Microsoft joins Seattle-based companies to help create 100,000 jobs for young people

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Published on July 14, 2015

published on July 14, 2015

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Microsoft has joined the “100,000 Opportunities Initiative” along with other Seattle-based companies to provide jobs to young people in need of work between the ages of 16 and 24.

Other companies joining the initiative include Starbucks, Walmart, Porche, CVS Health, JCPenney, Target, Walgreens, Taco Bell, Macy’s, along with several others. The organization will be working with other existing programs in various cities all over the United States to provide work to young people by 2018. The organization mainly focuses on those who don’t have the best education or work history.

The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative says its goal is to be “the nation’s largest employer-led private sector coalition focused on helping young people build skills and attain credentials, while connecting them to employment.” The organization started in August of last year, and has already partnered with several multi billion dollar corporations, and they expect that more will join them in the future.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.