{"id":747,"date":"2018-05-08T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theadclub.org\/rosoff2018\/?p=747"},"modified":"2018-05-10T17:54:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T17:54:39","slug":"grads-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2018\/2018\/05\/08\/grads-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Grads of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb_row wf-container\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\" >\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Grads of Life<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Companies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"hr-thin\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 35px; height: 35px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/05\/GradsOfLife_300x300.png\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/05\/GradsOfLife_300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/events.theadclub.org\/rosoff2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/05\/GradsOfLife_300x300-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 35px; height: 35px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><div class=\"wpb_row wf-container\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\" >\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Grads of Life is a national initiative that catalyzes market demand for Opportunity Youth (ages 16-24) by helping to transform employer perceptions and hiring practices. Grads of Life places an innovative focus on the demand side of the talent marketplace, harnessing the power of the private sector to create employment pathways for Opportunity Youth nationwide.\\n\\nThe crux of Grads of Life\u2019s work is to shift employer perceptions of Opportunity Youth from social liabilities to economic assets and help hiring professionals to broaden and diversify their talent pools to include these skilled, motivated young adults. The current media campaign is themed \\&quot;More Than What's on Paper,\\&quot; and is driven by the insight that hiring managers spend an average of 7 seconds reviewing a resume. Given Opportunity Youth do not usually have a strong traditional resume, the campaign designed 7 Second Resumes, short seven second videos in which Opportunity Youth highlight unique skills and qualities they have acquired through life experiences that add value to them as employees. 7 Second Resumes have proven to be a unique way of capturing the practical business value that Opportunity Youth offer employers who are looking to build a 21st-century workforce.\\n\\nGrads of Life is working to build a future in which a functioning talent marketplace means that there are no longer 6 million Opportunity Youth without employment while 7 million middle-skills jobs go unfilled. For this to happen, all employers must see Opportunity Youth as a key component of their talent strategy and build talent pipelines into their companies that support the hiring, training and development of these young adults.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:961,&quot;3&quot;:&#091;null,0&#093;,&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Grads of Life is a national initiative that catalyzes market demand for Opportunity Youth (ages 16-24) by helping to transform employer perceptions and hiring practices. Grads of Life places an innovative focus on the demand side of the talent marketplace, harnessing the power of the private sector to create employment pathways for Opportunity Youth nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The crux of Grads of Life\u2019s work is to shift employer perceptions of Opportunity Youth from social liabilities to economic assets and help hiring professionals to broaden and diversify their talent pools to include these skilled, motivated young adults. The current media campaign is themed &#8220;More Than What&#8217;s on Paper,&#8221; and is driven by the insight that hiring managers spend an average of 7 seconds reviewing a resume. Given Opportunity Youth do not usually have a strong traditional resume, the campaign designed 7 Second Resumes, short seven second videos in which Opportunity Youth highlight unique skills and qualities they have acquired through life experiences that add value to them as employees. 7 Second Resumes have proven to be a unique way of capturing the practical business value that Opportunity Youth offer employers who are looking to build a 21st-century workforce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Grads of Life is working to build a future in which a functioning talent marketplace means that there are no longer 6 million Opportunity Youth without employment while 7 million middle-skills jobs go unfilled. 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