28 Quotes by Gerald Chertavian

The saying in business is that, 'You hire for skills and you fire for behavior.' And one would argue that in order to move up in career, to be promoted, to take on additional responsibility, in many ways that's linked more to the attitudes and behaviors that you carry rather than what you know technically about a given subject.

The Opportunity Divide doesn't just keep our students disconnected from the mainstream economy; it prevents our businesses from growing.

At Year Up, our students - low income 18-24 year olds - come to us having already faced substantial obstacles in life. They are not in search of a handout; what they want most of all is the ability to take ownership of their own futures.

As we say at Year Up all the time, investing in our young people is not just a matter of economic justice. It's good business sense.

Businesses are no longer receiving the cost savings from outsourcing that they once did.

I was taught very early on how you treat people is actually what matters.

Many training programs and often schools focus on just a skill or a kind of work competency. That's only half the equation.

Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.

The best thing we can do is prepare people to lead in a much more diverse environment and see that as one of our national assets and one of the things that makes America strong.