Gerald Chertavian

I've never been afraid to make a polite ask to someone.

— Gerald Chertavian

One can fall into the 'soft bigotry of low expectations.'

— Gerald Chertavian

The ABCs are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

— Gerald Chertavian

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

— Gerald Chertavian

You can't give until you have.

— Gerald Chertavian

Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.

— Gerald Chertavian

The best thing we can do for a young person is to expect a great deal from them.

— Gerald Chertavian

At Year Up, we have helped thousands of students rise from poverty into a professional career in a single year.

— Gerald Chertavian

I was taught very early on how you treat people is actually what matters.

— Gerald Chertavian

Businesses are no longer receiving the cost savings from outsourcing that they once did.

— Gerald Chertavian

The best thing we can do is prepare people to lead in a much more diverse environment and see that as one…

— Gerald Chertavian

At Year Up, our students - low income 18-24 year olds - come to us having already faced substantial obstacles in life.…

— Gerald Chertavian

When we think about the workplace, people think about hard skills being dominant, but they're not. The employer realizes knowledge will shift…

— Gerald Chertavian

Year Up for me is a year in which the young adults that we serve have an opportunity to move up in…

— Gerald Chertavian

As we say at Year Up all the time, investing in our young people is not just a matter of economic justice.…

— Gerald Chertavian

You can learn what you want to learn through hard work. And a good employer will teach you what you want to…

— Gerald Chertavian

College today is an expensive option without a lot of economies of scale, right, when you go and live at a college.…

— Gerald Chertavian

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

You have, unfortunately, a K-12 educational system where the requirements to graduate are not the requirements to be college and career-ready. So…

— Gerald Chertavian

The saying in business is that, 'You hire for skills and you fire for behavior.' And one would argue that in order…

— Gerald Chertavian

The millennial generation and a growing number of employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. If a nonprofit could make…

— Gerald Chertavian

Many of our students say, 'We wish we had a mentor in high school. We wish we had someone we could spend…

— Gerald Chertavian

Our young immigrants have a lot to offer. They are motivated and hard-working, and in many cases have already contributed significantly to…

— Gerald Chertavian

Mentors provide professional networks, outlets for frustration, college and career counseling, general life advice, and most importantly, an extra voice telling a…

— Gerald Chertavian

It's not always the case that doing what's right is also doing what's smart, but when it is, the question of 'what…

— Gerald Chertavian

The Opportunity Divide doesn't just keep our students disconnected from the mainstream economy; it prevents our businesses from growing.

— Gerald Chertavian

When it comes to expanding opportunity, businesses and young adults are not the sources of the problem - they are a substantial…

— Gerald Chertavian