Gerald Chertavian quotes

The ABCs are attitude, behavior and communication skills. (Gerald Chertavian)

One can fall into the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Gerald Chertavian

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

Gerald Chertavian

Year Up for me is a year in which the young adults that we serve have an opportunity to move up in their lives and gain the access and opportunity they need to realize their potential.

Gerald Chertavian

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

Gerald Chertavian

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

Gerald Chertavian

Mentors provide professional networks, outlets for frustration, college and career counseling, general life advice, and most importantly, an extra voice telling a student they are smart enough and capable enough to cross the stage at graduation and land their first paycheck from a career pathway job.

Gerald Chertavian

You have, unfortunately, a K-12 educational system where the requirements to graduate are not the requirements to be college and career-ready. So if you want young adults who are college and career-ready, our K-12 system right now does not have that as its standard.

Gerald Chertavian

You can learn what you want to learn through hard work. And a good employer will teach you what you want to learn as long as you show the right attitude and behaviors.

Gerald Chertavian

The millennial generation and a growing number of employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. If a nonprofit could make that easy for me, they are doing me a favor. It's not just a one-way value exchange; it is an internal morale building opportunity.

Gerald Chertavian

College today is an expensive option without a lot of economies of scale, right, when you go and live at a college. So you have a system that's increasing its cost base by probably five percent a year. (Gerald Chertavian)