A DIVERSE, QUALIFIED WORKFORCE
FOR YOUR WORKPLACE

Business leaders nation-wide recognize and are responding to the imperative to have an actionable social purpose for their organizations. Cristo Rey Network’s Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP) offers complementary efforts towards our mutually desired outcomes.

Benefit today from a trained, cost-competitive, and well-supported workforce boasting a 20+ year reputation for reliability and success. Foster diverse, qualified talent for our nation’s future workforce—young people who will assign lifelong credit to you, your colleagues, and your company for having invested in them today.




ACT NOW.
Become a Corporate Partner today, and invest in the development of a diverse workforce.

REMOVE INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS

Provide students early access to professional networks and environments typically underrepresented in their communities, equipping them with the social and technical acumen to enter and excel at careers they may not have otherwise considered.
DECREASE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Help close the wealth divide by strengthening students’ pathway to a bachelor’s degree.

Individuals with a four-year degree earn over $1 million more over a lifetime than individuals without a four-year degree.

ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY


Be at the forefront of industry efforts to invest in education, uniquely complemented by career and technical training, to move society toward racial equity.

"While the world has faced unprecedented challenges in recent months, Ford Motor Company stays committed to caring for the talent of tomorrow. Ford has always been able to overcome challenges because of the strength, talent and diversity of its people. Our partnership with the Cristo Rey school is a key initiative to ensure we are positioned with this same level of talent to face the challenges of the future."

- Gary Johnson, Chief Manufacturing and Labor Affairs Officer, Ford Motor





WHAT STUDENT WORKERS DO

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

  • Manage tasks to complete Accounts Payable process
  • Conduct collections communications
  • Enter data in vendor management system
  • Process cash receipts, expense reports, credit applications

CUSTOMER SERVICE

  • Answer phones and cover reception
  • Scan and laminate important documents for retention
  • Manage customer account information and payments
  • Deliver newspapers and mail to employees

HUMAN RESOURCES

  • Assist HR staff with new hire orientation, payroll, and open enrollment process
  • Scan and organize recruitment documents
  • Research potential job candidates and source resumes
  • Translate HR documents into Spanish

MARKETING

  • Prepare customer mailings and brochures, update sponsors on marketing data
  • Build client social media calendar and curate content for social media channels
  • Support client websites
  • Analyze and summarize customer feedback

TECHNOLOGY

  • Image laptops for new employees and consultants
  • Update computers by installing and/or removing software applications
  • Configure, correct, and text remote laptops
  • Routinely monitor, test computer hardware

LEGAL

  • Manage contract execution tracking
  • Review case documents and complete steps to update case file status
  • Conduct online research
  • Maintain master customer contract database and related stipulations


HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS


The Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP) is independently incorporated, functioning as an employment agency within a Cristo Rey school. Cristo Rey students are employees of the CWSP, not of our business partners. Partners pay a competitive, annual service fee to the CWSP, not to the student. CWSP manages employment eligibility verification, payroll, insurance, taxes, and other employer issues, with the explicit awareness and approval of relevant state agencies and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Students work in a four-person job-sharing team to fill one full-time equivalent position during standard daily business hours, Monday through Friday, for the entire academic year. Academic schedules are structured so that students work without ever missing class. Our integrated academic and CWSP experience is widely recognized as the critical component to a Cristo Rey education.





STUDENT WORKER PROFILE

  • 98% students of color
  • 100% trained with critical, valuable social and technical skills demanded by the modern workplace
STUDENT WORKPLACE PERFORMANCE

  • 97% daily work attendance
  • 96% meets or exceed expectations in the workplace, as reported by supervisors

2,710 Corporate Partners Include:


CONSTRUCTION
Clark Group
Kiewit Corporation
Skanska Turner Corporation
Whiting-Turner Contracting

EDUCATION
Emory University
NYU Center for Urban Science
Teach for America
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
USC Institute for Creative Technologies

FINANCIAL SERVICES
American Express
Baird Citigroup
Discover Financial Services
Morgan Stanley
Santander
Wintrust Bank

GOVERNMENT
Federal Reserve Bank
NASA
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Mint


HEALTHCARE
Abbott
AbbVie
Cardinal Health
CVS Health
Eli Lilly
Kaiser Permanente
Pfizer

INSURANCE
Allianz
Blue Cross Blue Shield
MetLife
Prudential
United Health Group

LEGAL
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
DLA Piper
Foley & Lardner, LLP
Jones Day
Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Locke Lord, LLP
Sidley Austin
Skadden
Winston & Strawn, LLP


MEDIA & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AT&T
Comcast
EW Scripps Company
HubSpot
Lamar Advertising
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Verizon

NON-PROFIT

American Red Cross
Big Brothers Big Sisters
United Way
USAID
YMCA

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Accenture
Boston Consulting Group
Deloitte
EY
Gensler
Grant Thornton LLP
KPMG
Leo Burnett
McKinsey & Company
PwC


REAL ESTATE
CBRE
Colliers International
Cushman & Wakefield
Jones Lang LaSalle
ProLogis

RETAIL (CORPORATE)
Nike, Inc.
PVH Corp
The Home Depot
TJX Companies
Walgreens

TECHNOLOGY
Cisco Systems
Google
Hewlett Packard
Ingram Micro
Microsoft

OTHER BUSINESS
Coca-Cola
Expeditors International
Ford Motor Company
Grainger
Hyatt
Johnson & Johnson
Raytheon
Southern Company
UPS

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INTERESTED?
LEARN MORE TO HIRE STUDENT WORKERS.

Contact our CWSP Team at cwsp@cristoreynetwork.org.

Download our brochure.