“Memphis Works for Everyone” Initiative to Uncover Gaps in Workforce Development Memphis Chamber
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Slingshot Memphis announced the MemWorks Initiative aimed at understanding the gap between local employers’ struggle to hire and retain workers while hundreds of thousands are under-employed.
Jared Barnett of Slingshot Memphis and John Martinez of MDRC announce MemWorks collaborative effortCity Current
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Jared Barnett of Slingshot Memphis and John Martinez of MDRC highlight MemWorks collaborative effort
Understanding our longstanding poverty and unemployment problemsDaily Memphian
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We need to use research, data, analysis and experiences to understand the challenges and design evidence-based solutions.