24 Mar Brides Camp Out Overnight to Save on Their Dream Dress

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The Wedding Gala is Goodwill’s largest event of the year. It’s also one of the most exciting. This year was no different. The first bride showed up nearly 13 hours before the sale even began. Not only had brides come early, but some had traveled hundreds...

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10 Aug Career Scoop: Attitude is Everything

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Kate Kiefling, Career Solutions Trainer The orientation for our new Opportunities for Ex-Offenders class series here at Goodwill Career Solutions is titled “Attitude Is Everything." Many job seekers come to the class with wonderful positive attitudes. They clearly have done some soul searching and take responsibility...

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20 Jul Career Scoop: Meeting the Digital Demand

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Matt Gloster, Senior Director of Career Solutions Goodwill’s Document Archiving Program was started in response the growing need of businesses to quickly and securely store and retrieve the information in paper documents. The business expense associated with paper documents, both in terms of space and time,...

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05 Jul The Latest Career Scoop: Serving up Trained Clients with a Side of Success

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Jerry Richardson, Contact Center Lead Have you ever called the 1-800 number on the back of your debit or credit card?  Or have you ever dialed 611 from your cell phone?  If you have, then you’ve likely spoken to someone working in one of those company’s...

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29 Jun Happy Anniversary to the Donate Movement!

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Last June, Goodwill Industries International launched the global initiative to raise awareness about the positive impact of donating to Goodwill Industries®. When you donate to Goodwill, you are not only keeping gently used clothing and household goods out of landfills, but you are supporting vital...

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13 Jun Career Scoop: Your Career Connection

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Betty Johnson, Vice President of Employment Services I am excited to announce that for the first time Goodwill is offering an online community space where clients can interact with each other, with counselors and trainers, and learn much more about the job search process. www.goodwillcareersolutions.org is our...

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06 Apr Mission Possible: Goodwill Values

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In our Goodwill Employee Handbook there is a section about the company’s Core Values. The second point expresses our promise to treat people with dignity and courtesy “at all times.” We don’t specify which people. We mean everyone, and we mean all the time. Rules serve...

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16 Mar D Movement: Donate Forward March 20 – 26

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One of my favorite movies, “Pay It Forward,” starred Haley Joel Osment who portrayed a 12-year-old boy who wanted to make the world a better place. In the movie, he does a favor for someone, without any expectation of being paid back. That simple concept...

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01 Mar Mission Possible: Success That Counts

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[caption id="attachment_174" align="alignleft" width="104" caption="David Lifsey, President and CEO"][/caption] I wasn’t a Goodwill employee long before I learned that success means many things. Until I came here, I thought of success as having a lot of money, won/lost records and items that I’ve accumulated. But Goodwill...

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23 Feb D Movement: Calculate Your Spring Cleaning Impact

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Spring is in the air! Yes it is. Does anyone feel like you need to do some Spring cleaning? Cleaning out closets and drawers is a great way to start a new season. Really, come on get these items into Goodwill, where...

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