2016 April PASO Magazine

EDUCATION & YOUTH
Your business can hit a home run
next month! The Just 1 program, asking
businesses to hire “Just 1” high
school student for the summer, leads
to that great home run!
Last year, Just 1 was launched
through a partnership between the
Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce
and Paso Robles High School. Local
Paso businesses heartily responded by
hiring nearly 80 students for meaningful
summer jobs that enabled the
students to put into practice many of
the skills they learned in one of the
high school’s career pathways. This
year, Just 1 is a North County effort
– with the Templeton and Atascadero
Chambers of Commerce joining the
Paso Chamber in supporting their
own high schools by reaching out to
businesses in those communities.
So hit that home run and head to first
base where a student is waiting to use
what they’ve been learning in classes
for a career in either healthcare, veterinary
medicine, video production, journalism/communications
technology,
agriculture science, child development
and education, information technology,
construction and design or more!
Round the next two bases knowing
that by hiring Just 1 student, your
business is taking a step to ensure
its own future success. Workers are
the most valuable resource for any
business. By supporting high school
programs that prepare our youth for
college and/or careers, your business
is actively building its own “talent
pipeline” for the years to come.
Slide into home plate knowing that
your business has not only helped a
young person in a significant way but
played a role in ensuring your business’
own success and taken a key step to
keeping our community strong! Our
quality of life in North County needs
a strong talented workforce to keep
our economy on track. Hiring Just
1 student is an important step in
building that necessary workforce.
Just 1 summer job fairs will be held
at the North County high schools in
May, all coordinated by SLO Partners
in Education (SLOPE). If your business
is able to hire Just 1 student for
the summer and you’d like more information,
contact Pam Avila, Work
Experience Coordinator for SLOPE,
at pavila@slocoe.org or 712-2229.
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Paso Robles Magazine, April 2016