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CareerCatchers’ Empowerment Workshop
CareerCatchers holds an Empowerment Workshop for our clients every Tuesday, from 3:00pm to 4:00pm. Please register on Zoom to join if you are interested.
May 3, 2022: Creating Good Habits!
Attended a recent Empowerment Workshop? We’d love your Feedback! |
CareerCatchers’ Weekly Job Club
Join our Virtual Job Club, for our clients every Wednesday, from 11:00am to 01:00pm. Please register on Zoom.
May 4, 2022: Starbucks Guest Speaker!
Attended a recent Job Club? We’d love your Feedback!
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CareerCatchers Individualized Tutoring and Assistance
Through our volunteer network, we offer personalized tutoring to CareerCatchers’ clients who want to take workforce development classes. Our career counselors can help identify classes for you to take and then we work to find volunteers who can help you succeed. Please contact emma@careercatchers.org for more information.
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The total value of jobs that CareerCatchers helped clients start is $2,478,470 on annual basis for three month from January to April 2022
Updated as of April 26, 2022 |
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BE CAREFUL: Scams? With the increased use of the internet for job applications and online training, scammers are reaching out and offering seemingly legitimate opportunities. The result? Personal information stolen, money loss and more. Here’s a link that offers several articles on scams. When in doubt reach out to your CareerCatchers career coach and ask for help. DO NOT SEND personal information until you verify who you are sending it to.
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Talent Corporation In-Person hiring event on April 28, 2022 from 11 am to 2 pm Wheaton American Job Center, 11510 Georgia Avenue, 3rd Floor, Wheaton, MD 20902.
Please click here for more information! |
April Job Showers – Youth with Differing Abilities Summer In-Person Job Fair
April 29, 2022 from 10 am to 1 pm. Location: Wheaton Community Recreation Center, 11701 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20902 (Upstairs in the Social Hall). Please click here for more information. |
The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity & Inclusion presents (REMOTE ACCESS ONLY Via ZOOM) HHS Recruitment Information Webinar Series:
Part 4 – Tuesday, May 3, 2022 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm – “Interviewing Techniques and Strategies” presentation by DeShan Mingo King, Senior Human Resource Specialist, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Registration Link: https://acf-hhs-gov.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ZjfFt_T2RiqsU-ncV7my0w
For further information or to request a reasonable accommodation, please email nppd@hhs.gov |
HOSPITALITY & TOURISM Virtual Job Fair on May 4, 2022 from 9 am to noon.
Click here for more information. Register.
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State of Maryland In-Person Job and Career Fair (Uniting Talent with Opportunity)
Thursday May 5, 2022 from 10 am to 3 pm. Please click here for details. Held inside the 5th Regiment Armory at 29th Division Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. |
Elemy (an innovative, tech-forward provider of in-home and online applied behavior analysis to help children on the autism spectrum meet their unique needs) created a new guide providing job and career options to those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Please click here to find the guide providing job and career options to those with autism spectrum disorder. |
Here are some of the companies hiring for remote and hybrid roles in the U.S. Here are some of the companies hiring for remote and hybrid roles in the U.S.
Affirm has over 6,900 job openings, which are all remote/hybrid positions. See more: https://lnkd.in/euyfjSAp
Anthem, Inc. has over 8,100 job openings, including more than 550 remote/hybrid positions. See more: https://lnkd.in/ePc8iKfU
Pearson has over 7,500 job openings, including more than 2,000 remote/hybrid positions. See more: https://lnkd.in/e5WkZr-s
We’ll be featuring three employers each week who are hiring for roles in the U.S. Be sure to check back for more opportunities. Don’t forget to subscribe to #GetHired to find out more about landing a job: https://lnkd.in/ghnews
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Montgomery County is hiring
Office Services Coordinator, Grade 16
Manager III; Finance Operations Manager; M3
Manager III (Policy and Planning), Grade M3
Office Services Coordinator (Lead Cashier), Grade 16 Library Aide, Grade 8
Library Desk Assistant (Part-time), Grade 12 Library Assistant II, Grade 16
Office Services Coordinator (Voter Services), Grade 16
Community Services Aide III (Children Youth Family Services, Street Outreach Network), Grade 18
To review and apply for other open positions, visit WORK4MCG website
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Highgate/Hyatt Regency is hiring a number of positions in housekeeping, restaurant, valet, banquet services in Gaithersburg/Bethesda
Residence Inn / Hyatt Regency with locations in Gaithersburg and Bethesda are looking to fill positions in housekeeping, restaurant, valet, banquet services, and many others. To see their available positions and to apply visit Job Listings at Highgate Hotels (icims.com) and email christopher@careercatchers.org to set up an interview.
