A Year Up: Helping Young Adults Move from Poverty to Professional Careers in a Single Year
by Chertavian, Gerald
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 014312370X
- ISBN 13
- 9780143123705
- Seller
-
Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States
777 Copies Available from This Seller
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
“[Chertavian] demonstrates that with hard work and the right supports … young adults can overcome even the toughest of circumstances.” —Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone There are many good jobs in America—and many urban young adults eager to take them—if they can bridge the Opportunity Divide that strands many motivated workers at the bottom of the job ladder. In 2000, Gerald Chertavian, a successful technology entrepreneur and banker, dedicated his life and business expertise to founding Year Up, an intensive one-year program that provides otherwise stranded young adults with training, mentorship, internships, and ultimately real jobs. Following a single Year Up class from admission through graduation, A Year Up lets students share – in their own words- the challenges, failures, and personal successes they experience during the program. It is the inspiring story of a pioneering program that is bridging the Opportunity Divide, with results that can fuel our economy and revive the American ideal of equal opportunity for all.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Mediaoutletdeal1 (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014312370X_used
- Title
- A Year Up: Helping Young Adults Move from Poverty to Professional Careers in a Single Year
- Author
- Chertavian, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 777
- ISBN 10
- 014312370X
- ISBN 13
- 9780143123705
- Publisher
- Plume
- Date Published
- 2013-06-25
Terms of Sale
Mediaoutletdeal1
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...