Youth Employment
Tri-CED provides employment to young people who work in the Buy Back Recycling Center. Since 1980, Tri-CED has employed over 1,000 youth, ages range 14 to 22 years old. Our youth employees come from James Logan High School, Conley-Caraballo High School, Hayward High School, Tennyson High School, Chabot College, Ohlone College and Cal State East Bay. Tri-CED also works with the juvenile justice system, local police, the Parent Project, Crisis Intervention Program, community based organizations, churches and families to identify prospective youth employees.
Jobs are provided in the Buy-Back Recycling Center year around. Youth employees will work a full shift on Saturdays and some will work after school. During the summer months our pool of youth employees ranges from 10 to 15 young people. Tri-CED also employs young people in the office doing and helping with administrative work. All youth employees are paid from $8 to $11 per hour depending on seniority, work assignment and responsibility. Youth Employees work as Customer Service staff in the Buy Back helping customer to unload, sort and recycle their materials.
Tri-CED specifically targets hard to employ young people in an effort to help families and our community prevent youth violence through meaningful work experience that may help provide outlets towards positive behavior and to help open new doors for young people in our community service area.
The Board of Directors of Tri-CED is firmly committed to the mission of providing youth employment at our Buy Back Recycling Center.