Tag: Helps

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Ringwood group helps members find jobs

A report from NorthJersey.com: Councilman Jim Martocci is one of several hundred people benefitting from the local support group Neighbors-helping-Neighbors (NhN), which helps its unemployed members connect with fellow job seekers as a way to reenter the job market. Out of work since last July, Martocci is a lead facilitator of the NhN program at [...]

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Tulsa new work program helps inmates find jobs after prison

A report from Tulsa World: Antonio Littlejohn, 39, was released from prison to GPS supervision last fall and wanted a job in Tulsa so he could pay bills and take care of his family, he said. He filled out application after application, checking the box marked felon to reflect his three incarcerations for Tulsa and [...]

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Housing program helps homeless mothers

A report from Charlotte Observer: Britnee Williams is 18, takes honors classes, volunteers at a local hospital and expects to graduate early from Myers Park High later this month, thanks to her extra course work last summer. She’s also homeless. However, her family has been given a temporary reprieve from a shelter through a little-known [...]

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Social media workshop helps students with job search

A report from The Daily Campus: SMU students pulled up their Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts on their laptops Thursday night at the “Social Media and Your Job” workshop to see how their presence on the Web could attract future employers. The workshop took place in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center and was hosted by the [...]

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Cross-training helps Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno enter crossroads in …

A report from Washington Post: Little has gone right for Moreno since former Broncos coach Josh McDaniels made him his top draft pick in 2009. He’s had more significant injuries (three) in the NFL than 100-yard games (two). And he hasn’t been the big-play threat many envisioned or the sure thing in short-yardage many expected. [...]

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Vallejo center that helps area’s poor, homeless offers hazmat handling career …

A report from Vallejo Times-Herald:Every push of the pedal and drop of sweat was worth it for Ben Parkin. “I literally have to ride my bike 14 miles a day to get here and go home. … I rode my bike 60 miles in the last five days,” the 28-year-old said of his commute from [...]

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Social Media Helps, Hinders Job Search for Grads

A report from U.S. News & World Report: The job outlook continues to brighten for many college seniors graduating this month—provided they know how to manage themselves on- and off-line.  According to several recent studies, employers across industry sectors are looking for graduating seniors this spring and summer. In the latest installment of quarterly job [...]

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