Jon from Manchester, NH, asks, “I have heard it’s good to have a mentor, but I don’t even know where to begin. How do I go about finding a mentor, and what makes a good one?”
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Jon from Manchester, NH, asks, “I have heard it’s good to have a mentor, but I don’t even know where to begin. How do I go about finding a mentor, and what makes a good one?”
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The job center was a great resource for me. Not only just to get this job. Now I’m comfortable knowing that if anything happens with this job, I know immediately where to go and what to do.
Now that my son Jack is two months old and ready to see a bit of the world, I felt it was time to pass on my family’s thrifty habits. Can’t start ‘em too early, right? So we headed to a new Goodwill store in Columbia, MD, to check out some baby goods he might be interested in.
Soon after the first Goodwill store was established in 1902 to convert donated household items and clothing into revenues to pay wages to Goodwill employees, Goodwill recognized that simply providing jobs that pay wages was not enough. More needed to be done to help the people Goodwill employed and served to escape poverty.
Sarah from St. Paul, MN, asks, "I've mostly just filled out job applications before, but now I have to make a résumé for the first time. I guess there are multiple types—how do I know what to use?"
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Goodwill Industries of East Texas (Tyler) and the East Texas Food Bank are joining forces to help East Texans. The East Texas Food Bank is expanding its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through a strategic collaboration called GoodAssist.
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Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties (CA) celebrated Earth Day at San Francisco State University (SFSU) this year by mending donated Levi’s jeans. Last week, the SFSU community had the chance to purchase unworn jeans used during the design review process as part of the first Levi’s Mendables sale.
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Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties (CA) celebrated Earth Day at San Francisco State University (SFSU) this year by mending donated Levi’s jeans. Last week, the SFSU community had the chance to purchase unworn jeans used during the design review process as part of the first Levi’s Mendables sale.
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Goodwill's third annual virtual career fair, is open to job seekers now, and features employers with cross-continent footprints, including Cintas, Dell, C&K, Brickman, RCS, and The University of Phoenix. The virtual career fair uses Intercall, Inc.'s virtual conferencing platform, enabling job seekers to meet with employers and apply for jobs from anywhere.
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