Tag: Do Something Awesome
Cracking the code: IT-Ready opens the tech industry door
September 2020 Update: Since the onset of COVID-19, Creating IT Futures has moved its no-cost, classroom-based IT-Ready curriculum online, while taking into account various...
Equality is opportunity: INROADS turns dreams into reality
The lessons of the past continue to inform the present and future of INROADS, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in America’s...
Free to succeed: The Last Mile trains the incarcerated to become...
Formerly incarcerated. It is a title that follows the check mark on the job application question “Have you been convicted of a criminal offense?”
The...
Changing lives, saving lives
Update—July 2, 2020: In early 2020, Tri-C launched a new training facility with multiple buildings, including a residence, a two-story commercial building, and a...
Crafting a future: Online platform connects manufacturers with buyers
Update—July 2, 2020: In response to the pandemic, Xometry is accelerating payments to its manufacturing partners for work done. Earlier this year, Xometry launched...
Service with a smile: Alaska’s solution for America’s dental care crisis
Update—July 2, 2020: The ADTEP training has pivoted some classes to Zoom, but completion for the current DHAT trainees is delayed. Due to COVID-19,...
In search of a new career while balancing family responsibilities
Working mothers are a major part of the workforce. Two-thirds of moms in married couple families and three-quarters of unmarried moms are employed, according...
Salute to Skills: Workshops for Warriors and Hire Heroes USA
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Oct. 15, 2018.
There is one mission that awaits an estimated 250,000 United States military members each...
All Hands on Deck: Living the dream with 7-Eleven franchising
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on March 5, 2018.
Evelyn Scott spent years dreaming, planning and saving for her next career move after...
HBI turns soldiers into skilled trades workers
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Nov. 12, 2018.
Before he enlisted in the U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. John Pomelow’s dream was to...