Several corporate giants, including Starbucks and Wal-Mart, on Monday announced the “100,000 opportunities initiative” – a program aimed at hiring 100,000 youngsters aged 16-24 years who face systemic barriers to jobs and education. The initiative is part of corporate social responsibility by more than a dozen leading, U.S.-based companies, aiming to provide by 2018, apprenticeships, … Continue reading
Working at Starbucks is now a smarter move. The coffee chain plans to launch a new program on Monday that will pay for its employees to attend online college classes at Arizona State University. ” I believe it will lower attrition, it’ll increase performance, it’ll attract and retain better people I believe it will lower … Continue reading
Google Offers and Banana Republic are the first businesses to join Starbucks Corp in raising money for a U.S. job creation fund started by the world’s biggest coffee chain late last year. Starbucks and the Opportunity Finance Network, a group of private financial institutions that make affordable loans to individuals and communities, introduced the “Create … Continue reading