An Introduction to the Youth Career Initiative (YCI)

for hotels

The Big Picture

74.5 million youth worldwide are unemployed

Travel and tourism creates 1 in 11 jobs

A Tried and Tested Solution

• YCI is a work and life skills programme helping vulnerable young people from disadvantaged backgrounds improve their employability

• YCI is a programme of the International Tourism Partnership (ITP) and Business in the Community.

• ITP is a membership organisation that bring together most of the world largest hotel companies to advance environmental and social responsibility within the industry

What is YCI?

How YCI works

Participating Hotels

YCI’s Global Reach

Why Partner with us?

• 20 years of success helping at-risk youth find employment

• Helps non-profit partners meet youth employment objectives

• Access to the hotel industry and secure jobs

• Support in brokering effective partnerships with the hotel industry

What our Partners say

Inge HuijbrechtsVP Responsible Business CARLSON-REZIDOR HOTEL GROUP

“YCI is a valuable programme for our hotels to be a good corporate citizen of their local community and to make a real difference in the lives of the graduates and their families.”

Khien NguyenExecutive Sous Chef

INTERCONTINENTAL HANOI WESTLAKE

“By working with the young

people, we all become great teachers. We teach them to love a brand, a job which is the very foundation for their future.”

The Benefits

• Engages the local community

• Enhances hotel’s reputation

• Builds a pipeline of talent

• Employee engagement opportunities

• Positive impact on staff motivation, productivity and retention

• YCI students bring energy, enthusiasm and a fresh perspective

• YCI provides life-changing and impactful results

Our Partnership Model

Hotel Investment

• Staff time• Leveraging existing resources• Student commuting costs and basic health insurance

Hotel Role

• Plan a 24-week training schedule utilising YCI toolkit – 60% practical & 40% classroom• Provide classroom training (e.g. computer literacy, English lessons, career development)• Teach and mentor students• Oversee programme and liaise with YCI regional coordinator, local NGO partner and other

hotels in market

The Benefits

What we Provide

• A tool kit of resources to guide you through operations

• A local NGO partner• Partnership brokering expertise• Impact data reporting• Online student and graduate tracking• A cross industry, cross sector

approach• Efficiencies of scale through

collaboration

What non-profit partner provides

• Identification and recruitment of eligible students

• Life-skills or other courses to complement classroom training offered by hotels

• Student monitoring support

Hotels Responsibilities

• Classroom training (e.g. customer services, English lessons, career development).• Teaching and mentoring students• Offer job placements if possible• Coordination with local non-profit partner, other participating hotels and YCI global

team

YCI Regional Contacts

Scott RobinsonYCI Partnerships and Operations Managerscott.robinson@bitc.org.uk

Priscila CostaYCI Regional Coordinator, Americasyci.latin-america@bitc.org.uk

Santosh BhuvadYCI Regional Coordinator, APACyci.asia-pacific@bitc.org.uk

Samron AdaneYCI Regional Coordinator, MEAyci.middle-east-africa@bitc.org.uk