CONNECTING KING COUNTY EMPLOYERS TO LOCAL YOUTH, READY TO WORK.

Educurious is the Seattle/King County Partner for the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative

15,500 LOCAL JOBS requiring no education credential go unfilled every year.

17,200 QUALIFIED YOUTH aged 16–24 are ready to fill those jobs.

THE 100,000 OPPORTUNITIES INITIATIVE IS HELPING CLOSE THE EMPLOYMENT GAP.

FINDING ENTRY-LEVEL TALENT HAS BECOME A PRESSING ISSUEfor companies large and small, as many employers struggle to

recruit, train, and retain workers.

A SOLUTION EXISTS

The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative helps businesses build and maintain their

TALENT PIPELINES.

We’re in SEVEN CITIES NATIONWIDE.

Greater Seattle Area

Chicago

Dallas

New Orleans

Washington, D.C.

PhoenixLosAngeles

50 corporate partners, including ten based in Seattle, are leading the way.

Local partner companies include:

OUR COMMITMENT:

OPPORTUNITY YOUTH

in King County

COMPANIES THAT NEED

THEIR TALENT

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONSWork with

to connect

WITH

MOD Pizza

Starbucks

Nordstrom

T Mobile

PorchAlaska Airlines

Microsoft

Who are OPPORTUNITY YOUTH?

YOUTH AGED 16 TO 24 WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND READY TO WORK

AN UNTAPPED SOURCE OF TALENT FOR LOCAL EMPLOYERS

YET EMPLOYERS AND OPPORTUNITY YOUTH RARELY GET CONNECTED because these qualified young people often:

• Are unaware that jobs are available

• Lack knowledge around the steps they need to take to pursue and secure these jobs

• Lack access to many informal networks required to secure employment

• Have little or no support navigating standard application processes

• Face systemic barriers which further limit their access, with two-thirds facing difficult life circumstances, including many living below the poverty line

The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative facilitates the connections between employers, youth-serving organizations, and opportunity youth, so everyone wins.

of them have a HS diploma.

17,200 OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ARE IN SEATTLE AND SOUTH KING COUNTY.

78% have work experience within the last year. 32%

have both a HS diploma and work experience within the last year.28%

WHAT YOU GETWHEN YOU PARTNER.

TALENT Immediate access to an underutilized talent pool of opportunity youth who have the skills and ability to successfully take on entry-level roles

JOB FAIRS Participation in targeted job fairs that will maximize your reach to qualified job-seekers

TRAINING A pipeline to organizations that provide skills training, education services, and case management to opportunity youth increasing the likelihood a successful hire

RETENTION Best practices for employing and retaining opportunity youth

Reducing turnover by employing opportunity youthsaves money. Cutting turnover in half saves retail company with 5,000 entry-level employees $2.5 million per year and a retail company with 100 employees $54,000 per year.

Retention rates are up to 300% higher. Employees hired from job-readiness programs targeting opportunity youth stayed in their jobs longer than their entry-level peers.

1 Evaluate your need to fill open positions and discuss your current readiness to hire and on-board new staff.

2 Create a connection between your business and local youth-serving organizations.

• Share about your business at a youth-serving organization event• Provide job skills training to a pool of potential youth applicants• Host job site tours or job shadowing as a part of a work preparation curriculum• Participate in or co-host a job hiring event

3 Assess hiring outcomes and share best practices to help increase your retention rates over time.

HOW YOU GET IT.Our team works with you in a three-step process to:

They serve as the conduit to help opportunity youth develop the skills they need to find and keep a job, and connect them to employers who need talent for their entry-level positions.

YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONSare a critical part of the process.

Youth-serving organizations:Career LinkGoodwill SeattleJuma VenturesProject S.C.O.P.E.YouthCare

Workforce entities:King County Employment and Education ResourcesWorkforce Development Council of Seattle/King County

THESE ORGANIZATIONS: • Recruit youth

• Teach interview skills

• Train youth in basic employment success skills

• Provide case management support, including transportation, housing,

and child care

• Prescreen youth for employment readiness

• Connect opportunity youth to employment opportunities

• Present pathways for education reengagement and career advancement

These efforts yield significant returns for employers through increased retention rates and more motivated and successful employees.

Key Partner:

WE LAUNCHED THE INITIATIVE WITH A JOB FAIR...

