CareerBuilder.com Area Vice President Joins Board of Year Up Atlanta
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) March 23, 2016 -- Continuing to scale its innovative and effective approach to job training, Year Up Atlanta announced today that Brandon Casteel has joined its board to help lead the program’s growth in the Atlanta market.
Casteel is the Area Vice President at CareerBuilder.com, and helped enlist CareerBuilder.com as a Year Up Atlanta corporate partner. An ardent Year Up supporter, Casteel has been committed and provided great leadership to Year Up Atlanta through the years. He has mentored several Year Up alumni, participated on mock interview panels, and served as a speaker and champions our mission. Most recently, Casteel served as co-chair of Year Up Atlanta’s Leadership Council, helping Year Up build awareness, connect with donors, and secure additional internships for students.
“Brandon has been a phenomenal advocate for Year Up Atlanta for many years,” said Kim Williams, Executive Director at Year Up Atlanta. “His leadership has allowed us to connect more local young adults with livable-wage careers at great companies like CareerBuilder.com, and has provided us with critical information about job growth in the Atlanta region. Through his work at CareerBuilder, we have the tools and data to know what companies need and want in entry-level talent.”
“I’m thrilled to join the Year Up Atlanta board and help oversee the launch of the new site,” said Casteel. “Year Up Atlanta has proven that with the right training and support, our young adults can serve as a significant source of skilled entry-level talent. Expanding the program will ensure that more young adults are able to succeed in growing industries, and that employers have access to the talent they need to stay competitive.”
Casteel received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and earned an Executive MBA at Emory University. He has served on Year Up Atlanta’s Leadership Council for three years, and co-chaired the Council for two years. Casteel credits the support of his wife Claire for enabling him to do all that he does for Year Up and for his career. They have five children and she is taking classes for a Ph. D. at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
One of fourteen Year Up sites across the country, Year Up Atlanta was launched in 2009 and currently serves 250 students each year, with plans to serve more than 1,500 annually by 2019. The program provides low-income young adults, ages 18-24, with six months of technical and professional skills training followed by a six-month corporate internship. Nationwide, eighty-five percent of Year Up graduates are employed or attending college full-time within four months of completing the program, with average starting salaries of $36,000/year.
About Year Up Inc.
Year Up's mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. Year Up achieves this mission through a high support, high expectation model that combines marketable job skills, stipends, internships and college credits. Its holistic approach focuses on students' professional and personal development to place these young adults on a viable path to economic self-sufficiency. Year Up currently serves more than 3,000 students a year at sites in Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Jacksonville, the National Capital Region, New York City, Philadelphia, Providence, Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay Area, and South Florida. To learn more, visit http://www.yearup.org or http://www.youtube.com/yearupinc.
Roberto Zeledon, Year Up, http://www.yearup.org, +1 857-305-9995, [email protected]
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