Community Partners Wanted For Baltimore’s Workforce Development Network

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is looking for assemblage buy-in to physique up the city’s workforce improvement network.

The mayor’s bureau announced plans Wednesday to grow its Community Job Hubs Network by inviting nonprofit organizations to articulation the effort.

The network, an inaugural of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED), aims to assistance residents find gainful employment.

Scott said his medication wants to physique connected the occurrence of the Community Job Hubs Network, which has helped astir 8,000 radical find enactment since 2012.

“By expanding the Network, we volition fortify Baltimore’s system – delivering indispensable occupation grooming and employment services to residents and communities who request them most,” the politician said.

Organizations that articulation the web are assigned a trained employment specializer paid by the metropolis who helps occupation seekers find work, hole occupation applications and entree enactment services.

The existent database of Community Job Hubs Network partners includes Bon Secours, GEDCO and My Brother’s Keeper.

Unemployed residents who sojourn these organizations person a wide scope of assistance, from assistance with their resumes to referrals to occupational occupation skills grooming opportunities.

“We’re excited to spouse with trusted organizations successful our assemblage to supply inclusive opportunities for jobs, training, and enactment services to residents passim our city,” said Jason Perkins-Cole, MOED’s director.

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Organizations funny successful joining the web are asked to petition a spouse tract questionnaire from CJH@oedworks.com and instrumentality it by Oct. 29.