40 Reasons to Support HIRED

1. For 40 years we’ve treated our clients with the utmost respect.

2. We help people find jobs, which in turn, benefits our state’s economic vitality.

3. There are approximately 80,000 people in the metro area looking for work. Currently, we only have the resources to serve just over 1% of them.

4. We’re willing to work with people of all backgrounds – including ex-offenders; a population most agencies avoid.

A group of Edison High School teens (circa 1996).

5. We help people find their first jobs.

6. We help people find post-retirement jobs.

7. We are many of our clients’ only support system.

8. We’re committed to thinking strategically about tomorrow’s employment challenges.

9. We’ve created award-winning training programs, such as our M-Powered manufacturing collaborative with Hennepin Technical College.

10. Programs funded by HIRED, like the Broadway Culinary Training Program, are helping get teen moms off the street and into the classroom, giving them an education that will lead to self-sufficiency.

11. We help people like Lynette Carlson.

12. The current national unemployment rate is 5.5% – economists suggest a healthy level of unemployment is x.x%. HIRED can help.

13. Companies like Andersen Windows, Best Buy, ConAgra and Ford Motor Company have depended on HIRED to provide employment services to their dislocated workers. No doubt we’ll service thousands of dislocated workers in the next year.

14. It takes a lot of capital to meet clients where they’re at – HIRED staffs 16 locations across the metro area.

15. Altogether, our staff speaks more than 12 languages. We’re ready to serve the Twin Cities’ diverse population.

16. Each dollar invested in a program that trains women at Shakopee Prison Center for a manufacturing career upon their release returns nearly $80.

17. There’s at least 8,945 reasons to support HIRED – our clients.

18. Jane Samargia – an executive director with vision and passion.

19. We help people like Gao Xiong.

20. Job Link – HIRED’s online, proprietary job-search database – currently has more than 800 openings.

21. We’re committed to a team approach – partnering with dozens of metro area nonprofits to solve our employment issues.

22. We help people off welfare – releasing taxpayer burden.

23. Our Career Crossroads program will help people who don’t qualify for state assistance.

24. We have 40 years of unparalleled experience.

25. Our 135 caring, dedicated staff.

26. We provide our clients with emergency funding – bus fares, interview clothing, daycare services, temporary housing, the list goes on and on.

27. Mock interviews and résumé consultation ensure our clients have a leg-up with employers.

28. Less than 15% of our annual budget is used for administration, meaning more dollars geared towards client services.

29. We help people like Rosalee Burke.

30. Minnesota’s minimum wage is $6.15/hour. Could you imagine living on about $12,000 per year before taxes?

31. United Way – one of the nation’s most trusted nonprofits – thinks the work we do is outstanding. So much so, they’ve listed HIRED as a community partner.

32. One of HIRED’s unique advantages is our direct, one-to-one work with area employers. Staff in our Employer Services Division are working with employers, getting to know their industry and using that information to train job seekers.

33. A job provides stability for nearly every facet of life. Employment provides self-confidence, purpose and development. We help our clients obtain stability.

34. Before coming to HIRED, a post-secondary education is only a dream for many of our clients.

35. We help people like Evelyn Spencer.

36. Many of HIRED’s clients live in transitional housing while looking for employment. Imagine how difficult it would be to prepare for a job interview while at a homeless shelter…

37. Every dollar invested in HIRED stays in the Twin Cities community, yielding results in your backyard.

38. Studies show most adults change careers three times – sometimes without much of a choice in the matter. HIRED provides training to help people land their next job.

39. Recent studies have concluded that targeted, youth intervention programs return a savings of $8.18 to the community for every dollar spent.

40. It could be you.