Expeditors, a Fortune 500 company, delivers global logistics management solutions for all aspects of supply chain management to customers such as Walmart, General Electric, Cisco Systems, and Target. In 2010, Expeditors employed 12,869 employees globally in 251 offices and had more than $5.96 billion in annual revenue. Celebrating a culture of organic growth and a history of promoting from within, Expeditors faced the recent economic downturn by implementing a “no layoffs” policy, choosing to cut costs through a hiring freeze and attrition. Their focus on building long-term stability has grown a domestic workforce of 3,650 in 58 offices in the U.S. It was into this corporate ethic and future-focused strategy that Expeditors launched, in 2008, “Opportunity Knocks,” a programmatic commitment to supporting the career development of disconnected youth. Recognizing that they did not have a formal high school recruitment program and wanting to contribute to the success of disadvantaged youth, Expeditors pledged through this program to foster future talent and change the lives of young people in local communities.
