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    At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs
    At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs
    At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs
    Audiobook11 minutes

    At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs

    Written by PBS NewsHour

    Narrated by PBS NewsHour

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    About this audiobook

    To alleviate the 30 percent unemployment rate among urban youth, the Year Up program gives at-risk youth lessons in corporate culture and work ethic. Paul Solman reports on this approach to training young, would-be entrepreneurs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateDec 23, 2008
    ISBN9781987105308
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