Young Workers Get Boost from Training Program
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Students from all three cohorts of the Hospitality Express 4 Success program
graduated January 29 and received their industry-recognized certifications and
completion certificates. The program provided a 15-week training program
operated by a partnership including the Community Services Agency, The Training
Source and Prince George’s Community College, with job placement activities
designed to help students get good initial jobs in the growing hospitality
industry upon program completion. “The boost this program gave these 30
young people will help them launch self-sustaining careers with some of our
area’s best hospitality employers,” said CSA Executive Director Kathleen
McKirchy. “We really appreciate and thank our partner organizations as well
as
the Community Foundation’s Greater Washington Workforce Development
Collaborative, the Meyer Foundation and the Washington Area Women’s
Foundation
for supporting our program.” Many of the students have already landed jobs
and
job development activities continue through the end of the grant
period. - photo by Andrea Thompson