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Memphis March 14 Hiring Event
March 13, 2019News Channel 3 highlighted Seedco’s March 14 hiring event in Memphis for Regions Bank: MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Seedco will be hosting a hiring event to help Regions recruit for multiple open positions. Company managers will be at the event to conduct on the spot interviews for those interested in becoming a financial relationship consultant team…Learn More
The Memphis Business Journal highlighted Seedco as the 3rd largest Workforce Development Initiative in the Memphis region, up from 4th largest the prior year. The analysis highlighted Seedco’s focus on the following industry sectors: Health care, IT, logistics/manufacturing, construction, hospitality, foodservice & retail. Memphis-Area Workforce Development Initiatives Ranked by Local workforce development employees Locally Researched by:…Learn More
Seedco Champions Good Food Jobs at CUNY Urban Food Policy Forum
December 18, 2018On December 18, 2018, Seedco’s Senior Associate Alexander Breen was a panelist at the CUNY Urban Food Policy Forum, which focused on ‘Growing Good Food Jobs in NYC.’ Alexander and his fellow panelists — Lynn Loflin from Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Alix Fellman from WHEDCo/Bronx CookSpace, and Olivia Blanchflower from GrowNYC — spoke from their…Learn More
Seedco Executive Director Meets with NYC Deputy Mayor Phil Thompson and Workforce Leaders
November 19, 2018On November 19, 2018, Seedco’s Executive Director Tara Colton joined a group of workforce leaders to meet with New York City Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives Phil Thompson, his Chief Strategy Officer Mike Nolan, and Amy Peterson, the new Director of the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development. Tara and her colleagues emphasized the impact of investing…Learn More
Memphis Hire 100 Career Fair
October 28, 2018News Channel 3 highlighted Seedco’s Hire 100 Career Fair on November 1, 2018: MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Seedco will be hosting a career fair this week and the company said they are hoping to have 100 people find jobs at the event. The Hire 100 Career Fair will be this Thursday, November 1, 2018, from 10…Learn More
Memphis Commercial Appeal Profiles Seedco Programs
October 13, 2018Check out this article from the Memphis Commercial–Appeal that profiles Seedco’s work on behalf of jobseekers in Memphis, especially individuals who have been involved in the criminal justice system. The article is below and also available at https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/money/2018/10/13/memphis-job-market-employment-ted-evanoff/1534161002/ ‘Why can’t I get a good job?’ Memphians ask Ted Evanoff, Memphis Commercial AppealPublished 9:00 a.m. CT Oct. 13, 2018…Learn More
Youth Advancing in the Workplace Participant Speaks at Mayoral Event
September 25, 2018Faith Woney joined Seedco’s Youth Advancing in the Workplace program in 2016, and is one of our many alumni success stories! Seedco helped place Faith in a job at Ovenly, a Brooklyn-based bakery, where she has since been promoted and continues to be an invaluable team member. Faith was invited to speak at the New…Learn More
In June 2018, Seedco was awarded $6 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) Re-Entry Employment Opportunity Program to serve a total of 760 justice-involved individuals in four states: New York, Arkansas, Tennessee and Maryland. The programs will launch in July 2018 and operate through 2021. Seedco was awarded $4,358,210 to serve 570 justice-involved young adults ages 18 to 24 in West Baltimore, MD; South Bronx, NY; Memphis, TN; and West Memphis, AR and $1,496,779 to serve 190 justice-involved adults in Memphis, TN and West Memphis, AR. This funding builds on Seedco’s three current re-entry programs in Memphis and Baltimore funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.Learn More
In 2016, Seedco and our partner Bon Secours Community Works launched the West Baltimore Career Pathways Collaborative (WBCPC). Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the program is designed to improve long-term employment and reduce recidivism among West Baltimore’s returning citizens who are nearing release from prison or home confinement. The state of Maryland just released their draft State Workforce Plan, which highlights the WBCPC as a key “example of Maryland’s efforts to integrate Career Pathways programming.” Pages 21 and 69-71 of the plan provide more details. The state is accepting comments on the plan through January 24.Learn More
Seedco ‘Youth Advancing in the Workplace’ Model Guides Launch of New CareerLift Initiative in NYC
January 16, 2018Seedco is thrilled to help launch CareerLift, a pilot that aims to grow targeted opportunities for formerly out-of-school and out-of-work young adults to help them stay employed and advance in their careers. CareerLift is led by the City of New York’s Center for Youth Employment, in partnership with Social Finance and JobsFirstNYC. Seedco and Madison Strategies Group are implementing the program. CareerLift draws from and builds upon proven local and national models, including Seedco’s Youth Advancing in the Workplace (YAW) program, which we have operated in NYC since 2014, with a focus on the food sector. With support from The Pinkerton Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation, this project will evaluate the feasibility of a “Pay for Success” model, in which employers assume the cost of job retention services only if proven successful — a first-of-its-kind funding model in the U.S. for employment retention services.Learn More