May 2016:

1000 YOUTH attended

700 conditional job offers

were extended

1 IN 3youth were hired

1 IN 5participated in a mock interview

1 IN 5 received commuting

resource information

22 earned food handlers permits

50 explored high school

re-engagement options

1 IN 2attendees learned about appropriate

work attire

LOCAL JOB FAIRS BRING US TOGETHER.

... AND INCLUDE MORE JOB FAIRS EVERY YEAR.

LOCAL JOB FAIRS BRING US TOGETHER.

EVERY YEAR IN KING COUNTY, THERE ARE ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS AVAILABLE THAT OPPORTUNITY YOUTH CAN FILL.• Retail salespeople • Restaurant servers • Customer service representatives • Manual laborers and movers • Food preparation workers • Cashiers • Sales representatives • Office clerks • Janitors and cleaners

Leaving these jobs unfilled costs companies both productivity and revenue.

SUCCESS STORIES: Businesses are seeing a positive impact.

“I’m looking for someone who gets involved, is knowledgeable,

connects with customers and understands the operation of

the store. Someone who goes above and beyond

what their daily duties are. Prisma (an opportunity youth)

exemplifies that.”

MARTIN AMADO STARBUCKS STORE MANAGER

STARBUCKS

“At Nordstrom, we hope that opportunity youth are our future employees. It can be a challenge for these young people to find and connect with us, and that’s why

we’re so excited to be a part of this initiative – it makes it easier for them to learn more about Nordstrom as a great place to work and consider us as a place to start their career.”

FANYA CHANDLER NORDSTROM REGIONAL STORE MANAGER

“Opportunity youth bring such a

diversity and a passion to our businesses, and they help us think differently about the businesses

we’re in, and so I actually think we get much more out of them then they get from us.”

FERRIL ONYETT LEARNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, TACO BELL

TACO BELLNORDSTROM

“My whole experience has been pretty amazing. I want to work in this industry the rest of my life, whether that be with Starbucks or opening

my own coffeehouse. I’m thankful to Starbucks. It’s put

me on a good path and helped me build a foundation

for where I want to go in the future.”ETHAN STARBUCKS BARISTA

“Having a set of adults around me who cared about me, that showed me that

tough love, that pushed me constantly, reminded me about my skills and my potential…It made me feel so good about myself and I don’t think at any point in my life I had ever felt that way.”

KIRSYS AMERICORPS VISTA MEMBER

“I have a really nice crew. I have their

support. They always tell me I’m really good at this. I feel recognized for my work. I’ve been really lucky. School, family, home, work are my everything.”

KARLEYSTARBUCKS BARISTA

OPPORTUNITY YOUTH EMPLOYEES

Become our next 100,000

OPPORTUNITIES PARTNER!

WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU!We’ll schedule an appointment to discuss your needs and requirements.

CONTACT: Darius Mensah, MSEdProgram Manager, Educurious(206) 717-2293dmensah@educurious.org

Alaska Airlines

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Cintas

CVS Health

Delaware North

Domino’s

EY

FedEx

Five Guys

Food Services of America

Gene Juarez

Greyston Bakery

Hilton Worldwide

HMS Host

Hyatt

JCPenney

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Leisure Care

Lyft

Macy’s

Mars Chocolate

Microsoft

MOD Pizza

Nordstrom

Papa John’s

Pizza Hut

Toms

Porch

Potbelly

Prudential

Red Robin

Republic Services

Savers

Sprinkles

Starbucks

Sweetgreen

Swiss Post Solutions

Taco Bell

Target

T-Mobile

Uber

Villa

Walgreens

Walmart

EMPLOYER COALITION MEMBERS IN SEATTLE/KING COUNTY:

“WE’VE FOUND THAT THE 100K YOUTH ARE RETAINING BETTER AND THEY ARE GETTING PROMOTED FASTER BECAUSE THEY ARE HUNGRY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. A lot of time we find employees who are kind of complacent but these youth that are part of this coalition are not complacent whatsoever.”

BRIAN SMITH RECRUITMENT MARKETING ANALYST, CHIPOTLE

100kopportunities.org/seattledmensah@educurious.org

Educurious is a Seattle-based nonprofit company whose mission is to empower and motivate young people to achieve academic, career and personal success through transformative learning experiences.