Ohio, like the rest of the country, faced record-level unemployment this year caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. At the request of Governor Mike DeWine, JobsOhio joined a partnership with employers, nonprofits, training providers, and government to launch a pilot initiative in the greater Cleveland area to help displaced workers identify new career opportunities, train for them, and then be placed with an employer. J.P. Nauseef provides insight on the program and its progress in this piece originally available on Crain’s Cleveland Business.
JobsOhio, in partnership with The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business, participated in the college’s Global Applied Projects (GAP) program, an international business consulting opportunity for MBA students to apply their skills to real-world problems and for companies worldwide to leverage the minds of future business leaders.
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