibarra on LinkedIn, and subscribe to the This is Working newsletter here: LinkedIn.com/ThisIsWorking

This week, YearUp Founder and CEO Gerald Chertavian sits in the hot seat for a round of rapid fire questions on how he works. Gerald shares how he uses analog note-taking to organize his thoughts, why a solid morning routine keeps him on track, and what he does to avoid the trap of likeness bias when building out his team and how it's made him a better leader. Got questions you want to hear our This is Working hosts ask? Share a post or comment on LinkedIn using the hashtag #ThisIsWorking, or drop us a line. You can reach us at ThisisWorking@LinkedIn.com. Follow Gerald Chertavian and Dan Roth on LinkedIn, and subscribe to the This is Working newsletter. Next week, Gerald will share more of his leadership experience in a full conversation with Dan Roth on the LinkedIn News page.

How do you build skills and cause proven, sustained wage gains for young adults in the US? Just ask Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of the youth workforce development non-profit, Year Up.  Tune into this episode of An Educated Guest and join Gerald and host Todd Zipper, Executive Vice President and GM at Wiley, to learn how Year Up is closing the Opportunity Divide, returning $2.46 to society for every $1 invested in the organization, and teaching employers how to implement inclusive, skills-based hiring.  Key Takeaways: Year Up's leadership in operationalizing emergent talent at scale by combining workforce and youth development  How the organization has caused the largest proven sustained wage gains for young adults in the US  How Year Up provides high support and high expectations through its multi-modality, three-stage program  Why social capital and building higher socio-economic connections are critical to talent career success  Year Up's virtuous, ecosystem approach of bringing young adults and employers together through skills-based hiring  Guest Bio Gerald Chertavian is dedicated to closing the Opportunity Divide that exists in our nation. Determined to make his vision a reality, Gerald combined his entrepreneurial skills and his passion for working with young adults to found Year Up in 2000.   Gerald's commitment to working with young adults spans more than 25 years. In 1999, he sold his technology company, Conduit Communications, and left his career on Wall Street to help low-income, at-risk youth. A year later, in 2000, Year Up was born.  Gerald holds a B.A. in Economics from Bowdoin College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He's also a New York Times best-selling author of his book published in 2012 called A Year Up. 

In this episode of Work in Progress, I speak to Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up, a nonprofit helping young adults in underrepresented communities get started in livable wage careers on a pathway to economic mobility. Year Up has three interconnected strategies – providing targeted skills training and connections to livable-wage employment for students and alumni; empowering others to serve and support young adults; and changing systems that perpetuate the opportunity gap. Since its founding in 2000, Year Up has served more than 40,000 young people. "We work with low-income 18-to-29-year-olds, and in one year or less, empower those young adults to go from either low-income or no-income to livable wage careers, often with the largest, best companies in this country," explains Chertavian. "Year Up's intensive training program utilizes a high expectations, high support model where students learn in-demand technical and professional skills and apply them during a corporate internship." The nonprofit works with about 60% of the Fortune 100 companies. "What we've proven over the years is we can become a relevant, valuable source of talent. What do you need to do? You need to teach someone hard skills and soft skills. You need to provide wraparound support, and then you need to coach them into a job that you're working with the manager as well as the individual to make sure that that's a successful transition into work," he adds. Chertavian says these young adults come to Year Up directly – through a referral from a guidance counselor or someone else – but often the companies that have worked with the nonprofit previously come back to them again and again, seeking talent. "When I started Year Up, I would walk over broken glass on my knees for a mile to get one internship. Now we've validated this, so we'll place 500 people a year into Bank of America, hundreds a year into JPMorgan Chase. We've really built the infrastructure to do this at scale. "Bank of America came to us and said, 'We want to work with you to build a program for 400 software engineers per year. How do we do that?' So, three years down the road, these young adults – despite not having finished a four-year degree – are indistinguishable from folks who may have come from a different path. "This works well when the partner's engaged, when they see our young adults as talent and they're willing to change some of their practices to be more inclusive and equitable, for those who haven't had all the opportunities that some others may have had through privilege of birth and circumstance," Chertavian tells me. He says this has been the success behind the program and he believes if more employers change their hearts and their minds, we would have more equitable hiring throughout the workforce, leading to more economic mobility. "If one thing could change, it is people who have power to make decisions see our young people as talent – those who may not have had access to a four-year degree; those who may have come from a background that may have been underrepresented or underserved – and recognize that God did not distribute intelligence by ZIP Code and bank balance and that talent does reside everywhere, even though opportunity doesn't. "As a person who has power you can change the way your company operates. You can adopt skills-first hiring. You can see the community as relevant and valuable talent. Give me belief change, and a lot of good things are going to flow from that in terms of how companies behave and ultimately the impact they have on creating a much more economic mobility for the communities within which they live and serve." You can listen to my full interview with Gerald Chertavian here, or wherever you get your podcasts. Episode 275: Gerald Chertavian, founder & CEO, Year UpHost & Executive Producer: Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-in-Chief, WorkingNationProducer: Larry BuhlExecutive Producers: Joan...

