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Mayor's Youth Jobs Plus fair highlights employer pledges and on-the-spot hiring
Summary
At a July event recorded in the transcript, city and nonprofit partners described a resource fair and summer jobs program that connects employers with young adults (16–24), with on-site services, mock interviews and reported on‑the‑spot hiring; UPS pledged 50 jobs and city recreation hired 350 youth this summer.
City and nonprofit partners described activities and outcomes from a Mayor's Youth Jobs Plus resource fair that seeks to connect young adults with employment and internship opportunities.
Speakers from United Way and program partners said the resource fair attracts more than 600 young adults ages 16–24 from across the city and the Bay Area, and that the event provides resume help, mock interviews, and opportunities for employers to make on-the-spot job offers. Program presenters said they typically hire about 100 young people at a single large event and emphasized long-term private-public employer partnerships.
Heather Hubbard of UPS announced a pledge of 50 jobs for youth this summer. Another speaker said the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department is hiring 350 youth this summer. A number of private-sector employers were cited as participants, including Hertz Rent-A-Car and Salt & Straw, alongside Starbucks and airport employers.
Caitlin Lopez, who identified herself as 23 and described a background in foster care and being a teenage parent, said she was matched through the Mayor's Youth Jobs Plus program with an internship at Enterprise, completed an eight-week internship and was offered a part-time position at the end of that period. Program staff used such testimonials to underscore the program's workforce-development goals.
Speakers said the program's 2017 goal was to create 5,000 jobs and work opportunities for local youth and recounted earlier years when city and private partners exceeded initial targets (one early year was described as producing 5,200 jobs/internships). For more information program staff directed listeners to sfyouthjobs.org.
The presentation portion recorded in the transcript was primarily promotional and informational; no formal Board or budget action on the program was taken during the session captured in this transcript.
