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  • First year of diversity internship program finds success for students, employers

    January 17, 2023 |

    UWM Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    The UWM Student Success & Talent Pipeline Initiative is helping to connect students with internships that provide meaningful professional experiences for those about to enter the workforce. One of the initiative’s biggest goals is diversifying the talent pipeline, adding more Black, Indigenous, and other people of color to the workforce throughout the state, hoping to reduce the number of graduates who move out of state for work.

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  • Health Beat #4 | Can the NHI fix SA's rural doctor dilemma?

    January 11, 2023 |

    Bhekisisa |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Africa

    The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation helps to produce rural healthcare workers by helping students from rural schools enter the health field, getting work in hospitals from the areas where they grew up. The Foundation has produced 528 healthcare professionals, working across 16 different disciplines.

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  • How A North Side Group Is Urging Chicago Businesses To Adopt Trans-Inclusive Hiring Practices

    January 03, 2023 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Chicago Therapy Collective’s HireTransNow initiative provides businesses with guidelines for the hiring process to help them recruit more transgender employees. It also offers training sessions and access to a job board for transgender applicants on a sliding-scale payment basis.

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  • What Happens When Jobs Are Guaranteed?

    December 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Austria, Gramatneusiedl

    The government-run Job Guarantee program in Gramatneusiedl, Austria, provides employment for residents who have experienced unemployment for at least a year. After a training course and discussion of their wants and needs, the person can choose to accept the offered job in which they will earn at least as much as they would receive from unemployment benefits.

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  • A Site That Safeguards Migrants' Educational Credentials

    December 09, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Article 26 Backpack is an online storage platform refugees can upload academic transcripts, diplomas, and other important documents to. The platform safeguards the copies in case the originals cannot be kept and allows users to share them with universities and employers.

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  • "Golden Girls" find community and safety in Western Slope shelter

    November 28, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Junction, Colorado

    The Golden Girls shelter has been providing meals, medical aid, and other support services for women with children who are experiencing homelessness. Since the Golden Girls living space opened, the program has served a total of 50 women ranging in age from the early 50s to late 70s. While at the shelter, staff members help them complete paperwork so they can receive Social Security payments, pensions, or alimony, and apply for affordable housing. They’re also provided medical care, counseling, and assistance finding jobs.

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  • How an LGBTQ conference is shaping the business job market

    November 11, 2022 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Reaching Out MBA's LGBTQ+ conference provides a space for LGBTQ+ business students to find a sense of community, learn from others in their field, and connect with companies specifically interested in hiring LGBTQ+ employees. In the past, roughly 90 percent of job-seeking attendees have been selected for coffee chats or interviews with recruiting companies, and about 27 percent have come away with job offers.

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  • Could foreign workers unlock America's tight labor market?

    November 04, 2022 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    The H2-B visa program in the United States allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers to do seasonal work for non-agricultural jobs when they cannot find American workers to take the available jobs.

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  • Could farming bring solutions to homelessness across the country?

    October 24, 2022 |

    KSHB-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Green Phoenix Farm is a job training program for women who have experienced homelessness and offers them employment, mentorship, and advocacy. In 2021, the farm produced $110,000 worth of value off of .8 acres under cultivation, which is 17 times the economic output of an average vegetable farm in the United States.

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  • How one small fire district doubled its staff amid critical first responder shortage

    October 10, 2022 |

    KATU-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    To combat severe first responder shortages, fire departments in Oregon received state funding for a paid apprentice program in which recruits receive a livable wage while training to make the career a more attractive option.

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