Munira Mirza Quotes

I don't think there is enough youth employment or enough push for youths to kind of do want they want to do.

We've got to be delivering young people, and people that are getting reeducated, people who are getting reemployed, into the marketplace with skills to work together, to understand computers, and to be able to be a part of that 21st century economy.

The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before young people are properly qualified.

Certainly other things we can do, we gotta promote after-school employment, give kids an opportunity, raising the minimum wage was part of that, we can't expect that young people are going to feel they can make a living out there for such low wages.

In my barrio, jobs work and money saves lives. When I have had the funds to place a gang member on a job site and pay his salary, I've seen him stop banging. When, on the rarest of occasions, an employer has offered a job to one of these youth, I've witnessed kids suddenly have a reason to get up in the morning.

Youth should have access to paid internships or jobs year-round, so they can keep developing important skills and earning income.

Growing up in the inner city, you might not see a lot of different career paths and different jobs.

We need to invest in job training programs, especially those that include child care, transit stipends and paid apprenticeships and internships.

In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.

I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.

Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.

Young people need the hands-on training that comes with a summer job. They need to know how to dress for success and nail job interviews. But most of all, they need mentorship, guidance, and inspiration.

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.

I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our various Chick-fil-A units. Some of them come to work because they need to work; others just work because they just like to work. There's nothing wrong with that.

It is very important that our young people have constructive early work experiences. But it is equally important that their jobs are safe and complement their education, rather than complete it.

Secure for young people the right to education and to full-time work.

I'm here to talk about Job Corps training—just Job Corps training.

One thousand dollars invested in salvaging an unemployable youth can return forty thousand dollars or more in his lifetime.

Let me make it clear that the Youth Employment Opportunities Act of 1961 is not primarily concerned with delinquency prevention. Rather, it is designed to help all types of young men or women who suffer deficiencies of training or opportunity which keep them unemployed.

Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skillful and vibrant workforce.

I was scouted working at the register at McDonald's in Melbourne, Australia. I worked there as my first job, and a guy walked in and gave me his card. I was 16. I was skeptical, but I looked it up when I got home, and it was legitimate.

Preparing youth for employment requires training that is demand-driven to meet the needs of companies and ensure that young people are taught marketable skills.

Under the leadership of President Obama and a whole host of partners, including nonprofits, foundations, and advocates, the Department of Labor has made historic investments in community colleges, apprenticeships, coding boot camps, and summer jobs.

For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

Employment for the younger generation is my top priority.