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Interested in working in the food service industry? Blue Ridge Restaurant Group is looking to fill restaurant positions all over MoCo including, the Stanford Grill and CopperCanyon Grill.
To be considered, please email christopher@careercatchers.org and BRRG will you find a position that fits your needs or experience. Please click here for more information and contact your career coach for referral.
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A Wider Circle in Silver Spring is hiring:
Go to A Wider Circle » Careers to find a position then email jobs@awidercircle.org with the position in the subject line and “a CareerCatchers referral from the job fair” in the body. Reach out to your Career Coach for assistance.
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Riderwood (Silver Spring): is hiring for positions in security, laundry, housekeeping, and kitchen. To see their full listing and to apply visit Erickson Senior Living Careers (myworkdayjobs.com). They also offer free career development training and tuition reimbursement for select positions. For immediate consideration, send an email to christopher@careercatchers.org with the position you applied to.
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Community Support Services Inc. is hiring
Community Support Services in Gaithersburg is looking for caregivers for children or adults with autism. Part-time workers are desperately needed! If interested, complete your profile on their website, put Career Fair as the referral, and contact your Career Coach. |
Ride On Bus Operator Positions Available
Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is actively hiring full-time and part-time Ride On bus operators. MCDOT is looking for dynamic individuals with a passion for public service, at any stage of their career. No experience is necessary. MCDOT is offering paid training to applicants.
For more information and to apply visit, https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Transit/jobs.html
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Federal Management Systems Inc is hiring a Payroll Accountant
Please click here for details and reach out to your career coach to facilitate your application.
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CVS is hiring
Please click here for information on multiple job openings. |
Starbucks is hiring
Please click here for information on multiple job openings and search by location. Please reach out to your career coach to discuss the hiring process.
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Robert Half
Customer Service Representative – Gaithersburg, MD Ross
Retail Associate – Gaithersburg, MD
Store Protection Specialist – Gaithersburg, MD
Store Protection Specialist – Rockville, MD
Retail Associate – Rockville, MD
Retail Associate – Silver Spring, MD
Retail Associate – Silver Spring, MD
Store Protection Specialist – Silver Spring, MD
Store Protection Specialist – Silver Spring, MD Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
MERCHANDISE ASSISTANT MANAGER – DAMASCUS, MD
MERCHANDISE ASSISTANT MANAGER – ROCKVILLE, MD
OPERATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER – DAMASCUS, MD
OPERATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER – DAMASCUS, MD
OPERATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER – DERWOOD, MD
OPERATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER – GERMANTOWN, MD |
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Training and Scholarship Opportunities |
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Generation Hope (a nonprofit organization) offers a Scholar Program to helps teen/young parents interested in a college degree in the DMV region.
Application deadline: May 2, 2022. Please click here for more information. |
Montgomery County Public Libraries, in collaboration with the PG’s Memorial Library System and the Purple Line Corridor Coalition, will launch a new digital skills series in May, “The Purple Line Corridor to Success!,” which focuses on adult education and career exploration.
The four program information sessions, all virtual, are below. Free.
