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The Long Island Works Coalition & Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Inc. are hosting a FREE networking event on Oct. 5th,   at the Bank of America building, 300 Broadhollow Road, (Concourse Level) Melville, to celebrate the kickoff of their new partnership.  The event – Celebrating Partnerships – will highlight programs and services provided by both organizations, and will offer an opportunity for LI business, education and government to network with our partners and supporters. 

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TIME.com Ranks shopgoodwill.com among Best Web Sites of 2009 (8/25/09)

Goodwill’s internet auction site shopgoodwill.com received national attention on August 24, when TIME.com named it one of the 50 Best Web Sites of 2009. “Great deals abound,” the site proclaimed, favoring it above eBay as the best auction site for low-priced finds.

 TIME ranked shopgoodwill.com number 18 on its list, above other popular sites like Amazon (#19), Netflix (#21), Wikipedia (#25) and Facebook (#31). Photo-sharing site Flickr topped the list, commended by editors for its collaborative tagging feature.

Goodwill Industries® of Orange County owns and operates the site, which allows Goodwills across the country to sell their merchandise online. Seventy-two members currently offer merchandise for sale.

“Over the years, the operation of shopgoodwill.com has generated more than $75 million in sales and opened up new jobs and training opportunities for people who have come to Goodwill looking for skill-building opportunities and job training,” said GII Manager of Media Relations Lauren Lawson.

NBC’s The Today Show sat down with TIME Executive Producer Catherine Sharick to highlight five new sites on the list that make web users’ lives easier. Sharick praised shopgoodwill.com as “the online shopper’s alternative to eBay,” noting that bargain hunters can get better deals on Goodwill’s site and feel good knowing that their purchase supports job training and other services for people with disabilities.

 “Buyer registrations were already up just hours after the news was released,” said Joan Dornbach, the Orange County Goodwill’s VP of marketing and public relations.  “We are thrilled to be recognized by such a highly visible and well-respected brand as TIME.  The exposure will translate to greater revenues that support Goodwill mission related services throughout the country.”

Read the shopgoodwill.com entry or view the entire list on the TIME web site.

Watch The Today Show coverage online 
www.criticalmention.com/report/9301x87957.htm
(click on “play media” under the photo strip to view).

 For more information, contact Lauren Lawson.

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Nonprofits learn the value of a well-planned internship program

Understaffed nonprofits would do well to hire interns.

That was the message behind two seminars co-hosted earlier this year by the Long Island Works Coalition in Melville, the Long Island Volunteer Center in Hempstead and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Melville.

Through its relationship with the Long Island Volunteer Center, Long Island Works – which helps businesses develop internship programs – learned that many nonprofits are experiencing staff shortages, and it set up the seminars to educate nonprofits about employing interns.

In evaluations of the seminars, which were held at OSI Pharmaceuticals’ offices, most of the 35 to 40 nonprofits in attendance said they planned to set up an internship program or had one and were looking to enhance it.

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Current Events

Career LI 2009

Wed., June 24, 2009
I.B.E.W. Local 25, 370 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge
Program: 12 - 3 p.m.
Recuiter Fair: 3:30 - 6 p.m.

Meet skilled and motivated entry-level employees following the program for 2009 & 2010 graduates.  Introduce your products & services to emergent professionals at the “Meet ‘n Greet” Recruiter Fair.  Whether you have positions available now, or in the near future, you’re invited to collect resumes and meet potential employees eager to begin their careers on Long Island!  For recruitment table information, CLICK HERE.
 
Know a new or upcoming Grad?  For program information and featured speakers including North Shore LIJ Health System VP of HR; Canon U.S.A., Director of Recruitment; National MS Society, LI Chapter Pres.; and more...  CLICK HERE.

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