A quality future labor force is one of the most critical issues facing the Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin economies. That’s why we believe it’s time to act together to prepare young people for careers. The Earn & Learn program is a key element of our community’s strategy to accomplish this important goal.
Earn & Learn, Milwaukee’s summer jobs program for young people aged 16 to 21, is a community-wide effort to create a future workforce of young people who are life-long learners, productive workers and self-sufficient citizens. Earn & Learn is a collaborative partnership with employers, community-based organizations, the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board and the City of Milwaukee.
In 2008, Earn & Learn’s Private Sector Job Connection will improve work-readiness skills by providing private sector summer work experience for 1,000 Milwaukee teens. You can help by creating one or more summer jobs for youth at your company. With your involvement, students will perform meaningful work that benefits their employers, themselves, their families and their community.
We’ve made it easy for your company to participate. Just log-on to our website, www.earnandlearnmke.com and click on the Private Sector Job Connection icon. Use the site to:
- Post summer job opportunities within your company for qualified youth.
- Get information about kids who want to work and who have already been screened by a youth-serving agency.
- Register for free training to better integrate teens into your workplace.
- Explore links to resources to help your youngest workers become smarter, better-trained and more productive.
Palermo’s Pizza has made a commitment to create 15 jobs. We’re planning to provide each student with an alarm clock, two uniform T-shirts and weekly work-readiness sessions.
Your company is free to provide whatever "extras" you choose. We urge you to join Palermo’s and many other employers across Milwaukee that have agreed to hire young people for jobs this summer. There are thousands of teens eager and ready to work for you this summer.
For more information, contact William Malone, Department of City Development youth development coordinator, at (414) 286-5894 or william.malone@milwaukee.gov.
