Junior Achievement Worldwide - Company of the Year Competition.mov

http://www.jaum.org The annual North American JA Company of the Year Competition is a contest of business skills, ingenuity and innovation that focuses on the accomplishments of U.S. and Canadian JA Company Program© students, ages 15-19, during the 2009-2010 academic year. Currently impacting more than 360,000 young people a year globally, JA Company Program guides students to start and run their own business, developing and marketing a product or service with help of a local business volunteer. Through qualification rounds, finalists ultimately are selected to showcase their business acumen before a panel of independent judges who evaluate each student company's annual report, business presentation, trade booth display and interview performance.

"The North American JA Company of the Year Competition is an exciting opportunity for Junior Achievement students to demonstrate the teamwork, leadership and innovative thinking that will help them drive success in the business world," said Sean C. Rush, president and chief executive officer of JA Worldwide®. "Through this competition, Junior Achievement and sponsors Best Buy, FedEx and HP are enhancing the relevancy of education and igniting the spark in young people to experience and realize the opportunities and realities of work in a 21st-century global marketplace. As a stakeholder in the future, I am inspired and reassured by the passion and professionalism demonstrated by these young entrepreneurs."

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