On-the-job training: The coalition aims to provide opportunities for youth through apprenticeships and programmes for those who are out of school and not working. – AFP
MORE than a dozen top companies in the United States have announced that they will train or hire at least 100,000 young Americans from disadvantaged backgrounds by 2018.
Starbucks and JPMorgan Chase are among the 17 companies forming the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, a coalition to help Americans between the ages of 16 and 24 “who face systemic barriers to jobs and education,” the companies said in a statement.
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