In this episode of Work in Progress, I speak to Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up, a nonprofit helping young adults in underrepresented communities get started in livable wage careers on a pathway to economic mobility. Year Up has three interconnected strategies – providing targeted skills training and connections to livable-wage employment for students and alumni; empowering others to serve and support young adults; and changing systems that perpetuate the opportunity gap. Since its founding in 2000, Year Up has served more than 40,000 young people. "We work with low-income 18-to-29-year-olds, and in one year or less, empower those young adults to go from either low-income or no-income to livable wage careers, often with the largest, best companies in this country," explains Chertavian. "Year Up's intensive training program utilizes a high expectations, high support model where students learn in-demand technical and professional skills and apply them during a corporate internship." The nonprofit works with about 60% of the Fortune 100 companies. "What we've proven over the years is we can become a relevant, valuable source of talent. What do you need to do? You need to teach someone hard skills and soft skills. You need to provide wraparound support, and then you need to coach them into a job that you're working with the manager as well as the individual to make sure that that's a successful transition into work," he adds. Chertavian says these young adults come to Year Up directly – through a referral from a guidance counselor or someone else – but often the companies that have worked with the nonprofit previously come back to them again and again, seeking talent. "When I started Year Up, I would walk over broken glass on my knees for a mile to get one internship. Now we've validated this, so we'll place 500 people a year into Bank of America, hundreds a year into JPMorgan Chase. We've really built the infrastructure to do this at scale. "Bank of America came to us and said, 'We want to work with you to build a program for 400 software engineers per year. How do we do that?' So, three years down the road, these young adults – despite not having finished a four-year degree – are indistinguishable from folks who may have come from a different path. "This works well when the partner's engaged, when they see our young adults as talent and they're willing to change some of their practices to be more inclusive and equitable, for those who haven't had all the opportunities that some others may have had through privilege of birth and circumstance," Chertavian tells me. He says this has been the success behind the program and he believes if more employers change their hearts and their minds, we would have more equitable hiring throughout the workforce, leading to more economic mobility. "If one thing could change, it is people who have power to make decisions see our young people as talent – those who may not have had access to a four-year degree; those who may have come from a background that may have been underrepresented or underserved – and recognize that God did not distribute intelligence by ZIP Code and bank balance and that talent does reside everywhere, even though opportunity doesn't. "As a person who has power you can change the way your company operates. You can adopt skills-first hiring. You can see the community as relevant and valuable talent. Give me belief change, and a lot of good things are going to flow from that in terms of how companies behave and ultimately the impact they have on creating a much more economic mobility for the communities within which they live and serve." You can listen to my full interview with Gerald Chertavian here, or wherever you get your podcasts. Episode 275: Gerald Chertavian, founder & CEO, Year UpHost & Executive Producer: Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-in-Chief, WorkingNationProducer: Larry BuhlExecutive Producers: Joan...

Over 100 million Americans - 62% - pursue careers without having a college degree; for them, landing good-paying, stable jobs has become increasingly difficult. What's behind employers' increasing demand for a diploma, what are new alternative pathways for these workers to secure employment and how do we ensure that they have more opportunities for longer, successful career equality? When exploring longer lives and longer careers, it can be easy to focus solely on white-collar careers and the benefits that come with those opportunities. Yet nearly 2/3 of Americans are seeking work without the credentials of a college degree – a career track that often translates to low pay, job instability and persistent inequality, a situation made worse with the pandemic. The majority of new jobs added to the American economy over the past two decades have required a degree: Is the knowledge acquired in college so critical or are employers taking a cheap, easy way to identify workplace skills that can be learned elsewhere? In this episode of Century Lives, we examine the forces that have created this environment, alternative pathways to a good job and how more people can access careers that will provide them security through later life. Guests are: Birkti Asmerom, Software Development Student at Year Up D.C.; Anthony Carnevale, Director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce; Gerald Chertavian, Founder and CEO of Year Up; Nicole Escuadro, Director of Academics at Year Up D.C; and Derrick Ramsey, Former Secretary of Education and Workforce for the State of Kentucky.

Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up explains how the company works to help 18-26-year-olds all over the country enter the labor market.

We're taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here's a conversation about closing the opportunity gap with Ken Chenault, chairman and managing director of General Catalyst, and former chairman and CEO of American Express; Gerald Chertavian, the founder and CEO of Year Up; Ruth Bowen, platform automation manager at Bank of America; and Accenture CEO Julie Sweet.

Today I am joined by a truly inspiring leader, Gerald Chertavian. Gerald is the founder & CEO of Year Up, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to closing the skills gap for thousands of young adults across the country. Since 2000, Year Up has served over 24,000 students across 25 cities nationwide. Prior to Year Up, Gerald was a successful technology entrepreneur and Wall Street banker.   Through a powerful experience in the Big Brother program, Gerald witnessed the disparities, inequities, and challenges that so many young people outside of the economic mainstream face every day. This inspired him to create Year Up and dedicate his life and business expertise to closing the opportunity gap that is so prevalent in today’s society.   In our conversation today, Gerald shares impactful stories that he has experienced through the Big Brother program; the incredible, transformative work he is doing now with Year Up; how to teach, enable, and support companies and leaders in hiring equitably; how to make a real impact on hiring and retention practices; and how to impart empathy and inspire love to all of those around you. This is a not-to-miss conversation with Gerald and I cannot wait for all of you to hear his powerful words of wisdom.   “Racism isn’t the shark; it’s the water. We all live in the water [and] we’ve absorbed the toxins that already exist in that water. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could liberate ourselves; all of us — white people included — from those toxins?” — Gerald Chertavian   Key Takeaways: [:50] About today’s episode with a truly inspiring guest, [2:04] Welcoming Gerald to Fifth Dimensional Leadership! [2:20] Gerald shares his journey in, and inspiration for, forming Year Up. [5:30] Gerald shares some impactful stories that he experienced with David, his little brother in the Big Brother program, that shed light on the injustices that minorities face each and every day. [9:05] Gerald shares about Year Up, their mission, and how the program participants have been doing during the Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic. He also shares his hopes for the future of the world and Year Up. [12:25] More about the transformational and amazing work Gerald is doing through Year Up. [16:38] Discussing the importance of hiring for skills not school, high expectations, and the soft bigotry of low expectations. [19:15] What we can do to help companies hire for skills and not schools and for determination; not degrees. [21:19] How Year Up works with big companies to teach, enable, and support them in hiring equitably. [22:05] The essence of leadership and the key pieces of making a real impact on hiring and retention practices to become more equitable and inclusive. [27:20] Gerald shares his insights on how we impart empathy and inspire love. He also shares what they are doing at Year Up to inspire love. [31:48] Why white people also need to liberate themselves from racism. [36:54] Gerald shares some parting words of wisdom and advice for leaders. [39:11] Thanking Gerald for joining the Fifth Dimensional Leadership podcast!   Mentioned in this Episode: Year Up Grads of Life Big Brothers Big Sisters Racial Equity Institute   About Fifth Dimensional Leadership & Ginny Clarke Fifth-Dimensional Leadership is a podcast about leadership — knowing yourself, speaking your truth, inspiring love, expanding your consciousness and activating your mastery. As an executive recruiter and career expert currently leading executive recruiting at a Fortune 20 tech company, Ginny Clarke is a passionate and authentic thought leader with a unique and deliberate perspective on work and life. She synthesizes aspects of her life as an African-American single mother who has successfully navigated corporate America for over 30 years. She has inspired, uplifted, and changed the lives of thousands and is intentional about bringing conscious awareness to people of all ages and stages.   Every other week, a new edition of Fifth-Dimensional Leadership will include fascinating guests, covering a variety of topics: power, personal branding, self-awareness, networking, fear, and career management   Stay Connected! To find more episodes or learn more, visit: GinnyClarke.com Connect with her on social media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Youtube

Gerald Chertavian believes every young adult has potential and deserves a clear pathway to a great career, whether through college or directly into the workforce. And as founder and CEO of Year Up, he’s proving that with the appropriate training and employer support, it can take as little as one year for “opportunity youth” — 16- to 24-year-olds who are neither working nor in school — to move from poverty to a well-paid, in-demand career, often with a Fortune 500 company.

