This morning, the business reps of Local First Milwaukee met up at Creative Employment Opportunities, in downtown Milwaukee! Creative Employment Opportunities (CEO) is a very unique staffing agency. It was very suitable that CEO hosted this month’s Third Thursday, as October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. CEO works with people who are physically and mentally disabled to find them long-term work opportunities. At today’s event, Cindy Bentley was present to tell us about how CEO has served her. She’s been working in the community for over 20 years, thanks to the help of CEO!
CEO was founded 24 years ago, by a former special education teacher. After working so hard with her students, Laura Owens was disappointed to see so few job opportunities available for them after graduation. So, she started CEO to help be a “match-maker” for employers and employees! If your company need help, consider giving CEO a look-see!
Also at today’s event were…
+Anodyne Coffee (who are opening a new location in Walker’s Point!)
+Wellspring Farm and Education Retreat Center (a great destination for school field trips)
+Zen Zen Yoga Arts (who I blogged about yesterday)
+Brew City Boxes (still offering a neat way to move your stuff!)
+McAdams Graphics (you need labels? They got you covered – no job too big or too small)
+Maritas Guiltless Margarita Mix (naturally sweetened)
+Sweet P’s (time to get your corporate gift orders placed)
+Outpost Natural Foods (has a lot of job openings available!)
+Shepherd Express (doing a great job on local and WI news)
+Mighty Fine Food (has recently won First AND Second Place awards for her cheese spreads at the American Cheese Society annual conference)
+Clear Pay (offering great credit-card processing options for local businesses!)
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