The Shaffer Boys Scott Ryan Rotary Club 31 2016/17 President - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Shaffer Boys

Scott

Ryan

Rotary Club 31 2016/17 President

Executive Vice President

Still passionate and enthusiastic about our mission after 22 years!

In 2015, only 77% of high school students in Colorado graduated!

• 93% graduate from high school
• 30% are more likely to obtain a

4 year degree than the general population

• 67% are more likely to obtain a

graduate degree than the general population

• Feel less entitled and more

self-motivated than their peers

JA Students Have a Drive to Succeed

JA Students are Entrepreneurial

Business start ups are responsible for 20% of gross job creation but the number of firms being formed has dropped by 50% since the 1970s!

• JA students are 2½ times more likely

to start a business

• 75% of JA alumni have a positive view
• f the American economic system
• They know how to:
• leverage resources to start a

business

• Operate a business
• Balance risk vs. reward
• Increase revenue and manage

expenses to maximize profit

JA Students are Financially Responsible

Only 40% of Americans have a budget and bills on time!

• JA alumni earn 20% more than

the general population

• Create and manage a realistic

budget

• Improve their credit score
• Utilize credit and debt

appropriately

• Save to achieve lifelong goals

JA Students are Career Ready & Overcoming the Skills Gap

Colorado is on pace to create over 600,000 high- skill, high-wage jobs by 2018, but will only educate half the workers needed to fill them.

• 33% credit their JA volunteer for

providing them with the idea of what to do for a career

• Secure employment at higher

rates than their peers.

• Demonstrate communication,

critical thinking, collaboration and innovative problem solving

• Act ethically and with integrity
• Apply their skills, talents and

traits to high demand jobs

DAB is volunteering at the JA Stock Market Challenge November 4th from 11:00-1:30