Each year, more than 4,000 people with barriers to employment turn to Goodwill to find or regain economic self-sufficiency. The majority of these job seekers begin at the Career Center, where they can access one-on-one career coaching and job placement services; job readiness training; digital learning classes; workshops on resume writing and interview skills; and job boards with immediate employer […]
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Goodwill and Google: Bridging the digital divide
Groundbreaking new Google-Goodwill initiative will equip 1.2 million people with vital digital skills. “Before I had digital skills training, I felt unsure of myself. Now I feel confident,” Goodwill digital skills program participant. One of the primary factors that hold people back in today’s economy and can translate into a lifetime of limitations and poverty is lack of technological skills. […]
High-tech Goodwill warehouse ensures workers gain crucial skills
In a sprawling warehouse, workers under bright lights photograph merchandise destined for sale over the Internet — jewelry, electronics, collectibles. Others crop and edit the images and enter item descriptions. Goods labeled with bar codes sit on rows of shelves, ready to be selected and shipped. With a mission to hire and train people who face employment obstacles — many […]
Clearing closets, and the way for a new year – San Mateo Goodwill transforms donations into treasures
For many, the lull after the holidays offers opportunities to draft resolutions, get rid of last year’s clutter and turn over a new leaf for a new year. So it may come as no surprise Peninsula residents with the same impulse to purge their homes of unnecessary items are lining up at area donation centers with bags of toys, books, […]
Goodwill CEO William Rogers has a plan to create more jobs and improve customer experience
After more than a decade of helping to manage the city of Berkeley, William Rogers came to Goodwill as COO. Last year, he became CEO. Rogers is aiming to change the way customers think of the nonprofit: not just as a retail store, but as a place for job growth and skills training. The nonprofit recently purchased a new headquarters at 750 Post […]
Goodwill to move S.F. headquarters to Tenderloin
Days after its former campus on Mission Street was demolished and a year after it relocated to North Beach, Goodwill Industries is on the move again. The nonprofit organization has paid $8.3 million for 750 Post St., a 25,000-square-foot building on the northern edge of the Tenderloin. The facility, a three-story, 1914 Spanish revival structure mid-block between Leavenworth and Jones […]