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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/07/25/amid-record-low-unemployment-minnesota-officials-highlight-underutilized-labor-pools

Amid record low unemployment, Minnesota officials highlight underutilized labor pools In June, Minnesota had the lowest state unemployment rate ever recorded in the U.S., and that means workers are harder than ever to find. Harder — but not impossible. State officials are encouraging employers to dig a little deeper into the labor market.

Learn more and apply today! https://www.greatworkmn.com/join-our-team

Have you seen this? Dictionary.com has named "allyship" as the "Word of the Year" for 2021. Inclusive language can be so helpful, and we're glad to see this made the list. 👏

What do you think?

Dictionary.com names allyship as word of the year for 2021 Site took unusual step of anointing a word it added just last month, though allyship first surfaced in the mid-1800s

It’s almost 2022!? 👀 What’s on the top of your goals list this next year as a business, team, or individually? We’d love to hear in the comments! 👇🏼

It’s a new week! Who are you grateful for? 🙏🏽

Have you met our growing team yet? 👍🏻

Get to know our AMAZING job coaches, inclusive employment specialists, and admin team HERE at our site:

greatworkmn.com/ourteam

Know a business or person that does great work? Tag ‘em below!! 👇🏼👇🏼

We work with amazing case managers and VRS counselors to find great work opportunities for our clients. Interested in hearing more about working with us?

Send us a message today! We’d love to hear from you. 👊🏻

What do you think? 👀 Happy almost weekend!

Tomorrow (Monday) is the big day!

Our new site will highlight all of the incredible projects we’re working on with our amazing clients: case managers, VRS Counselors, individuals/families, schools, and businesses.

See you tomorrow! ⭐️

Happy Friday, everyone!

Tag someone below who makes you smile 😊

GREAT NEWS from Great Work!! 👏🏽

We have a new website we’ll be sharing over the next week, and we can’t wait for you all to see it. 🙏🏽

Thanks Dakota County Government for highlighting for this month of October.

Are you part of a business that wants to get involved? Let’s get in touch today. 👏🏽

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)!

celebrates the many contributions that people with disabilities bring to the workplace. We believe this provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the ableist barriers that can prohibit employment. Barriers including gaining competitive wages, getting approved for reasonable workplace accommodations, and navigating environments that do not allow for career growth and development.

The theme of NDEAM this year is “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion.” In an “inclusive” society, every day provides an opportunity to bring awareness to all the nuances surrounding disability employment —not only one month a year.

It’s time to HIRE, RETAIN, AND PROMOTE US! There can be no economic justice without including the disability community!

Be sure to follow us for more content on this important topic.

Image description: A map of the United States with text that reads "National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)" To the right of the text is an illustration of a wheelchair user.

We believe in the power of connection at Great Work. Who inspires you? Tag that person below! 👇🏼👇🏼

Join VRS and Disability Hub MN to learn about benefits available to young people after age 18. First virtual session is on Thursday, 10/14 from 1:30 - 3 pm. Register now to save your seat: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItceuoqTguGGCGzgtn_CsgVb_yBdBQtjM

Now more than ever, Great Work is partnering with schools in the community to provide great jobs to high schools students, inclusively.

To these students, we provide:
🟡 Short-term job placement and internships
🟡 Job shadowing
🟡 Facility tours
🟡 Guest speakers
🟡 On-the-job support

We're working towards an inclusive and equitable world for all of us. To learn more, visit us at www.greatworkmn.com.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and we are here for it! 👏🏻

How will you participate in this year? We’ll be sharing more next week on how you or your business can get involved this month.

In the meantime, happy weekend! 🎉

Great Work loves telling stories, and we want to know yours. 😊 What was the very first job you had? Comment below! 👇🏽👇🏽

Calling all local businesses:👇🏽

Great Work has started working with businesses of all kinds, and we may want to work with yours, too. 👏🏽

Have you thought about hiring more inclusively, but aren’t sure what steps to take? We’re here for you. Want to connect? Visit us here:

greatworkmn.com

Here at Great Work, we’re always dreaming up new & exciting ways to serve our clients.

Stay tuned here on our FB page to learn about the projects we can’t wait to share with you! 👍🏽

Happy Labor Day!

Great Work is excited to collaborate with local businesses to find our clients competitive, integrated employment. We know people with disabilities are a vital part of our workforce and we are ready to support them in every way we can!

Great News at Great Work!

We won Dakota County Social Services Quarterly Provider Recognition Award! Hooray! 🎊🎉🎊

Practicing excellent, innovative, person-centered care has always been our goal, and we are thrilled our commitment to our clients has been elevated with this award.

Hi again! It has been a while since we have posted, but we have so many new projects in the works - stay tuned!

In the meantime, we want to shoutout some companies that have employed our clients recently.

🟡 Holiday Stationstores
🟡 AMC Theatres
🟡 Culver's
🟡 McDonald's
🟡 Menards

Thanks to all these companies for being inclusive employers!

We are now sending the Great Work Newsletter directly to your inbox.

Please sign up to start receiving it here:
https://greatworkmn.com/newsletter

Inclusion, connection, and innovation for people with disabilities.

Great Work has been busy cooking up ideas to keep our clients (and anyone who's interested) in the loop with our business and activities.

With a lot of collaboration from our team, we have created our very own Great Work Newsletter. We plan to bring you news about Great Work, our clients' successes, and companies that are employing our clients.

Here is our first newsletter!

P.S. A big shoutout to Stauer and Vendella for being inclusive employers!

The Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Persons with Disabilities Unit will be hosting regular Zoom sessions in partnership with the Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (MNCCD). At these sessions, MDH and others will give information on COVID-19-related efforts that impact persons with disabilities. This will be an opportunity to hear the latest information and share your input and questions.

To register please click here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsf-2urzMpHNJ0Jm6kW-o-RY0KLEZdyOrc

One of our Great Work goals is to expose our clients to new opportunities that may never have had thought of as an employment opportunity.

We have started our "Career of the Week" explainers to help our clients understand different occupations they may not have been offered before.

For week 1, we are looking at a lift operator position.

JOIN US this afternoon at 4 pm CST! We'll be hosting a zoom panel discussion about inclusive employment with Tim, Jen, and Caroline as well as Dakota County Social Services Program Director Erin Paredes and local self advocate and public speaker Addyson Moore.
*This will be a super casual webinar. No video or microphones for attendees so feel free to just come and listen!

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6cTYULHnQqq_P-nMkTDGkA

Disability Rights and How to Vote Self-Advocates with disabilities join us to answer questions and concerns about voting in the 2020 general election. With a focus on disability access, we wi...

We have been working with a team to create a virtual viewing of a new film called "Heart of Glass."

The film shows how a business can integrate people with disabilities and pay them competitively.

We are so excited to be able to invite our friends to view this film online. Please go to the link below and sign up. https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/employmentfirstmn