Mentors provide professional networks, outlets for frustration, college and career counseling, general life advice, and most importantly, an extra voice telling a student they are smart enough and capable enough to cross the stage at graduation and land their first… — 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
