F1rstjobs Report 2018 the Summer of 2018 Represents the Fourteenth
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F1rstJobs Report 2018 The summer of 2018 represents the fourteenth year of F1rstJobs, a community-wide effort to provide meaningful summer work experience for North Shore youth—experiences that pave the way to meaningful career exploration and development. This report examines multiple aspects of the program including: funding sources and placement demographics, applicants and placements for the past several years, business participation, and also detailed survey results from businesses who have hired youth and participated in the F1rstJobs Program. Given the limited resources available for summer youth employment we must continue to seek out the most effective way to engage youth in the labor market. 2018 F1rstJobs Placements by Funding Source The F1rstJobs 2018 program had four different types of funding sources to pay for/supplement youth hires. Some of these funding sources have enrollment and eligibility requirements that must be met in order for the funds to be released to pay for youth employment. The following provides a description regarding the funding sources involved in the F1rstJobs Program: Business/Foundation/Individual contributions (BFI): Funds raised through foundations and private donors. These funds are used for youth who do not meet the eligibility requirements of the government grants and who have not yet had first work experience. These funds are administered by Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF). Direct hires by private companies: Youth are directly hired by a company or are placed into jobs that are not subsidized. There are no eligibility requirements. Most of these youth participate in the job readiness workshops and/or receive assistance in finding open positions. Youth Works Summer: A state grant through Commonwealth Corporation that served youth in the “Gateway Cities” on the North Shore- Lynn, Peabody, and Salem (14-21 years1) who meet the free/reduced lunch income guidelines or whose family income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. Ten percent of youth are allowed to be enrolled from “out of area”. Grant also targets youth with other “at-risk” /high needs for intervention. This grant ran from June 2018-August 2018. 1 One youth turned 22 over the summer 1 Funding Source Total Youth Employed 2018 Youth Works BFI Funds Private Hires Number Percent Summer Number Placed 19 272 244 535 100% City Beverly 11 3 0 14 2.6% Danvers 2 3 5 10 1.9% Gloucester 2 6 0 8 1.5% Ipswich 0 0 3 3 0.6% Lynn 1 186 171 358 66.9% Manchester 2 0 0 2 0.4% Marblehead 0 5 1 6 1.1% Middleton 0 2 0 2 0.4% Nahant 0 0 0 0 0.0% Peabody 1 16 27 44 8.2% Rockport 0 2 0 2 0.4% Salem 0 43 36 79 14.8% Saugus 0 2 0 2 0.4% Swampscott 0 1 1 2 0.4% Out of Area 0 3 0 3 0.6% Age 14 0 8 7 15 2.8% 15 1 13 14 28 5.2% 16 7 35 51 93 17.4% 17 2 60 56 118 22.1% 18 3 61 60 124 23.2% 19 4 50 32 86 16.1% 20 1 20 15 36 6.7% 21 1 7 8 16 3.0% 22 0 8 1 9 1.7% 23 0 2 0 2 0.4% 24 0 5 0 5 0.9% 25 0 3 0 3 0.6% Gender Female 14 138 113 265 49.5% Male 5 134 131 270 50.5% 2 Funding Source Total Youth Employed 2018 BFI Funds Private Hires Youth Works Summer Number Percent Number Placed 19 272 244 535 100.0% Ethnicity African-American 0 28 66 94 17.6% Asian 0 11 15 26 4.9% Hispanic/Latino 1 130 97 228 42.6% Native American 0 0 0 0 0.0% White 17 92 58 167 31.2% Other 1 11 8 20 3.7% • 535 youth found employment through F1rstJobs 2018. • There were three funding sources for F1rstJobs. From largest to smallest in terms of youth placements they are Private Hires (50.8%), Youth Works Summer (45.6%), and BFI (3.6%). • Of the 535 youth who found employment 66.9% were from Lynn, 14.8% were from Salem, and 8.2% were from Peabody. o 84.2% of Private Hire placements were from Salem & Lynn o 70.1% of Youth Works Summer placements were from Lynn, 14.8% were from Salem, and 11.1% were from Peabody. • Hispanic/Latino