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MAX JOB BOARD: First Step Staffing Seeks Social Media Summer Intern to Boost Brand Engagement

From First Step Staffing:

Duties and Responsibilities

First Step Staffing is seeking Social Media Summer Intern to support the digital media outreach, branding, and marketing. The Social Media Intern will help develop and implement outreach and promotional campaigns to boost brand engagement.

The duties and responsibilities of a Social Media Intern include:

  • Assist with the design and execution of social media campaigns across multiple platforms
  • Create weekly and monthly editorial calendars to raise brand profile on various social media websites
  • Create and distribute content such as blogs, infographics, videos and press releases on social media and traditional news outlets
  • Track social media engagement to identify high-performing ideas and campaigns for scalability

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MAX RESOURCE LIBRARY: Recent Reports on Women in the Workforce and Childcare Solutions for Working Parents

From Monster:

Multiple reports reveal that the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately impacted women. The hardest hit industries happen to be predominately ones in which women work. During the pandemic, it’s typically been women who put their careers aside to assume childcare duties at home. A startling number of women dropped out of the workforce and even though women have been returning to the workforce, there is still a significant shortfall.

In the report, Women in the Workforce: Building Gender Equity in a Post-Pandemic World, several insights are provided about the current state of women in the workforce and what women need from their workplaces.

Click here for the full report.

From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation:

Access to high-quality child care is having a significant impact on the productivity of employers through their employees and the ability of these employers to meet their workforce needs. In the Employer Roadmap: Childcare Solutions for Working Parents, a number of factors are identified, such as:

  • Parents must balance their childcare options while making employment decisions. Those working non-traditional hours have more limited options.
  • Finding and retaining skilled talent was a top concern prior to the pandemic and this concern has only increased in these times.
  • Childcare responsibilities fall disproportionately on female caregivers, especially women of color.
  • Employers committed to diversity of their workforce should understand how childcare challenges impact their ability to recruit, retain, and grow skilled female employees.

Fortunately, employers now have a roadmap to work with their employees in addressing childcare challenges.

Click here for the full report.

ABOUT THE MAX RESOURCE LIBRARY

The MAX Resource Library is a central clearinghouse for reports, studies, data tools, websites, online portals, and other sources of information related to workforce development to keep workforce partners informed. From data on workforce trends and barriers to the latest on the skills gap and economic mobility, a wealth of information is at your fingertips through this clearinghouse. Resources are added to the MAX Resource Library through the recommendation of MAX members. The MAX Data Council oversees and informs the ongoing development of the MAX Resource Library.

MAX JOB BOARD: Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS) Seeks Part-Time Career Services Coordinator

From the Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS):

Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta (JF&CS) offers best-in-class, person-centered programs and resources to transform lives. Building on our 125-year history, we are here to help individuals and families of all faiths live to their full potential. Guided by Jewish values, we are a welcoming community, and our experienced professionals bring integrity and compassion to their work in the fields of aging and older adults, career counseling, dentistry, mental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and need-based support services. We serve thousands of individuals annually regardless of age, race, religion, national origin or ability to pay.

JF&CS is now seeking a Career Services Coordinator (Part Time) position.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Engages with job seekers through workshops, advertisement, job fairs, employment events, and through the creation of strong referral networks.
  • Facilitates trainings on all aspects of job readiness and professionalism.
  • Helps candidates strengthen resumes, cover letters, interview skills, networking skills and other job readiness skills Commits to helping each job-seeker to achieve at the highest level possible, whether those candidates are people without degrees or work experience, seasoned C-Level executives, or anything in-between.
  • Presents job ready clients to employers for potential placement.
  • Provides case management and other follow-up to ensure retention for up to one year following placement.
  • Relationship builder who engages with a wide variety of employers in the community.
  • Collects data as required by funders and/or program plan for reporting to the organization and to outside funders. 
  • Works with the team to design training opportunities and other programing.
  • In addition to the foregoing, the employee will perform other related duties as assigned.

Click here to learn more and apply.

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MAX Leadership Network Convenes to Learn About the Eds & Meds Industry Cluster in the Atlanta Region

On April 11, 2022, the MAX Leadership Network convened to learn more about the impact of key anchor institutions for the Atlanta region – universities and hospitals – from Sam Williams, Professor of the Practice, with the Urban Studies Institute at Georgia State University.

Williams joined MAX to share findings from his team’s recent research study on the importance of metro Atlanta’s universities and hospitals to the Atlanta economy and how greater collaboration amongst such institutions would have untold economic development impacts for our region.  “Eds & Meds have more jobs than all of the Fortune 500 headquarters combined,” says Williams, “and account for more than $4 billion in new construction underway.” As an industry cluster, he discussed how these institutions share both challenges and opportunities especially when it comes to workforce and supply chain needs. And as Williams noted, anchor institutions such as these not only stay where they are rooted, they help define a community’s brand, are not susceptible to economic swings, and bring about significant new investment and jobs as they grow.

For our first in-person gathering in over two years, MAX Leadership Network attendees were also treated to a preview of the new Goodwill of North Georgia Metropolitan Parkway Career Center, which served as meeting host. Catering the event was Sister Nina’s Kitchen, a Goodbiz graduate.

Before the meeting closed, MAX Vice Chair Jenny Taylor with Goodwill of North Georgia led the network in a conversation regarding how workforce partners are successfully engaging with workers in these challenging times.

Click here for the presentation by Williams.

Click here for the Georgia State University news release regarding this work.

Click here to access the full report, “Atlanta Eds & Meds: Collaboration or Competition.”

ABOUT THE MAX LEADERSHIP NETWORK

The MAX Leadership Network is comprised of workforce leaders who convene regularly to strengthen our collective capacity as workforce developers to meet the needs that employers have for a ready workforce. Members of this network come together to jointly do the following:

  • Learn more about who is doing what, where, and for whom
  • Explore common issues and opportunities, and share ideas for building solutions
  • Make new connections and catalyze partnerships
  • Keep each other updated and informed on ways we can help each other

Members of the Leadership Network are senior leaders representing nonprofit community based organizations, technical colleges, state agencies, local workforce boards, chambers of commerce, intermediaries, and other key partners in workforce.