FPP November 2019 Monthly Virtual Session: “Unlocking the Potential of Unemployed Youth”

FPP November 2019 Monthly Virtual Session
“Unlocking the Potential of Unemployed Youth”

Featuring
Claudia Mercado
Miami Partnership Manager
and
Alex Rudnick
Place Based Program Lead
Generation USA

Tuesday, November 19, 2019
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 
An FPP Virtual Session Using the GoTo Webinar Platform

How can companies bridge skills gaps as automation advances?

Learn more about how Generation USA, a youth employment non-profit, helps upskill non-traditional candidates through its boot camp programs that integrate behavioral skills, mindsets, and technical skills that are tailored toward specific professions.

About the Virtual Session Guest Experts:  

Claudia Mercado is the Partnership Manager at Generation USA, and she oversees two IT boot camp programs in Miami.  She has over ten years of experience in community education and professional development programs in Washington DC, Kenya, Mozambique, and Brazil.

Alex Rudnick, Generation’s U.S. Place Based Program Lead, manages programs across the country where Generation staff are responsible for maintaining all aspects of the program.  Having spent over a decade in education, youth development, and poverty alleviation, Alex returned to her home state Florida in July 2017 to successfully lead Generation programs to deliver strong outcomes in education and employment; in Jacksonville, and five other U.S. cities, offering career pathways in 11 professions to OSY.