"First Job" Recruiting and Hiring Compact Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 15.
ITEM TITLE: "First Job" Recruiting and Hiring Compact
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval for the City of
Dubuque becoming a participant in the "First Job"
Recruiting and Hiring Compact as part of the My Brother's
Keeper initiative by signing on to the "First Job" Recruiting
and Hiring Compact.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: "First Job" Recruiting and Hiring Compact
DATE: September 29, 2016
1 respectfully recommend Mayor and City Council approval for the City of Dubuque
becoming a participant in the "First Job" Recruiting and Hiring Compact as part of the
My Brother's Keeper initiative by signing on to the "First Job" Recruiting and Hiring
Compact.
Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Kelly Larson, Human Rights Director
Maurice Jones, Economic Development Director
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A Double Bottom Line Investment:
GivingYoungPeople A First Job
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 AT 11:26 AM ET BY RYAN BURKE
Summary: President Obama is calling on communities and businesses
to sign on to the "First Job" Recruiting and Hiring Compact to help
youth find employment.
Particularly when you're just starting off in the workforce, the prospect of finding a job
with a blank resume and limited network and connections can be daunting. This process
is tough for college students and even harder if you're one of the one in seven young
Americans who are out of school and work.
Here's the thing: one of the main things employers are screening for in the hiring
process is work experience. It allows them to call references who can vouch for a
candidate, assess what someone can do based on demonstrations of what he or she
has produced in the past, and many of the skills they are looking for can only be gained
on the job. In a recent survey, 66 percent indicated that work experience is a crucial
factor in hiring decisions and employers across nearly all sectors ranked it as one of the
most important factors for recruitment.
And the past experience required to get a job has only increased in recent years as we
have seen a macro trend of companies disinvesting in training.
The trouble is, if employers are looking for experience when making hiring decisions,
how does someone with little or no experience convince a company to give them their
first shot to prove what they are capable of?
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President Obama is calling on communities and businesses to step up to address this
challenge by signing onto the "First Job" Recruiting and Hiring Compact. The goal is to
spread best practices that community and business leaders are already implementing to
connect more out of school, out of work Opportunity Youth ages 16 to 24 to first jobs.
Giving more young people their first step on the career ladder would have major positive
returns for the economy as a whole. A 2012 study estimated that the lifetime cost to
taxpayers of 6.7 million youth who were neither in school nor in work was around $1.6
trillion, which reflects lost tax revenues, higher expenditures on crime and health care,
and increased social services, among other factors.
And for companies that are looking to the future, wanting to invest, grow their
businesses and compete for new markets and innovation, one of the most important
assets they have is their talent. Companies that have hired thousands of teens and
young adults from low-income communities into their first job indicate that program
graduates hired by the company enjoy much higher the retention and engagement rates
than relative to their peers. Taking these steps to give young people their first job is not
just good for the youth, but a smart business decision.
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