NEW YORK, July 11, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Dress for Success Worldwide, in partnership with
FedEx, is set to launch The Career Hub, an innovative digital
platform which will provide access to online learning and workforce
development resources for women through their computers or smart
phones.
The Career Hub, fully funded by FedEx, directly supports Dress
for Success Career Centers which focus on providing programming for
women at various stages of their employment development cycle. The
Career Center has become an invaluable resource for women around
the world to stay connected to their local affiliate, participate
in workshops and maintain a network of support.
Dress for Success Chief Program Officer, Angela Williams, is thrilled to provide women
juggling challenging schedules with vital career information to
help ensure their professional success. "The Career Hub is
guaranteed to expand the reach and scope of our global programming
way beyond the traditional brick and mortar setting," she
said. "Over the past twenty years, we have served over
1,000,000 women, now there are no limits to the number that we can
serve."
The Career Hub will allow Dress for Success to evolve with the
women it serves globally as it provides a pathway to enrich the
professional development of all of its members- offering industry
specific career mapping, career coaching, job boards, webinars and
skills-based training courses.
"We are excited to support Dress for Success with this new
technology that will give women the tools and job skills they need
to successfully navigate the job application process and secure and
retain employment," said Rose
Flenorl, Manager of Global Citizenship at FedEx. "The
Career Hub aligns with our Employment Pathways pillar in which we
are committed to help bridge this divide, by making sure that all
job-seekers have the chance to develop necessary workforce skills
and competencies."
Dress for Success aims to serve all women with the most relevant
and advanced services possible. The Career Hub will launch in the
New York, Chicago and Los
Angeles locations. A special launch event will be held at
all three locations on July
18th. For event details, please contact
lindsey@dressforsuccess.org.
About Dress for Success®:
Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit
organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence.
Since 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to 150 cities in 26
countries and has helped more than 1,000,000 women work towards
self-sufficiency.
About FedEx:
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $60 billion, the company offers integrated
business applications through operating companies competing
collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx
brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and
trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 400,000 team
members to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the
highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their
customers and communities. To learn more about how FedEx
connects people and possibilities around the world, please visit
about.fedex.com.
CONTACT:
Lindsey Groginski
646-233-4954
lindsey@dressforsuccess.org
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