Contact: Chuck Stetson,CEO, Essentials in Education, 917-453-8842, cpstetson@aol.com;
www.flourishingthroughbusiness.org; Terence Chatmon, President & CEO, FCCI, 770-685-6000, Terence@FCCI.org

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- At a time when students graduate from college with heavy debts and 40 percent of graduates don't have a job, 16 percent are employed only part time and only 53 percent of graduates found full-time jobs in their field of study,1 Essentials in Education has (EIE) teamed up with Fellowship of Companies for Christ International (FCCI) where the CEOs of its member companies have agreed to mentor young people that will intern during summers at these companies and will be following the CEO around and receiving instruction which includes a course textbook offered online by Essentials in Education - Flourishing Through Business - www.flourishingthroughbusiness.org - a course that is taught by successful business leaders teaching what colleges do not teach about what is critically important success in business and in life.

Beginning in the summer of 2014, high-quality paid internships will be available for selected freshmen, sophomore and junior business students. Several Atlanta colleges and universities have committed to participate feeding their students in this new FCCI program, including Clark University, Georgia Tech, Morehouse College, Spelman College and the University of Georgia.

"This mentoring program could not be more timely. A recent survey of companies found that a majority - 66 percent - believe that 'new college graduates are not prepared for the workplace after leaving college.'2 The quality of what college graduates know has been seriously declining in recent years. We are seeing very bright graduates from well-known universities, such as my alma mater Yale University, that know very little that is useful to us in the business and thus we can't hire them. We are very excited about partnering with FCCI who has established a mentoring program as part of its summer intern program with owners and CEOS and executives at FCCI member companies." said Chuck Stetson, CEO of Essentials in Education and a Managing Partner of PEI Funds, a venture capital firm both of which he founded.

"At a time when students need employment and life experience, the FCCI program with Atlanta colleges is a very important turn around in bringing greater value to the high cost of education so that young people can do better in work and in life. This bold nationwide initiative is starting right here in Atlanta where FCCI began in 1977, and will be showcased at its global conference on September 22-26 in Hawaii," says FCCI President and CEO Terence Chatmon.

For more information about the FCCI Fellows CEO Mentoring Program and registration for interested employers, colleges visit www.howcommunitiesflourish.org/fcci.

Essentials in Education (EIE) addresses critical issues in the public square that are getting very little attention where it builds up and gathers research that supports a better and more productive life where people can flourish.

FCCI is a community of business leaders united by a vision that Christ can change our world through how we do business. FCCI's members (monthly dues based) find answers to business challenges through prayer and a wide variety of powerful resources including business forums, e-learning tools, global conferences and regional events.