THE WORKFORCE WIRE
Newsletter
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December 2, 2021 | Volume 15 |
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Welcome to the Workforce Wire, your monthly connection to all things workforce development and EPG!
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Rapid Re-Employment Grants
Check Distribution
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This November, Employ Prince George’s held the first and second rounds of the Rapid Re-Employment Grants Initiative check distributions. The Rapid Re-Employment grants are awards that grant businesses up to $15,000 for each unemployed Prince George’s County resident hired. On Wednesday, November 10, over $170,000 in total was awarded to Brookie Girl LLC, Aspire Driving Academy, the Fitting Room, Old Greenbelt Family Health, Up at Night, the Harmonsi Group, and Kingdom Care. The following Wednesday, November 17, saw over $113,000 in total awarded to Adrian Wilcox, Maverick Realty, Garage Door Nova, Faith 2 Felicity, Shandenjuan Services, Maria Amadeaus (ZAFF), and the Connie Russell Group. The November 17 ceremony was also attended by District 8 representative Gina Anderson-Ford to celebrate the District 8 businesses receiving their grants.
Businesses who are hiring and interested in receiving up to $15,000 in funding per new employee through our COVID-19 Workforce Development Program's Rapid Re-Employment Grant Initiative should apply today at www.EmployPG.org/RapidGrants.
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The American Job Center National Harbor is Open to the Public! |
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After a successful unveiling in October, the American Job Center National Harbor has officially begun to serve the residents of Prince George's County. Centrally located at the Tanger Outlets in National Harbor, this new job center expands Prince George's County workforce services to an even larger county population. Like the Largo location, the AJC National Harbor is helping residents gain new skills for the workforce, prepare for certification exams, plan careers, perfect resumes, and so much more.
We have resources for anyone aged 14 and older. If you would like to take advantage of these fantastic free resources, visit our website www.pgcajc.com or in person at 6800 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 298, National Harbor, MD 20745, to learn more today.
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Employ Prince George's is a
MACo 2021 County Innovation Award Winner
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The County Innovation Award is issued to an urban county and a rural county each year. All nominees were impressive, addressing issues in their communities and serving the needs of residents in ways that were truly “outside the box.”
Employ Prince George's proudly accepts this award in honor of our innovative COVID-19 programming. Employ Prince George’s launched the COVID-19 Workforce Development Recovery Program in April of 2020 to assist businesses with decreased revenues and residents that had been laid off due to Covid-19. With local Prince George’s County Government funds, municipal grants, foundation/business grants, and state grants, the COVID-19 Workforce Development Recovery Program raised over $1.5 million in FY20 and FY21. With these funds, the COVID-19 Workforce Development Recovery Program distributed $200 and $300 visa cash cards to 5,677 Prince George’s County residents (totaling $709,300 in aid), provided $548,336 in grants to 29 businesses, and helped train and place into employment over 150 residents.
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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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Goodbye pumpkin spice and hello gingerbread! Leaves have fallen and spruce and fir trees have gone up which can only mean one thing…the holiday season is here! December is a busy time for everyone, whether you’re putting up seasonal decorations, still looking for the perfect gifts, getting a head start on taxes, or all the above plus more. The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most hectic, so we here at Employ Prince George’s wanted to take the time to say thank you. If you’re seeing this email, you have helped us on our mission to help our friends, family, and neighbors in Prince George’s County, and what’s the holiday season about if not that?
We hope your holidays are merry and bright and we can’t wait to see you all in the new year! Season's greetings and Happy Holidays from Employ Prince George’s.
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Project Opportunity Winter 2021 Cohort Graduation |
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On behalf of Employ Prince George's, we would like to wish all of the graduates from the Fall/Winter 2021 Project Opportunity Veteran's Entrepreneurship program a warm congratulations for their hard work this cohort semester and the phenomenal business pitches that they delivered yesterday evening! We wish you all much success in your future endeavors!
We would like to wish a special congratulations to the winner of the $1000 startup award, Sean Andre Stephen, and his Trinidadian Restaurant, Palance Roti Shop, and Bar!
We look forward to the next round of participants in the project opportunity program!
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Workforce & News Highlights |
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Women workers have made significant contributions throughout the pandemic and on behalf of the country’s continued economic recovery. Frontline workers, the majority of them women, have risked their lives serving the public. Working moms have struggled to balance enormous full-time caregiving responsibilities while also staying connected to the workforce. Despite these efforts, the number of adult women employed is now 3.6% lower than before the pandemic – a decrease of 2.6 million overall. |
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Employ Prince George’s launched the COVID-19 Workforce Development Recovery Program in April of 2020 to assist businesses with decreased revenues and residents that had been laid off due to Covid-19. |
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Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Monday, announced a new fund to help with the availability of affordable housing.
The Right of First Refusal Preservation Fund was launched with $15 million coming over a three-year period from the American Rescue Plan.
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Social media platforms like Instagram have recently been letting people feature gender pronouns like he/him or they/them on their profiles. There’s proof that listing that kind of information ― regardless of your specific gender identity ― could be helpful in your professional life, too.
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For this month's employee highlight, we would like to spotlight EPG's very own Director, Community Development, Jamie Gunnell. In her role, Jamie works in multiple capacities. She serves as the Board administrator for the Prince George's County Local Workforce Development Board and EPG's Press Information Officer.
Jamie leads a dedicated team of individuals whose primary goal is to increase brand awareness, visibility and to expand our community development efforts for Employ Prince George's and the Prince George's County Workforce System. Aside from furthering the EPG brand, Jamie works diligently to create new and innovative processes to achieve our company's vision, bridging the gap between job seekers and businesses.
Recently, Jamie Gunnell served as the project manager working with architects, engineers, general contractors, plumbers, and inspectors to build the newly opened American Job Center National Harbor. During the global pandemic, Jamie led the efforts in creating this job center, while leading her team in distributing over $700,000 to families in need through the EPG's Prince George's County Hourly Employee Relief Fund and spreading the word about EPG's Rapid Re-Employment Initiative, both housed under the COVID-19 Workforce Development Recovery Program.
Thank you, Jamie, for your hard work, dedication, and leadership! You are a treasured member of our team.
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8 Things No Recruiter Ever Wants to See on Your Resume |
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Your resume is essential to helping you get a job – you’re unlikely to get far without it. As a record of your achievement, it (ideally) lays out for an employer exactly what you have done and therefore that you can do the job for which you’re applying.
Sounds simple enough, but occasionally people slip up when they think about their resume as a reflection of who they are. At times, as any hiring manager will tell you, there’s definitely a tendency for some people to overshare and, it seems, to put down anything that enters their mind when they happen to be putting together this document.
Where the professional and the strictly personal overlap, let’s take a look at what you should leave out to avoid a CV TMI!
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"What is your favorite Holiday Tradition?" |
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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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Prince George's County Labor Market Data |
Monthly, Employ Prince George's provides workforce data covering salary, wages, occupations, and employment in Prince George's County. |
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