Wednesday, May 4, 12-1:15 pm: Udemy and Gale courses, in Spanish. Top-rated courses and training programs in the areas of entrepreneurship, project management, sales, technology, and personal development more! Register here.
Wednesday, May 11, 12-1:15 pm: Career Online High School, an online flexible career-based high school diploma program available free from the library. Register here.
Tuesday, May 17, 6-7:15 pm: LinkedIn Learning provides thousands of certification courses in technology and business. After completion, a certificate of completion can be uploaded to your LinkedIn profile. Register here.
Tuesday, May 24, 6-7:15 pm: Brain fuse/Job Now provides live career coaching, award-winning resume creation tools, and helpful tips and tricks for landing the perfect career. Register here.
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Step offers free 1-week Food Services/barista training session with job placement assistance afterwards!
May 9-13, 2022 May 23-27, 2022 Please click here for more information.
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Free online computer classes for Spring 2022!
The county’s Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center is now accepting applications for the spring session of its free online computer classes, held weekly for seven weeks beginning May 3. Registration is open until April 30 and is on a first come-first served basis. There also is a class in Spanish. Click here for details, including how to register. To apply, click here! Note – The form must be completed only by the person taking the class. For classes that are full, you will be placed on a waiting list.
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Become a Montgomery County Climate Stories Ambassador
Montgomery County is partnering with Climate Stories Project, and local community-based organizations and networks, to offer a free, virtual three-part training program to help you tell your climate story! Please click here for more information!
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Goodwill of Greater Washington provides programs and services for adult job seekers that remove barriers to success and bolster critical career readiness skills. They offer fast track curriculum of credential and non-credential training designed for employment in sustainable and high-growth industries. Please click here for more information on the training. Please click here to register to the Unarmed Security & Protective Services job training program.
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LCMC’s Annual Community Fair (a free event) on April 30, 2022 from 10 am to 2 pm
LCMS offering help on ESL Class Registration, Dental Screenings, Immigration Attorney Consultations, Resume Review, Employment Services, Give-Away, & More! Registration required/Mask required.
Location: Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, 3RD Floor, Rockville, MD. Please click here for details. |
ABILITY Job Fair and ABILITY Magazine are collaborating with Columbia University to explore issues of trust in a type of medical research called “precision medicine research.” Please join a 2-hour Zoom focus group to learn about precision medicine and share your thoughts if you are: A deaf or hard of hearing adult or A blind or low vision adult or An adult with a mobility disability. Prior knowledge about precision medicine research is not required to participate in this important study. Available in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language. CART Captioning will be available, as needed. Zoom participants will be given a $50 gift card. Please contact Research Assistant, Madeleine Gibbons-Shapiro, to complete a short online survey about your background and convenient times for participation.
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Find Services for Veteran Mental Health Support
If you are a veteran or have a loved one experiencing mental health challenges, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has ways to help. Veterans can connect with support through VA facilities, telehealth sessions and online resources. No matter what challenges you may be facing — you don’t have to face them alone. |
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
The next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday, April 30, 10 am-2 pm. Police stations, hospitals, and community organizations are participating in Take Back Day. In our area, you can drop off your meds at the Bethesda police station at 4823 Rugby Avenue or other nearby places. If you can’t make it on Saturday, you can take meds you want to dispose of anytime in the drop box in the CVS at 7809 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda or the CVS at 7599 Tuckerman Lane in Rockville. Before you do, be sure to peel off your personal information, including the Rx number, or make that information illegible.
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Metro Offers After-Hours Commuter Service Program: This program is an easy and convenient way to get a ride to and from work between the hours of 12 a.m. (midnight) and 4 a.m. The Program is tailored for late-night workers such as those in hospitality and healthcare. Once enrolled, Metro covers the first $6 of your ride with Lyft when you commute to or from work within Metro’s compact service area. You are allowed up to 40 trips per month. Learn more here.