There's been much talk about Diversity & Inclusion, but talk is easy... leaders take action. Today's Leadership Unscripted Conversation features Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up and InspireCIO founder, Frank Bell. In 2020, Year Up celebrated its 20th year helping young adults gain the skills, experiences, and support needed to empower them to reach their potential through careers and higher education.  What started with a ride on a bus has become a reliable source for loyal, motivated, skilled talent… serving over 250 companies, including 41 of the Fortune 100.Discover how your organization can benefit from hiring diverse, ambitious, and talented young adults at inspirecio.com/yearup. 

Gerald Chertavian, the Founder and CEO of Year Up joins us to talk about his organization and his twenty-year leadership journey in the nonprofit sector. 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. In Gerald’s own words: “Our goal isn’t to just build bridges, it’s to close divides. We don’t want young people to have to walk over bridges because of inequity and social injustice”. Brian Joseph, the Founder of RevJen joins our conversation as well.

Gerald Chertavian is the Founder / CEO of “Year Up.”    According to the US Dept of Labor, there are 7.3 million unfilled jobs in the United States. At the same time, there are millions of young adults who are working way below their potential or not working at all. Year Up takes those who want to work, arms them with both technical and social skills, then connects them to employers who need motivated, qualified employees.    No matter where you sit on the political spectrum, you can find a lot to love in Year Up.  Think the economically disadvantaged need a break? YEAR UP!  Think the poor should pull themselves up by their bootstraps? YEAR UP! Year up is there to benefit the most at-risk in our society, but helps them with a hand, not a handout.  Gerald earned a B.A. in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from Bowdoin College. He received his M.B.A., with honors, from Harvard Business School and in 2016 received the Distinguished Alumni Award.   Full disclosure: Year Up is my family’s #1 philanthropic priority, and my wife, Stacey, serves on the board of Year Up Greater Atlanta.    Read more good news from Year Up here: https://www.yearup.org   Visit Paul here:  http://paulollinger.com

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There is a deep chasm separating the millions of Americans with limited access to college degrees from professional life. Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up, describes how his organization steps into this void, erecting ladders of opportunity to well-paying jobs while supplying leading businesses like Microsoft and JP Morgan with talent that would otherwise go overlooked. Where will one of their graduates end up this fall? No spoilers here.

The professional world is called as such because of its standards in career readiness and work ethics. Gerald Chertavian teaches young adults from urban areas the context of professional work on their first day at Year Up. Learn how he helps the youth turn from low-income individuals to high-earning professionals. The population of speakers, trainers, coaches and thought leaders are increasing, but do they all possess the qualifications of being one? Jeffrey Hayzlett and C-Suite Network makes sure that they are. They have a TV show that is about the market and not just the business and are focused on why the market is the way it is and learn the leadership lessons that comes along the process. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Take The Lead community today: Dr. DianeHamilton.com Dr. Diane Hamilton Facebook Dr. Diane Hamilton Twitter Dr. Diane Hamilton LinkedIn Dr. Diane Hamilton YouTube Dr. Diane Hamilton Instagram

The professional world is called as such because of its standards in career readiness and work ethics. Gerald Chertavian teaches young adults from urban areas the context of professional work on their first day at Year Up. Learn how he helps the youth turn from low-income individuals to high-earning professionals. The population of speakers, trainers, […]

The professional world is called as such because of its standards in career readiness and work ethics. Gerald Chertavian teaches young adults from urban areas the context of professional work on their first day at Year Up. Learn how he helps the youth turn from low-income individuals to high-earning professionals. The population of speakers, trainers, coaches and thought leaders are increasing, but do they all possess the qualifications of being one? Jeffrey Hayzlett and C-Suite Network makes sure that they are. They have a TV show that is about the market and not just the business and are focused on why the market is the way it is and learn the leadership lessons that comes along the process. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Take The Lead community today: Dr. DianeHamilton.com Dr. Diane Hamilton Facebook Dr. Diane Hamilton Twitter Dr. Diane Hamilton LinkedIn Dr. Diane Hamilton YouTube Dr. Diane Hamilton Instagram

Legendary Boston chef and restaurateur Gordon Hamersley and Gerald Chertavian, the founder and CEO of Year Up, a non-profit organization dedicated to closing the Opportunity Divide, discuss concrete solutions to enable low-income young adults to reach their full potential.

