Roll out the red carpet, it’s almost time for the Oscars! The 89th Academy Awards Ceremony is just over a week away, so there’s still time to pull together a party if you’re ready to relive your favorite cinematic moments from the past year in the company of your other movie-loving friends. Just set the
Goodwill Testifies Before Congress on Serving Rural Communities in Poverty
This week I had the opportunity to work with Tammy Slater, CEO of Goodwill of Greater Nebraska (Grand Island, NE), as she testified before a Congressional subcommittee. Slater joined one other service provider and two researchers at a hearing on the geography of poverty. They provided committee members and the public with insights into the common themes and varying solutions to addressing poverty in urban, suburban and rural areas of the country.
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5 Resources to Help You Navigate Your Career
When you’re looking for your first job, or what you’d like to be the first job on your own stairway to success, it helps to know not just where to start, but how to get from Point A to Point B. That means using career navigation to explore your options and make a plan.
Apprenticeships Are a Valid Option
Are you hesitant to invest time and money in a traditional college program or trade school before you’re sure the job is a good fit for you? You might check out an apprenticeship instead.
Help Us Protect Your Charitable Tax Deductions
Next week, leadership from Goodwill Industries International will join over 130 other nonprofits in meetings with lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill as part of the Charitable Giving Coalition. The Charitable Giving Coalition represents a broad cross-section of nonprofit organizations across the country. The services provided by these organizations and their local members including Goodwill®, are
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Learning to Navigate a Career
Learning is more than reading a book or sitting in a classroom; continuous, insatiable learning fueled by curiosity, purpose and pursuit of understanding is essential in our dynamic labor market. What we need to know today, tomorrow, next month, a year from now is shifting; we need to learn now and keep learning. Some of the competencies and skills we learn with and from our colleagues on the job.
Five Tips for a Friendlier Workplace
Everyone has felt out of place at their job at some point. While you don’t have to become best friends with everyone in the company, a pleasant work environment can make your job go much more smoothly. These five tips can help you get there.
Three Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas Perfect for Anyone (Even Yourself)
Valentine’s Day isn’t just for couples anymore! Of course, if you’re a fella looking for the perfect gift to give, we’ve got you covered, but these ideas are also great for galentines or if you’re practicing the very important art of self-love. No matter who you are or who you’re treating this February 14, we’ve got some easy DIY gift ideas for you!
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True Life: Inside a Goodwill® Date
My husband, Ryan, and I have been together for almost ten years now which means that we’ve moved past the stereotypical flowers and chocolate phase. Both are obviously very sweet presents, it’s just that at a certain point they start to feel a little uninspired. We also believe that great gifts shouldn’t feel stressful for the giver, so where does that leave us? With interesting activity-based present ideas! This year for Valentine’s Day, we’re trying out a Goodwill date. Oh, you’re invited, too! Come along with us for a day of thrifting outfits and amusements…
Disruption Comes to Washington
Disruption as a concept in the corporate realm and other circles has been around for quite a while. It’s meant as a process to spur innovation and creative thinking and approaches to challenges new and old. Now, disruption has come to Washington—big time!
