Dwane Casey Quotes

I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs.

Having an education is extremely valuable, but we need to help people connect their choice of studies to a potential career at an earlier age so that they are better prepared to get the job they want when the time comes.

The 'National Suit Drive' collects gently used professional attire, but what it's really collecting is inspiration and a chance for men to feel empowered as they head into their next job interview.

Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.

Mentors provide professional networks, outlets for frustration, college and career counseling, general life advice, and most importantly, an extra voice telling a student they are smart enough and capable enough to cross the stage at graduation and land their first paycheck from a career pathway job.

I had no support, no opportunity, no sponsors backing me for most of my career.

You know, no one steered people's careers in those days, I don't think, like they do today.

If you focus on the single question of who knows best what students need in the workforce, it's the people already in the workforce. Why not give industry a voice?

When I've had my periods of unemployment, I'll get these e-mails from my father: 'I've read that the LAPD has a reservist program. Perhaps that's something you'd be interested in taking a look at.'

To avoid becoming chronically unemployed, people need more than platitudes offering sympathy. Career reinvention requires encouragement and guidance.

Education prepares to be one piece of a machine.

Over the years, my husband and I have sent two dozen or more girls to college and helped them with whatever else they needed.

I was never trained for anything.

If I would take a job with a professional league, I need to be ready.

The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.

What is the purpose of education if not, at a minimum, to prepare people for work?

I'm not interested in on-the-job learning or on-the-job training.

Along the way, I learned a lot about being told I didn't have the right skills for the jobs I wanted and how to overcome the setbacks and keep pushing forward. This is why I've become an Ambassador for LifeSkills, a programme created by Barclays to help one million young people get the skills they need for work.

Young Thug, he gave me all the jewels. He literally paid me to leave the neighborhood.

First and foremost, we have to ensure that we have to get our own kids ready for work so that employers want to take them on.

All my career I have done that, worked with talents, improving 19-year-olds, 20-year-olds, 17-year-olds, 18-year-olds.

A friend is someone who can help you with your career.

You wouldn't try and make a cake without a recipe book. Careers are just the same.

If you're applying for jobs, get a suit now, whether or not you get an interview. Spend as much as you can on it without breaking the bank. It will do you some good.

The Single Mothers Program is something I would love to start if I'm fortunate enough to make it to the NBA and things like that.