Greetings Partners,

I am super excited to state that because of our effective communication and teamwork, we have increased program engagement. These outreach efforts are key and ultimately promotes a high-quality workforce system leading to successful outcomes for our job seekers and supplying qualified candidates for local businesses.

Let us together continue to assist our community, businesses and job seekers with the opportunities to succeed in their search for strengthened economic development and life changing sustainability.

Thank you for your preparation, thank you for your communication, thank you for your time, thank you for your commitment, thank you for your service, and thank you for the belief in the vision and the support of the mission.

Please continue to share updates, upcoming workshops, scheduled events, and planned activities, please submit by the 12^th of the month to asmith@eckerd.org or mladd@eckerd.org.                   

Sincerely,

The Office of the One Stop Operator

Angela Smith

EPG is hosting a Veterans Job & Resource Fair at the Prince George's Community College.

Please share with all veterans !!

WHEN: November 17, 2022

WHERE: 301 Largo Rd Largo MD 20774

TIME: 10am to 2pm

We look forward to seeing you there !

Let's Celebrate Native American Heritage Month !

During November, many people celebrate the history and traditions of the Native Americans and explore the many ways they have influenced our current culture. The Native Americans have a variety of different tribes and leaders such as Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh. Native Americans have passed down traditions and information from one generation to the next by using stories, myths and legends. Many Native Americans were forced into unknown territory due to colonization, but were still able to create and keep their food and family traditions going.

There is so much Native American history to learn and spread.

For more history and facts about the struggles they faced and how they were able to overcome them visit history.com

The Prince George's County Memorial Library System is also hosting a free screening of Inhabitants on Monday, November 21, at 7:00 PM at the Hyattsville Branch Library. This award-winning feature documentary follows five Native American tribes across deserts, coastlines, forests, and prairies as they restore their traditional land management practices. To learn more about the film screening or to register, visit the PGCMLS website HERE!

America Recycles Day is November 15th !



Show that you care by pledging to reuse, recycle and buy recycled.

DoE has partnered with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government, which is coordinating an online pledge with regional prizes.

You can take the pledge to reduce, reuse and recycle at mwcog.org

For more information contact Helen Register at htregister@co.pg.md.us

UPCOMING Bi-Lingual Job and Resource Fair!

EPG has partnered with the County Execs office to host the Bi-lingual Job & Resource Fair.

Saturday , November 19, 2022

from 10am to 2pm

The Job & Resource Fair will be held at

Northwestern High School

7000 Adelphi Road Hyattsville, MD

There will be employers present and ready to offer job opportunies. This is also a great opportunity to chat with numerous organizations ready to share info about the resources they have available.

Please spread the word throughout your agencies!!

The 50+ Refresh Bootcamp is an intensive curriculum to boost your skills for career opportunities in retail, social services, healthcare and more.

This Training Offers:

1 on 1 Job Coaching

Microsoft Suite Training

How to Navigate the current Hybrid Work Environment

Creating an impactful Social Media Career Profile

and more...

If you have anyone who may be interested, please email wsd@co.pg.md.us

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT

This month we shine our light on our KRA Partner. 

Thank you for all you do to to provide businesses with a trained and reliable workforce by preparing jobseekers for today’s competitive workplace and global economy.

KRA Corporation is committed to the highest level of customer-service standards. Operating nationally, we support county and regional Workforce Boards and local Departments of Human and Social Services to provide comprehensive workforce development programs that produce results-oriented employer-jobseeker connections.

As a national leader in workforce development, our outcomes-driven models leverage resources and relationships across many inter- and intra-business platforms–industry and labor; economic development; education and occupational-skills development–to create innovative program solutions that boost regional economies.

KRA infuses continuous quality improvement (CQI) principles into everything we undertake, using data to monitor outcomes in real time, and making adjustments that result in improved performance and successful collaborations. At every organizational level, the KRA Promise is honored by every team member–corporate and program–for providing exceptional customer service.

We invest in our teams to produce trusted operational results for all our valued external and internal customers–clients, businesses, jobseekers, and employees.

CONTACT INFORMATION

5950 Symphony Woods Road, Suite 211

Columbia, Maryland 21044

 Email: info@kra.com

 Phone: (301) 562-2300

Fax: (301) 495-2919

Website: https://www.kra.com

The Federal Resume Workshop is hosted every month on the third Tuesday of the month.

This is a hybrid workshop, attendees can either come into the American Job Center Largo or they can join via google meets.

You must register online by way of the maryland workforce exchange website.

Please spread the word !!

The EPG Industry Initiative Department offers a variety of training programs and opportunities.

They have trainings in the Industries below:

CWP - Construction Works Program

TALC - Transportation and Logistics Consortium

EPIC - Education Partnership for IT careers

HAI - Hospitality and Accommodation Institute

CAHA - Capital Area Helathcare Alliance

PSI - Professional Services Institute

Please refer anyone interested to employpg.org or have them call

301-618-8445 for more information.

The Woodland Job Corps Center is hosting in-person orientation

for youth ages 16 to 24.

The center is allowing walk-ins and conducting tours every Thursday at 2:45pm.

They are also conducting in-person info sessions at the AJC Largo on Wednesdays from 1pm to 2:30pm and Fridays from 11am to 1pm.

If you have any interested youth, please refer them to Keith Evans (evans.keith@jobcorps.org)

Plumbers and Gasfitters Local 5 is having an open house to celebrate their current apprentices and to welcome new apprentices. 

The open House will be held on November 18th from 10am to 4pm 

They will provide a tour of the Training Facility, provide a live program demonstration and offer manufacturer and supplier booths, where you can learn about the industry's leading tools and technology. 

Please pass the information along to anyone who may be interested

This piece is a wonderful addition to our lobby and creates an amazing atmosphere for our Job seekers.

More information to come on the artist and their inspiration for the piece...

The Maryland Multi-Housing Association is introducing Leasing Training for job seekers interested in the Property Management Industry.

The Leasing Training Academy is a comprehensive training program designed to develop the skills you need to be successful in leasing. This program exposes students to the basic practices of leasing as well as offers students a specialized soft skills and professional development training to prepare individuals to transition into a professional environment.

There will be a virtual info session on Wednesday November 16, 2022 and training will start on Monday, January 3, 2023.

To register, visit mmhaonline.org

The trainings will be held at the

American Job Center National Harbor

6800 Oxon Hill Rd Suite 298

Oxon Hill, MD 20745

Employ Prince George's is offering an awesome tool for job seekers on their website. Job seekers can go to the employpg.org site and click on "job seeker" then click on the "hot jobs" tab where they will be taken to a list of Hot Jobs for the week.

For more information visit employpg.org/hot-jobs

Overview of the webinar:

Excel is an amazing program that can do some complex and advanced calculations to help automate your spreadsheets and make your job easier. This webinar will focus on some of the more commonly used complex formulas in the business world. If you already know how to do simple calculations and write a basic IF statement, then this course will take you to the next level by showing you how to create Lookup functions, nest IF statements with other functions, and show you some other useful functions to apply to your spreadsheets.

What you'll learn?

• Vlookups and Hookups
• Text functions
• Single Result Array formula
• SUMIF Function

Who will benefit:

Any business users who use Microsoft Office and use spreadsheets.

WHEN: Friday, December 2, 2022

12:00 PM

3:00 PM

Register Here !