You can learn what you want to learn through hard work. And a good employer will teach you what you want to learn as long as you show the right attitude and behaviors. — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share Image
The saying in business is that, 'You hire for skills and you fire for behavior.' And one would argue that in order to move up in career, to be promoted, to take on additional responsibility, in many ways that's linked… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share Image
You have, unfortunately, a K-12 educational system where the requirements to graduate are not the requirements to be college and career-ready. So if you… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
You can learn what you want to learn through hard work. And a good employer will teach you what you want to learn as… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
Many training programs and often schools focus on just a skill or a kind of work competency. That's only half the equation. — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
The Opportunity Divide doesn't just keep our students disconnected from the mainstream economy; it prevents our businesses from growing. — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
The best thing we can do is prepare people to lead in a much more diverse environment and see that as one of our… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
Businesses are no longer receiving the cost savings from outsourcing that they once did. — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
The best thing we can do for a young person is to expect a great deal from them. — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
At Year Up, our students - low income 18-24 year olds - come to us having already faced substantial obstacles in life. They are… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
I was taught very early on how you treat people is actually what matters. — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
When we think about the workplace, people think about hard skills being dominant, but they're not. The employer realizes knowledge will shift quickly, and… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
College today is an expensive option without a lot of economies of scale, right, when you go and live at a college. So you… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
The millennial generation and a growing number of employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. If a nonprofit could make that easy… — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share
