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An Introduction to the Youth Career Initiative (YCI) for hotels
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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 [email protected]
Priscila CostaYCI Regional Coordinator, [email protected]
Santosh BhuvadYCI Regional Coordinator, [email protected]
Samron AdaneYCI Regional Coordinator, [email protected]
