THE WORKFORCE WIRE
Newsletter
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Welcome to the Workforce Wire, your monthly connection to all things workforce development and EPG!
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American Job Center National Harbor - OPENING SOON! |
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Construction on the new American Job Center National Harbor is almost complete!
We’re so excited for you all to see the finished space! Our developers are working tirelessly to ensure that Prince George’s County job seekers have the best quality space and technology to connect with local businesses and career opportunities!
We are continuously making improvements toward our construction completion goal. Pictured above is new signage outside of the AJC National Harbor!
Follow the #AJCNationalHarbor on social media to stay up-to-date on all the exciting things coming soon!
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Want to love your job? Apply with us.
Our growing team loves what we do, and you will too.
Employ Prince George’s is a highly respected nonprofit organization working within the workforce development, community development, and economic development industries. Our team members are diverse and innovative-thought leaders who have become community assets.
EPG is seeking professionals who can grow with us, think outside the box, and follow through to the implementation of strategic goals. At Employ Prince George's, we firmly believe that, with the right team, we can impact the world. If you are a dynamic individual looking for a rewarding career in the community, we’d love for you to join us! Together, in partnership, we can work to better the lives of those around us.
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K.E.Y.S. Program Recruitment! |
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The K.E.Y.S. Program Spring 2021 Enrollment is NOW OPEN! Employability Seminars are being held on Zoom, and qualified participants will receive internet access as well as laptops if needed! For Young Adults in Prince George's County ages 18-24 who are interested in applying - Register for an Information Session today by clicking here: Information Session (Information Sessions are held every Thursday via Zoom at 4:00 p.m.).
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @pgckeysprogram #WeGotTheKEYS
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Mothers are a gift. She is there to take care of the smallest of things and spread happiness and love in our lives.
Wishing you and your wonderful mother a very warm and Happy Mother’s Day from Employ Prince George's!
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Workforce & News Highlights |
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The county is still encouraging people who have not been vaccinated to wear masks.
Masks will still be required for crowded outdoor events, such as attendance at sports stadiums or outdoor concerts.
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Maryland appears to be cracking down on those who are being offered back the job they lost in the pandemic -- but are now refusing to return to, preferring to accept unemployment insurance benefits instead.
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As demand for coronavirus vaccines tapers off slightly, D.C. officials are considering incentives to persuade workers and residents to take the shot.
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Employee Highlight - Employ Prince George's |
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Angela Perkins
Workshop Facilitator
Employ Prince George's
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Meet Angela Perkins. As one of EPG’s first quarantine hires, Angela may still be “new” to some staff. In her role as a Workforce Instructor, Angela hit the ground running and did both.
Joining EPG with over 15 years of teaching experience, Angela was thrust into the world of Workforce Development, learning new acronyms, systems, and
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policies. She immersed herself in learning federal laws and local workforce structure in order to be equipped for the job.
Within her first three months, Angela was teaching career readiness curriculums online, taking CPR Instructor courses, and administering TABE. When EPG's Education, Training & Assessments department was down a team member last summer, Angela stepped in and took on several additional responsibilities without hesitation. She got EPG’s online TABE administration process up and running and connected with the Career Services Department to ensure there were no kinks in the process. Alongside the rest of the team, she has coordinated and delivered services to Prince George’s County Memorial Library System customers in the Career Kickstarter Series, which now, has run twice and served nearly 200 customers. Angela is a valued member of the Education, Training and Assessments Department, and we could not have launched our department without her incredible work!
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Have an event or seminar that you'd like to have an EPG representative speak at?
Visit our website today to complete our speaker request form!
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A mildly terrifying, but true, reality: A hiring manager spends 15 to 30 seconds, maximum, looking at your resume before deciding whether it belongs in the "yes" or the "no" pile (and some say they can do it in fewer than 6 seconds. This means that no matter how qualified for your dream job you may be, none of it matters if your resume can’t prove it in less than a few blinks. Scary, right?
Thankfully, there are a few tweaks you can make to your CV's content and formatting to help it stand out the way you know it deserves to. Here are 11 tried-and-true tricks, care of the experts, that have actually worked to get a resume into the "yes" pile.
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Job searching is a multi-step process that requires a strategic approach; you need to evaluate each step based on the time, effort, and impact that it has on the entire process. Not designing the job search strategy based on the time/effort/impact priorities is the biggest flaw in the workflow. To set up a successful job search strategy, you need to transition from the academic mindset to the industry one. You have to think like an industry professional. Priority setting is an important quality of industry professionals.
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Which “soft” or interpersonal skills are applicants for your company generally lacking? |
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Bi-Weekly, Employ Prince George's provides a listing of trending and current jobs hiring immediately in Prince George's County. |
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Join us in this episode of The Workforce Wire while we discuss this with Brandon Cooper, Richard Elliott, and Janna Parker, three activists that have been using their voice to make a difference in our community, their pathway to becoming leading voices of activism in Maryland and if this is a pathway that will lead them to pubic office. |
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Monthly, Employ Prince George's provides workforce data covering salary, wages, occupations, and employment in Prince George's County. |
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