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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Follow-Up on Summer Youth Job Fair
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
On May 18th, we published this media release from the Mayor’s office, which generated some questions about the Summer Youth Job Fair’s employment results.
Yesterday, I spoke with Jason Barron at the Mayor’s office to get more details.
According to Barron, the point of the Summer Job Fair is to bring together youth with potential employers—and the Mayor felt he could use his position to spotlight that effort. Barron did admit it was a bit late in the year, but he says this is Mallory’s first attempt at working on a Summer Job Fair.
Currently, between 20 and 30 employers have signed up to participate in the fair, with the Mayor’s goal being at least 40.
In addition to linking youth with Summer jobs, Barron says the Fair will include resources for those not “job ready” to receive additional training through area non-profits.
Barron did not know how many of these Summer jobs would be offered through the City. He also did not know how many jobs would be offered as a whole, nor was he aware of a mechanism in place to count the number of kids who apply compared to the number of positions available. Barron suggested I contact the Youth Zone to find out those details, but he did not have a contact name to share.
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23 May 2006 at 11:06 am | #
Jason and Jason:
Perhaps this will help.
http://www.workresourcecenter.org/servicenav.html
“The Youth Zone is a place where anyone between the ages of 14 to 21 years old can come and receive the help they need to succeed in the world of work. Here, Cincinnati’s young adults find information about current jobs; college and vocational education programs; alternative high school and diploma programs and additional resources. All services are provided free of charge.” according to their website.
This is part the Easter Seals Work Resource Center.
Youth Zone/One Stop Employment Center (Within the SuperJobs Center)
1916 Central Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45214
513.458.7970
513.458.7975
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Identified as “One-stop services for youth and adult job seekers”
Does this assist?
23 May 2006 at 05:18 pm | #
Dean
Great follow-up, but a very scary update. Anyone can call for a job fair. Good goverment is about producing results, tracking them, and improving them for next year. It’s about management. Other cities have incredibly impressive summer job programs for youth. They get thousands involved, track results, etc. The idea that they don’t seem to know even the basics about this is worrisome (it seems they don’t even know about the current programs the City is already operating).
Keep a close eye on this stuff. Government is about more than spin and good intentions.
23 May 2006 at 05:44 pm | #
Scary:
Please forward any relevent details about some of these other cities and the specific job programs for youth to which you refer.
Thanks!
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10 Jun 2009 at 07:20 pm | #
This youth program is designed to help older youth enter or get back into the workforce, and this time to stay! The three phase program begins with the assessment process, phase two puts the youth in to a short-term training or a work experience opportunity, and the final phase follows each youth until such time that they are working and remain employed for a year.While enrolled in the youth program, you will learn about your skill level, aptitudes, personality type, and overall abilities. Youth will have an opportunity to try out their skills with a local employer, and if all goes well, eventually be placed at that location in a permanent unsubsidized job.
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