Jopwell Announces Partnership with National Education Organization City Year

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Jopwell, an online minority hiring platform, today announced its partnership with City Year, a national education non-profit dedicated to addressing the high school dropout crisis faced in high-need urban schools. Under the agreement, City Year will leverage Jopwell as a resource to attract diverse talent to fill a wide range of City Year AmeriCorps and staff opportunities. 

"Jopwell's proprietary technology will help to broaden our reach and engage highly qualified diverse talent in a new and refreshing way," said Leila Bailey-Stewart, interim Vice President of Recruitment and Admissions at City Year.  "In addition to using the platform, we are partnering with Jopwell's incredible leadership team to be deliberate in recruiting top-tier diverse candidates for non-profit and service opportunities."

Jopwell helps Black, Hispanic/Latino and Native American students and professionals find job opportunities across numerous industries. The site enables companies to review a pipeline of talented minority candidates with varying levels of experience from all over the country. Current partners leveraging the Jopwell platform include BuzzFeed, College for Every Student, Facebook, Khan Academy, Morgan Stanley, Pinterest, Teach for America and many more of America's top companies.

"Our partnership with City Year is a reflection of our strong belief in their mission. They truly embrace diversity as one of their core values," said Ryan Williams, Co-Founder and President of Jopwell. "We are humbled to be working alongside an organization that is so dedicated to solving the educational gap in our nation's most impoverished communities."

"We welcome the chance to partner with Jopwell to connect with candidates who are passionate about our mission and interested in joining our team across many departments, including program and impact, development, strategy, and operations," said Thuy Le, Director of Talent Sourcing at City Year.  "In addition, Jopwell offers City Year alumni a valuable tool for connecting with like-minded organizations and building the supportive communities they need to become leaders for life."

About City Year

City Year is an education-focused organization founded in 1988 dedicated to helping students and schools succeed. City Year partners with public schools in 27 urban, high-poverty communities across the U.S. and through international affiliates in the U.K. and Johannesburg, South Africa. Diverse teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide high-impact student, classroom and school-wide support, to help students stay in school and on track to graduate from high school, ready for college and career success. A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is made possible by support from the Corporation for National and Community Service, school district partnerships, and private philanthropy from corporations, foundations and individuals. Learn more at www.cityyear.org

About Jopwell

Jopwell is a web-based diversity hiring platform founded in 2014 by Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams. The platform helps companies target, connect with, and recruit minority candidates for internships and full-time positions across all experience levels. Jopwell partners with companies from a variety of industries and provides access to their proprietary technology to allow them to search and filter through a pipeline of minority candidates. Jopwell's mission is to help companies make their workforces more representative of the broader demographics of the country. For more information, please visit: www.jopwell.com.

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