James from Seattle, WA, asks, “My team loves meetings … but we tend not to accomplish a whole lot and sometimes I hardly have time to do my regular job. How can I convince everyone that not every decision requires a meeting?"
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It has been a pretty good situation because I ended up with a job and got to meet a lot of new people and mentoring to other peers at Goodwill®.
Goodwill Industries of the Conemaugh Valley (Johnstown) has created the GoodDeeds Club as part of its GoodGuides® Youth Mentoring Program. The purpose of the program is to engage area youth through volunteer projects.
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Recently, the U.S. Senate demonstrated how differences can eventually be overcome and turned into unity. On June 24, it voted overwhelmingly to pass the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (H.R. 803). Now it’s the U.S. House of Representative’s turn to demonstrate its ability to discuss differences and then move forward in a positive direction.
Zadie from Tyler, TX, asks, “Sometimes, I can sense that the people I work with are getting frustrated with me, but I’m not sure why or what I’m doing wrong. I’m feeling pretty indecisive about how to handle these situations.”
Three athletes from the Goodwill® Gladiators team of Goodwill Columbus (OH) have earned gold medals at the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games.
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Yesterday, the full Senate voted 95-3 to pass the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Senate’s action clears the bill for House consideration. WIOA is a long-overdue bipartisan and bicameral compromise to reauthorize and update the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the law that shapes the nation’s approach to job training. Goodwill® has worked for years
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Kristine from New York City asks, “I am applying for jobs and have been scheduled to participate in a group interview. What can I expect, and how can I ensure that the interviewers remember me?”
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On May 22, nearly 40 international MBA students spent the day touring Goodwill of Central Arizona’s (Phoenix) retail and mission services operations. The students, who visited for a week as part of the HEC Paris Executive MBA program, toured one of the Goodwill’s nearly 60 retail stores to observe front-end retail operations and behind-the-scenes merchandise processing. They also visited the agency’s retail operations center to view the clearance center, recycling and salvage processing, and the on-site Goodwill Career Center.
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If I had a magic wand, after winning the lottery and achieving world peace (in that order), I’d shift the debate about poverty reduction from “did these investments work?” to “how can these investments work better?”
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