The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative and Get Schooled are hosting the third annual National Youth Hiring Day online to connect unemployed youth with more than 150,000 job openings and career supports. National Youth Hiring Day is one of the nation’s largest online job fairs and participating employers are industry leaders with a large number of entry-level and limited experience job openings they need to fill immediately. Nine national and regional employers are participating: Amazon, CVS Health, Dollar General, Fry’s Food Stores, Spectrum, Stop & Shop, Target, UPS, and Walgreens. The interactive online job fair will be hosted at www.HiringDay.org from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET.
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Additionally, youth empowerment leaders including City Year, Year Up, Get Schooled and MENTOR are participating. The former two organizations are offering thousands of paid opportunities that also provide skills training and leadership development; the latter two are providing support that helps youth with resume writing, practice interviews, and connecting with mentors who can help young people reach their full potential.
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With unemployment claims soaring as businesses shut down amidst state and local efforts to control COVID-19, the growing recession is hitting these young people hard – the spike in unemployment has been sharper for younger workers as well as people of color. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 4.5 million young people in the U.S. ages 16-24 were out of school and unemployed. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for young people ages 20-24 was twice the national average in January of 2020. Now, social distancing is creating a new barrier to employment that keeps young people from entering the workforce or connecting to services that better position them for getting and keeping a job.
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