Year Up Named One of the 50 Best Nonprofit Workplaces in Nation
Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 18, 2017 -- Year Up was recently named one of the best nonprofits to work for by TheNonProfitTimes, marking its seventh consecutive year on the list. The award program is sponsored by The Nonprofit Times and Best Companies Group (BCG), which utilize a nationwide survey to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in the nonprofit industry in the United States.
The list is determined based on information gathered by the Best Companies Group, Inc., which is then analyzed and categorized according to eight core focus areas: the organization's leadership and planning, corporate culture and communication, role satisfaction, work environment, relationship with supervisor, training and development, pay and benefits and overall employee engagement.
“We are grateful and honored to be recognized by The NonProfit Times as one of the Best Nonprofits to Work For in each of the last seven years,” said Gerald Chertavian, Founder and CEO of Year Up. “Our mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by providing low-income young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. Our employees come to work every day with a passion for helping our young adults reach their full potential, and our employees find that strong connection between our mission and our work very meaningful. We are fortunate to have a team of talented individuals, a network of supportive corporate partners, and an incredible group of young adults who make this organization such a rewarding place to work.”
Year Up is a national organization that provides professional career training to low income young adults and helps them secure internships with top U.S. companies. Successful completion of the intensive, one-year program enables graduates to move into employment and higher education. Partner companies providing corporate internships include Google, Facebook, DropBox, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Microsoft, VMWare, Cisco, eBay, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Am Ex, GE, Gap, Kaiser Permanente and Wells Fargo. Year Up currently serves students and companies in 18 major metropolitan areas, including New York, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle and the Bay Area (with campuses in SF and Silicon Valley), among others. Nationally, Year Up has served more than 16,000 students to date and been consistently effective, with an 85% success rate for graduates.
For a complete list of 2017 50 Best Nonprofits to Work For, visit: http://thenonprofittimes.com/rd/4-1-17_BestNonprofits_LR.pdf
About Year Up
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-level coursework. 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 3,600 students annually across 24 campuses in Arizona, Baltimore, Bay Area, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Greater Atlanta, Greater Boston, Greater Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, National Capital Region, New York City, Providence, Puget Sound, South Florida and Wilmington. To learn more, visit http://www.yearup.org, and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter: @YearUp
Roberto Zeledon, Year Up, http://www.yearup.org, +1 (857) 305-9995, [email protected]
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