was the largest ethnic group to find employment through F1rstJobs at 42.6%, followed by Whites (31.2%), and African-Americans (17.6%). F1rstJobs 2016-2018 Comparison 2018 2017 2016 F1rstJobs Summary Apply Place Apply Place Apply Place Total 1760 535 1211 418 1529 597 Age 14 3.6% 3% 2.9% 2.9% 4.8% 3.4% 15 8.7% 5% 8.0% 9.3% 9.0% 7.0% 16 19.8% 17% 13.0% 14.1% 16.0% 15.9% 17 21.6% 22% 26.7% 25.8% 21.8% 20.8% 18 19.2% 23% 22.6% 18.9% 21.6% 24.6% 19 12.5% 16% 12.6% 13.4% 13.9% 12.9% 20 6.4% 7% 6.3% 6.2% 7.4% 8.9% 21 3.4% 3% 4.1% 6.2% 3.1% 3.5% 22 2.2% 2% 1.6% 1.9% 1.6% 2.3% 23 0.8% 0% 0.9% 0.7% 0.5% 0.3% 24 0.7% 1% 1.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 25 0.3% 1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Gender Male 52.6% 50.5% 52.6% 52.9% 53.6% 53.9% Female 47.4% 49.5% 47.4% 47.1% 46.4% 46.1% 3 2018 2017 2016 F1rstJobs Summary Apply Place Apply Place Apply Place Ethnicity White 40.7% 31.2% 27.2% 28.9% 30.0% 28.1% African American 12.4% 17.6% 17.1% 23.4% 17.8% 21.1% Hispanic 36.9% 42.6% 43.6% 36.1% 41.6% 40.2% Asian 4.0% 4.9% 4.1% 5.7% 5.4% 3.2% Multiethnic 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Unknown 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Other 5.9% 3.7% 7.8% 5.5% 5.2% 7.4% Native American 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% • The summer of 2018 had the highest number of youth apply for jobs in the past five years. o Over 100 more youth were employed in 2018 compared to 2017. • The placement rate for 2018 was 30.4%, which is 4.1% lower than the 2017 placement rate. (34.5%) o Youth placement has been on the decline since 2014 when youth placements reached 43.2%. o During this same time period Massachusetts implemented incremental increases to the minimum wage up from $8.00/hr in 2014 up to $11.00/hr in 2017 & 2018. As of January 1, 2019, the minimum wage has increased to $12 per hour. • The average age of an F1rstJobs youth has remained steady at 17.6 for the past three years. • The ratio of male to female applicants was 1.10. This is slightly higher than the ratio of male to female job placements (1.02). F1rstJobs Residence Comparison 2016-2018 2018 2017 2016 F1rstJobs Summary Apply Place Apply Place Apply Place Total 1760 535 1211 418 1529 597 Residence Beverly 6% 2.6% 4.0% 4.1% 4.1% 2.3% Danvers 2% 1.9% 1.0% 1.2% 1.0% 1.3% Gloucester 3% 1.5% 3.1% 2.6% 2.8% 3.5% Hamilton 0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% Ipswich 1% 0.6% 0.7% 1.7% 0.9% 1.3% Lynn* 51% 66.9% 65.9% 63.2% 67.0% 71.7% Lynnfield 0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% Manchester 0% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% Marblehead 2% 1.1% 0.7% 0.7% 1.2% 0.2% Nahant 0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% Peabody* 12% 8.2% 5.9% 6.9% 6.7% 6.5% Salem* 15% 14.8% 14.0% 16.5% 13.9% 11.7% Saugus 1% 0.4% 1.9% 2.1% 0.5% 0.3% Out of Area 4% 0.6% 0.6% 0.2% 0.9% 0.3% *Gateway cities 4 F1rst Job Teens 2018 2017 2016 Lynn 66.90% 65.9% 71.7% Salem 14.80% 14.0% 11.7% Peabody 8.20% 5.9% 6.5% All Other Cities 10.10% 14.1% 11.1% • The percentage of youth job placements in Peabody has increased after declining for the past three years. Employer Participation in F1rstJobs Employer engagement is essential to any successful youth summer employment program. The F1rstjobs program in 2018 had 203 employers hire youth during the summer. The number of employers participating in F1rstJobs increased by 86.2% compared to 2017 and increased 12.8% compared to 2016. The following table shows every employer who has hired an F1rstJobs youth since 2015 and the years for which they participated. F1rstJobs Employers from 2018-2016 by Year of Participation Company City ‘18 ‘17 ‘16 Company City ‘18 ‘17 ‘16 A-1 Lighting Revere x Lynn Community Credit Union Lynn x Abercrombie Peabody x Lynn Community Health Center Lynn x Academy of Traditional Karate Wilmington x Lynn Economic Opportunity Lynn x x x Acapulcos Beverly x Lynn Housing Authority Lynn x x x Action Inc.