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Need a Lawyer? Get Legal Information offered by the Montgomery County Circuit Court here. |
Free residential deck safety inspections available in May
Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services will offer homeowners free residential deck inspections as part of its annual celebration of May as “Building Safety Month.” An appointment takes 15 minutes or less.
Call 311 or 240-777-0311 to learn more about the deck inspection program and schedule an inspection. You can schedule one online by visiting the DPS website and submitting a service request. More.
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Have You Joined the Solar Co-op Yet?
With Round 2 underway you can join neighbors in DC, Maryland, and Virginia in the quest to lower your energy costs, become energy independent, and participate in the renewable revolution. There are multiple virtual sessions available to help you learn more about going solar as part of the Capital Area Solar Co-op, please make sure you sign up to learn more about the process.
New “Access Solar” Financing Program
The Montgomery County Green Bank launched Access Solar to for income-qualified households in Montgomery County, to find flexible financing options for solar PV installed on their home. Access Solar is initially being offered in conjunction with those households participating in the 2022 Capital Area Co-Op through Solar United Neighbors (SUN). If you are interested in learning more about the Access Solar program, join the May session for more information.
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Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) is Accepting Applications
Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), is NOW available to provide funds to assist low income households pay past due water/sewer bills! Funds are limited. Apply today at: http://dhs.maryland.gov/ohep
Click here to retrieve forms. |
Food Resources
Montgomery County residents looking for information on food assistance resources can now request help via this link or call the Food Access Call Center at 311 and ask for the Food Access. No personal identifying information is needed to get help. Click here for more information.
So What Else!
New Food Pantry and Warehouse Location: Lake Forest Mall, 701 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Entrance located by Ruby Tuesdays – Look for the GREEN door. Please click here for operation hours.
Adventist Community Services Center of Greater Washington 501 Sligo Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 585-6556 Visit on Facebook new window
Services: Emergency Food, Clothing and Shelter; Education/Job Training; ESOL; GED Preparation
Catholic Charities SHARE Food Network
3222 Hubbard Road Landover, MD 20785 (301) 864-3115 Services: Affordable groceries in monthly value packages beginning at $21 that include $40-50 of healthy groceries
Catholic Charities McCarrick Family Center 12247 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20902
(301) 942-1790 Services: Food Pantry, Case Management, Crisis Intervention, Clothing/Shoes/Diapers, Parenting Education Classes and Support Groups, Financial Education Classes, ESOL, Rent/Mortgage/Utility Assistance, Computer Classes, Immigration Legal Services, Pregnancy Services
Manna Food Center Manna Food Center Distribution Warehouse 9311 Gaither Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Monday thru Friday 12 noon – 3 pm Second Saturday of Every Month: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Montgomery College Food Pantry Rockville Campus Macklin Tower outside Room 212
Services: Food and some personal items available Donations needed
Montgomery County Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP)
Mid-County DHHS Building 1301 Piccard Drive Rockville, MD 20850
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Financial Assistance for Citizenship Application Fees Offered by CASA
CASA, in partnership with Montgomery County, is offering financial assistance to those who are eligible to apply for citizenship but cannot afford the application fee. Residents of Montgomery County who earn less than 300% of the federal poverty guideline may qualify for a scholarship of $150 or $300 to help pay the application filing fee. Interested applicants should call (240) 560-2272 for more information. Flyers are available in English and Spanish. Note: Low-income individuals seeking to apply for citizenship may also be eligible for a fee waiver or reduced fee through USCIS.
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MOCO residents are Invited to join Virtual Community Forum on May 4, 2022 at 7 pm – 830 pm With Focus on New ‘Triage and Dispatch Protocol’ for Mental Health Crisis Response. |
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Holy Cross Health presents “Lung Health Basics”. This is a three-class series providing information on how your lungs work and practical tips to improve lung function. Please Click here for more information on this free event and registration.
Location: Stedwick Community Center, 10401 Stedwick Rd, Montgomery Village Maryland 20886 |
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CareerCatchers 8720 Georgia Ave, Suite 205 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (240) 801-5811
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