Commit Today. Hire Tomorrow.
Take the first step. Make your commitment to adopting a skills-first hiring strategy and gain access to our National Opportunity Workforce, an exclusive network of mission-aligned training providers and ready-to-work talent Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs).
Our #skillsfirstjobsnow campaign brings together an ecosystem of employers, workforce development organizations, and upskilling providers that commit to hiring, training, and advancing traditionally overlooked talent.
Employer Commitment
I commit to creating a skills-first mindset that removes invisible barriers and reduces bias to build more inclusive hiring practices that open equitable access to talent Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs), such as on-the-job skills-building, internships, apprenticeships, bootcamps, workforce training programs, industry-recognized credentials, military service, and community college.
The YUPRO Placement Approach
National Opportunity Workforce
Access our National Opportunity Workforce comprised of more than 100,000+ highly motivated and ready-to-work STARs from our exclusive network of training providers. Employers are able to fill critical talent vacancies, and talent are placed in career-progressing jobs at higher wages, while benefiting from our lifetime career and wraparound support services, upskilling programs, and professional development offerings.
In partnership with Opportunity@Work
In partnership with Opportunity@Work and #TearThePaperCeiling, we rally with our nonprofit training provider partners and industry-leading upskilling certification providers to solve today’s critical hiring needs.
Our mission is to move STARs from lower-wage roles into jobs with living wages and improve resilience to automation by upskilling talent with industry-relevant certifications that result in our National Opportunity Workforce having greater access to economic mobility.
#HireSTARs from our national opportunity workforce
YUPRO Placement invites employers to pledge today as a supporter, ally, champion, or visionary, and shatter the talent shortage myth together, building better workplaces by leveraging YUPRO Placement’s National Opportunity Workforce and hiring STARs.
Our Certification Providers
Talent drive business results and earn industry-recognized certifications and professional badges on-the-job (OTJ). You gain loyalty and productivity. It’s a win-win hiring solution.
