Atlanta, Oct 11, 2016 – Delta Air Lines has decided to join hands with the White House and companies across America by committing to hiring at least 100 young people for their first job in the next one year.
“It’s an effort called the First Job Compact announced by President Obama earlier this year, and it targets “opportunity youth” – millions of young people who are out of school but not working. Delta is a founding member of the compact.
“We recognize that productive first jobs are important for a flourishing global economy, and Delta is committed to hiring at least 100 Opportunity Youth over the next year for a range of front-line positions that require no previous experience,” Delta said in a statement.
Youth interested in working at Delta are required to apply foropen positions online at delta.com and select #FirstJob when asked how they heard about the role.
As part of the campaign CEO Ed Bastian took time to describe his own first job: working on an upstate New York road crew cleaning highways and flagging down traffic in construction areas. He said the experience taught him the importance of working hard, an honest wage and teamwork.
“We all can remember the impact that first job had on each one of us,” Bastian said today in a video message via LinkedIn. “At Delta we have 80,000 employees … all people providing real value and real service to our customers, and I look forward to bringing the next hundred on to join our family.”
The initiative includes a targeted social media push aimed at reaching opportunity youth themselves.