Listen to this interview to learn: What he is doing to redefine who is talented.  Why you should never "let them see you sweat."  How sensitivity and respect lead to opportunity. What skills companies are in demand of and how we can give those skills to America's young adults. That turning your avocation into your vocation is possible. Gerald Chertavian talks with Bill Ringle about his journey to close the "opportunity divide" that exists in our nation. 

Listen to this interview to learn: What he is doing to redefine who is talented.  Why you should never "let them see you sweat."  How sensitivity and respect lead to opportunity. What skills companies are in demand of and how we can give those skills to America's young adults. That turning your avocation into your vocation is possible. Gerald Chertavian talks with Bill Ringle about his journey to close the "opportunity divide" that exists in our nation. 

This episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast features an interview with Gerald Chertavian, Founder & CEO of Year Up, a national program that empowers urban young adults to enter the economic mainstream. In this episode Gerald talks about the Opportunity Divide, why he founded Year Up to bridge the Opportunity Divide, and how to think about hiring in ways that taps into talent that is not being utilized. Listen to this episode and more Built On Purpose podcast interviews at http://yscouts.com/podcast/

Gerald Chertavian is founder and CEO of Year Up, a one-year professional skill development program for low income young adults. He talks with Brian about why four years of full-time higher education just won't work for a majority of Americans.

The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college. On today's show, Alexis talks to Gerald Chertavian, social entrepreneur, author, and Founder and CEO of Year Up, an intensive one-year education and training program that serves low-income young adults ages 18–24. Enjoy, Thanks for Listening and remember at The Prepped and Polished Podcast, We Empower You to Take Control of Your Education!

Gerald Chertavian - How and why does a Wall Street millionaire start a company to help troubled young adults move from poverty to professional careers in a single year? This week we interview Gerald Chertavian, CEO of Year Up, one of the most incredible non-profit organizations we have ever come across. "You can't give until you have. " - Gerald Chertavian Year Up provides intensive professional education to urban young adults. His organization was recently recognized by Fast Company and The Monitor Group as one of the top 25 organizations in the nation using business excellence to engineer social change. Prior to starting Year Up, Chertavian co-founded Conduit Communications and served as the head of marketing at Transnational Financial Services in London. Gerald recently wrote the book, A Year Up: How a Pioneering Program Teaches Young Adults Real Skills For Real Jobs With Real Success. He was also awarded the 2003 Social Entrepreneurship Award by the Manhattan Institute and the 2005 Freedom House Archie R. Williams, Jr. Technology Award. A graduate of Bowdoin College and Harvard Business School, Chertavian was born and raised in Lowell, MA. Quotes from Gerald: What we learn in this episode: How to balance taking versus giving. How to understand what you can take from the universe as well as what you owe to the universe. For the first time in the history of this country upward mobility is lower in America than many other developed countries. That is an opportunity divide. What is the winning formula for social good? Resources: A Year Up: How a Pioneering Program Teaches Young Adults Real Skills For Real Jobs With Real Success http://www.yearup.org/ http://bigthink.com/users/geraldchertavian Twitter: @yearup

Year Up provides a one year intensive job training and internship program to young urban adults, 18-24 years old. Year Up enrolls close to 2,000 students per year, and roughly 400 organizations have hired Year Up students as interns or permanent employees. Prior to launching Year Up in 2000, Gerald was an internet entrepreneur. Gerald […]

Moe and Gerald Chertavian talk about the inspiring story of a pioneering program that is redefining urban young adults as economic assets, not deficits

More than five million young adults in the U.S. have only a high school education and are facing an "opportunity divide" that strands motivated workers outside the economic mainstream. In 2000, Gerald Chertavian, a visionary businessman, former Wall Street investment banker, and longtime mentor with the Big Brother program, created Year Up to address these challenges and help close the "opportunity divide."Year Up makes available extensive, job-focused education to underserved and marginalized urban young adults, ages 18-24, equipping them with the skills needed to enter a market starving for entry level talent. This intensive program, with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, provides training, mentorship, internships, and college credits, resulting in real jobs that corporations need to fill. Today, Year Up serves more than 1400 students annually in nine cities, including Baltimore. Recorded On: Saturday, July 28, 2012