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Maryland One-Stop Career Centers are part
of Maryland Jobs Now
- a network of high-performing, results-oriented workforce
organizations that help job seekers and businesses succeed.
Maryland's workforce development programs are in
every community and every county across the state and
have placed more than 86,000 Marylanders in jobs.
Whether you're a job seeker, employer, friend,
family, or elected official, we all have
a part to play in getting Marylanders back to work.
Maryland is investing in its people.
The return on investment is more people are employed
- building a stronger economy.
Maryland has a very interestingly diverse set of
industries and much of it is high tech and much of it is
21st Century focused.
The governor's Workforce Investment Board is a crucial
asset I believe to the state because it's there that we
work with DLLR and with the governor to think about what
this state needs to be successful in the 21st Century.
Our program not only brings success to our students but
into the whole community as well
because they're making better decisions, they're becoming
more employable because of the certificates they're earning.
Which means they're going to be contributing
adults to our community.
If I wouldn't have been in this program,
in this GED program, I would be right in jail.
I was just like: I'm going to take this GED program
because I heard about it and I was like,
Oh, alright, we'll I'm going to go try it.
I came to this program hopeless.
Everything was down falling.
This program gave me a lot of confidence and
like a lot of support.
When I first came here, I really felt like miracles have
happened for me.
The career center works.
I've not only seen it with myself, but I've seen it with
several other people.
The services are free and there's something there for
everyone and there are people there who care.
I am where I am now because of those people that cared about
me when I walked into that career center.
It is very very disappointing because
you feel that you are useless.
You are worthless.
And I was going through that depression when I arrived at
the center.
The center really helped me.
Not only my motivation, my enthusiasm.
I got a new job which I was teaching all over the world,
the United States, and Asia Pacific.
It all came in full circle.
The Department of Labor when I first came here two years ago
to the state of Maryland helped me in the Veterans
Department and now I'm on this great project now working with
the state and feeding them these fiber optics so they can
increase their capabilities so they can then help veterans
and the general public.
The reality is I am successful because of the
services that I received here.
I've had kidney transplant and I do have accommodations that
I need on my workplace and the Aberdeen Workforce Center
helped me to look for jobs that would accommodate me.
I enjoyed working with Aberdeen Workforce Center so
much, so I decided to apply for a job there and
started working with them.
We can pay the average of $26,000 a year to house
someone in a correctional facility or we can
pay that in a salary.
We're going to pay either way it goes
and it'd just be great if we use our resources and
our funds to put people back to work.
I would say to the person who may have some shadows in
their past to give Re-entry an opportunity.
It does work.
Even though you may have made a mistake in the past,
doesn't mean you can't grow professionally into the future.
I now, in partnership with them have filled 9 slots
at my current company of employees that now work for me.
With a click of a button, you can access jobs and job
seekers through the Maryland Workforce Exchange website.
We're in this together.
All of us!
All of us!
You!
Me!
Every one of us!
We're all in this together!
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of Maryland Jobs Now.
For more information about programs and services,
contact us today.
The Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
protects and empowers Marylanders by safeguarding
workers, protecting consumers, providing a safety net,
and cultivating a thriving workforce that can meet the
demands of Maryland's dynamic economy.