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McDONALD\u2019S EXPANDS GLOBAL JOB READINESS AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

McDonald’s, in partnership with the International Youth Foundation, is improving equity in skills training and opportunities for youth across more than 30 community organizations, including HBCUs, reaching 100,000 young people globally through its Passport to Success Explorer program<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s Youth Opportunity initiative, aimed to reduce barriers to employment for two million young people by 2025, has extended the Passport to Success (PTS) Explorer digital curriculum to reach up to 100,000 young people from various non-profits, community organizations and post-secondary institutions supporting diverse communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. In partnership with the International Youth Foundation (IYF), the PTS Explorer digital curriculum provides youth the opportunity to learn valuable life skills, such as self-awareness and management, communication skills, healthy relationship building, and conflict management.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs COVID-19 forced many young people out of the classroom, we knew we had great responsibility to do the right thing to ensure our most vulnerable youth were able to access education and professional development trainings,\u201d said Monica Tijerina, Director, Global People Strategy, McDonald\u2019s Corporation. \u201cWe worked with IYF to enhance the PTS in-person lessons and turned them into a game-based digital curriculum, ultimately opening it up to additional youth and partners across the globe\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Together with our independent franchisees, McDonald\u2019s has a longstanding commitment to education and professional development by providing training, education and career pathways to unlock the potential of restaurant employees. Yet, many young people face barriers to entry into the workplace and \u2013 through no fault of their own \u2013 are being left behind, unable to take advantage of employer-based education and training opportunities that exist. As a major employer of young people, McDonald\u2019s has the potential and scale to help bridge this opportunity gap.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDuring normal times, young people are three times more likely than adults to be unemployed,\u201d says Susan Reichle, IYF\u2019s President and CEO. \u201cBut in this pandemic, they\u2019ve been hit even harder. This is an economic and social challenge that cannot be overcome alone. Now more than ever, non-profits, corporations, local organizations, and young people themselves need to come together to develop solutions. IYF\u2019s partnership with McDonald\u2019s to bring PTS Explorer to more young people at this unprecedented time is a proud example of how organizations can pivot together to make immediate and much-needed impact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI am excited to see the McDonald\u2019s PTS Explorer program being offered by our local Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and city partners to provide young people equitable skills training and opportunities that match their needs,\u201d said Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus. \u201cWhere you are from should not determine where you end up in life, and opportunities like this will ensure young people have the tools needed to succeed in today\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to PTS Explorer, McDonald\u2019s Youth Opportunity program is providing young people access to McDonald\u2019s employment opportunities through customizable online applications and virtual career development opportunities, which include resume\/job application workshops and career panels in Spanish and English with McDonald\u2019s corporate employees.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe partnership with McDonald\u2019s and IYF provides our Affiliates with a great tool to work with Latinx youth in their communities – delivering invaluable life and job readiness skills through fun, engaging programs that will help them enter the workforce successfully,\u201d said Peggy McLeod, Vice President Education Workforce Development and Evaluation, UnidosUS, one of McDonald\u2019s PTS Explorer expansion partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

IYF partners with organizations who serve the needs of youth who face multiple barriers to employment and education, including organizations like the National Urban League, Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico, Jobs for America\u2019s Graduates (JAG) in the U.S. and Arcos Dorados\u2019 partner Aldeas Infantiles SOS Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 430,000 Opportunity Youth have been hired as McDonald\u2019s crew members since the program launched and more than 420,000 young people have been given access to training in markets across the globe including the U.S., Latin America, Italy, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and many more. \u201cYou can tell the candidates that use this program are thoroughly prepared for their interviews\u201d, said Vincent Hale, McDonald\u2019s Owner\/Operator who hires employees out of this program. \u201cThis is going to be the new wave of hiring and is the beginning of something that I think is going to be much bigger than what it is today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

From the beginning, IYF included diverse youth in the product development process of the face-to-face and digital curriculum but has since dedicated additional resources to revise the program through a deepened lens of diversity and inclusion to modify some of the scenarios and group activities. Diverse youth from around the world weighed in on components of the game-based curriculum including the colors, avatar graphics, story design, themes and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n

PTS Explorer is one of many company initiatives created to educating the next generation of youth and is aligned with our\u00a0values<\/a>\u00a0of inclusion and community. The\u00a0Archways to Opportunity<\/a>\u00a0program for crew gives eligible employees at participating U.S. restaurants the ability to earn a high school diploma, receive upfront college tuition assistance, access free education\/career advising services and learn English as a second language.\u00a0 Other major scholarship programs include the\u00a0HACER National Scholarships<\/a>,\u00a0Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Black and Positively Golden Scholarships<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0McDonald\u2019s\/APIA Scholarship<\/a>\u00a0program for Asian and Pacific-Islander American students.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are interested in offering the Youth Opportunity PTS Explorer curriculum to young people you serve, please reach out to\u00a0PTSExplorer@iyfnet.org<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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