Roshanna Young FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Year Up
617-542-1533
Year up headed to year 33 of placing young adults ages 18-29 into corporate careers
Year up has partnered with over 250 companies that their students get to intern with
Year Up is a national training program for disadvantage adults. Year Up offers Tracks such as Information Technology, Business Operations, Software Development and Application Development. Year Up has two 6-month phases of development. The program is 100% FREE. If you are taking college classes they pay for your tuition, and offer financial help in all aspects. The first 6 months are full training to mold into the corporate world. The next 6 months internship begins and over 50% of students get converted.
Year Up provides Stipends to each student. The first 6 months they provide 100 dollars every 2 weeks. The next 6 months they provide 300 every 2 weeks. They provide extra for students who have a lot of bills to pay. Year Up has open door Student Services to anything you might need and they provide the resources to help you with what ever you need. You leave Year Up with many net working connections and each student starts off making over 50,000 a year. Year Up truly gives you a second chance and a boost ahead.
- Partnered with big companies such as Google, Facebook, and Microsoft
- 85 percent of alumni have a full-time job or are enrolled full time in college
About Year Up: Founded by Gerald Chertavian. Year up is one of the fastest growing non-profit organizations in the nation. Year Up has also been recognized consistently as one of the nation’s top 50 non-profits to work for by the Non-Profit Times.
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