Support Advances Racial Equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education and Careers
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., May 20, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Today AISES announces the Christensen Fund has awarded a $200,000 general operating support grant to widen Indigenous access to, and participation in, the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce, and grow sector support.
There’s a conventional attitude toward work that entails leaving everything you do outside of work behind, as though nothing else exists. With this perspective, you are encouraged to fit your family, your morals, yourself, around the job.
I was raised that way. As an elementary school kid, if I had to call my mom at work she’d answer the call in a hushed tone, as though she was receiving an illicit phone call. Her office was not interested that her 10-year-old needed to be picked up from school, let alone that she had kids at all.
Free Professional Bartender Training Programme to Empower Unemployed Young Adults
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JOHANNESBURG, April 21, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Bacardi, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, is bringing Shake Your Future - its free, professional bartender training programme for disadvantaged young adults – to South Africa for the first-time.
Participants of the programme will receive training to develop a career in the art of bartending and mixology, and invaluable work experience in some of the industry’s top bars and restaurants – giving them the chance for a fresh start in life.
Whether you’re just starting out, pivoting industries, or integrating sustainability into your role, we hope you benefit from these words of wisdom.
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In this Insights article, members of the thinkPARALLAX team share advice for job seekers at all stages of their career journeys. Whether you’re just starting out, pivoting industries, or integrating sustainability into your role, we hope you benefit from these words of wisdom from their team of communicators, strategists, and creatives.
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In this Insights article, members of the thinkPARALLAX team share advice for job seekers at all stages of their career journeys. Whether you’re just starting out, pivoting industries, or integrating sustainability into your role, we hope you benefit from these words of wisdom from their team of communicators, strategists, and creatives.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., September 13, 2021 /3BL Media/ - AISES announced today that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded a $962,500 general operating grant to increase the representation of Indigenous peoples in North America and the Pacific Islands in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education and careers. Over the next three years, grant funds will strengthen and build the AISES internal capacity to produce and use data and knowledge in advancing its work.
We’re proud to be a founding partner with AFP on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awareness Initiative designed to bolster awareness and encourage individuals in underrepresented communities to explore a career in corporate finance and treasury.
This month—which marks the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act—Booz Allen received two prestigious recognitions for its disability inclusion efforts: it was named CAREERS & the disABLED magazine’s 2021 Private Sector Employer of the Year and earned a 100% score on the Disability Equality Index® (DEI) for the
“This is the moment to talk about how we take what’s working—and keep it. It’s the moment to talk about what’s not—and change it. It’s the moment to reset and reframe our expectations for the way we work.”
-Booz Allen Executive Vice President Karen Dahut
As the United States emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, our public health crisis is rapidly shifting to a labor crisis. Organizations preparing to bring employees back to worksites for in-person and hybrid work concurrently face increased competition for talent, particularly in the tech industry.
The St. Louis metropolitan area is home to roughly 2.8 million people and leading employers like the Federal Reserve, Edward Jones, Drury Hotels, Energizer, and World Wide Technology.
For the past 10 years, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has recognized top workplaces in the region for their leadership, values, strategic direction, and the motivation of their workers. Awardees are selected solely on the basis of employee nominations and surveys.
