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Partners in Progress Looking for Businesses

The business sign-up continues on the Partners in Progress website. Located at www.ProgressPartners.org, the site tells school officials what work-based employment opportunities are available in the area, and tells businesses what educational opportunities are available to build the future workforce. The end result is a collective student body that is career-savvy, well trained and excited about making a career in our area.

A campaign was started in May to actively recruit businesses to sign up at the site and indicate the opportunities that they are willing to make available to students in area schools. These experiences include such events as job shadowing, work-study, internships, co-op programs, site tours and field trips. They might also include a school hosting a guest speaker from a local industry or a business person attending a job fair. The idea is the same in all cases: bring local students closer to the local workforce.

Big companies or small – the benefits of offering a local student a view at local jobs helps everyone. So log on today. It takes less than 5 minutes to become a “Partner in Progress!”