Each year the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation kicks off our Annual Really Big Time Raffle. You will watch us relentlessly tweet about purchasing a raffle ticket the months of December and January until we sell out and draw the big $10,000 winner at our Annual Meeting in February. We do this because we know the outcome is great and the benefit even greater. We believe in the importance of work force development and creating experiences for local youth to engage and explore endless future work opportunities. The funds raised through the raffle are given back directly to the City of Saint Paul’s Right Track Program. Right Track is Mayor Coleman and the City of Saint Paul’s youth jobs initiative. Right Track matches motivated high school students from low-income families with paid summer internships and workforce skills training.
Right Track is a great way to gain access to a talented pool of diverse candidates to help your business at a reasonable cost, typically $1,500 per student. Our goal is to produce even more opportunities for motivated youth.
Youth have been pre-screened by Right Track and matched to positions based on interests and skill. They receive workforce-readiness training throughout the summer, focusing on professional dress and behavior, and entry-level skills like typing, filing, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Right Track staff members are available to do on-site job coaching and provide support throughout the summer.
By employing a Right Track intern, you expose youth from diverse backgrounds to careers in your industry and your business/organization receives recognition on Right Track materials and events as a supporter of Saint Paul’s future workforce.
Right Track interns can help you with many of your entry level administrative work including:
• Filing, copying, scanning
• Data entry
• Answering phones
• Help with mailings
• Inventory / organizing
• Event staffing
• Community outreach
Our workforce is changing and we will have fewer skilled workers in the future to replace the retiring Baby Boomers. More than 50% of global CEO’s are concerned that a key skills gap could limit their job prospects. Racial disparities also threaten our competitive advantage.
Since 2000, the share of youth who are working has plummeted by 40%. That means fewer experienced workers for employers to hire. We must act today to cultivate a talented workforce for tomorrow. This will ensure that our region is a place where people want to live and do business.
Please consider supporting Right Track through the Really Big Time Raffle. The proceeds will subsidize wages for small businesses and non-profits to support interns during the summer of 2016. We sell 300 - $100 Raffle Tickets. The winner walks away with $10,000 and three runners-up win $1,000 each.
Please connect with me to support the Really Big Time Raffle or consider hiring a Right Track intern. More information is available here: http://righttrack.stpaul.gov/ or you may email me Elisa@saintpaulchamber.com
Right Track is a great way to gain access to a talented pool of diverse candidates to help your business at a reasonable cost, typically $1,500 per student. Our goal is to produce even more opportunities for motivated youth.
Youth have been pre-screened by Right Track and matched to positions based on interests and skill. They receive workforce-readiness training throughout the summer, focusing on professional dress and behavior, and entry-level skills like typing, filing, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Right Track staff members are available to do on-site job coaching and provide support throughout the summer.
By employing a Right Track intern, you expose youth from diverse backgrounds to careers in your industry and your business/organization receives recognition on Right Track materials and events as a supporter of Saint Paul’s future workforce.
Right Track interns can help you with many of your entry level administrative work including:
• Filing, copying, scanning
• Data entry
• Answering phones
• Help with mailings
• Inventory / organizing
• Event staffing
• Community outreach
Our workforce is changing and we will have fewer skilled workers in the future to replace the retiring Baby Boomers. More than 50% of global CEO’s are concerned that a key skills gap could limit their job prospects. Racial disparities also threaten our competitive advantage.
Since 2000, the share of youth who are working has plummeted by 40%. That means fewer experienced workers for employers to hire. We must act today to cultivate a talented workforce for tomorrow. This will ensure that our region is a place where people want to live and do business.
Please consider supporting Right Track through the Really Big Time Raffle. The proceeds will subsidize wages for small businesses and non-profits to support interns during the summer of 2016. We sell 300 - $100 Raffle Tickets. The winner walks away with $10,000 and three runners-up win $1,000 each.
Please connect with me to support the Really Big Time Raffle or consider hiring a Right Track intern. More information is available here: http://righttrack.stpaul.gov/ or you may email me Elisa@saintpaulchamber.com
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