[resourcenetwork] THE BUSINESS & CAREERS CENTER CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF SERVICE
- From: Muñoz, Esther <emunoz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "resourcenetwork@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <resourcenetwork@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ALIANZA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ALIANZA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:19:22 +0000
IT'S OUR ANNIVERSARY!
THE BUSINESS & CAREERS CENTER CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF SERVICE
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count it an honor and privilege to serve you, our customers and community
partners, and look forward to many more opportunities which will continue
energizing our purpose of ensuring encouragement, empowerment and assistance in
obtaining self-sustaining career and workforce development for all.
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In 2010, we began as the Business & Job Center with a generous grant awarded to
us by The Knight Foundation. After one successful year, the unique program
became an integral part of the Richland Library Services at main and quickly
grew to become an outstanding full service career and workforce development
department for all customers and key stakeholders in the community and serves
as a model for other libraries throughout the United States.
In 2019, nearly 11,000 staff-assisted transactions including, but not limited
to, resume and cover letter assistance, interview practice, and job-search
assistance.
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SPOTLIGHTING NEW BUSINESS AND CAREER SERVICES: Initiatives, grants and awards
since 2018
November 2018: RL began offering new service, Career Online High School (COHS),
a Second Chance for Richland Library card holders 21+ to obtain a certified
High School Diploma
15 Graduates, 48 Currently Enrolled Students (5 additional students
in this cohort of 48 are Almost There!)
February 2019 - June 2020: Google Columbia Impact Challenge Grant
[cid:image011.png@01D648A8.65F46770]Richland Library's
Entrepreneur-in-Residence program began in February 2019 as a collaboration
with local entrepreneurs to support an innovative business ecosystem. The EiRs
support, mentor, and educate entrepreneurs through one-on-one small business
coaching and specialized public programming. Our goal is to sustain the
development and growth of future entrepreneurs in the region.
Our three Entrepreneurs-in-Residence to date have offered programs on financing
your small business, the entrepreneurial mindset, the Lean Canvas business
plan, and many more. The one-on-one coaching allows our customers to ask
specific questions about their business journey and receive personalized
assistance.
As we adjust during the pandemic, we have moved our appointments and
programming to our virtual platforms, to include Facebook Live events and Zoom.
The library has learned to pilot and pivot our programs and services, just like
our small business owners, with innovative solutions to meet our customers
here they are. One example is the curbside pick-up concept, used by our small
businesses and libraries across the nation.
Through the Entrepreneur-in-Residence program, we have realized some of the
most valuable resources for a small business owner come through mentorship and
networking. It's important to reach out in your business journey and your local
public library may just be the Connector for you!
March 2020 - July 2021
American Library Association/Google Libraries Build Business Grant Recipient
Richland Library is one of 13 public library systems selected from across the
U.S. for the new Libraries Build Business Cohort. This initiative will
identify successful, library-led models to deliver entrepreneurship training
and resources, help them scale with a focus on underrepresented and low-income
entrepreneurs, and create a playbook and peer-to-peer learning network
available to all libraries so these successful models can be replicated across
the country.
March 2020 - Current
Due to COVID-19, our Business and Careers Center immediately responded by
pivoting to virtual programming.
[cid:image012.png@01D648A8.65F46770]Despite our physical library locations
being closed, our staff kept working remotely to continue offering their
extensive business and career services. In addition, services were even
expanded through the use of on-line platforms to allow for one-on-one career
coaching, book-a-learning coach, small business assistance, networking &
support groups and virtual and social media community partner discussion, to
ensure the sharing and collaboration of resources to fulfill the needs of our
customers.
May 2020
Integrated Media Publishing announced that Richland Library as a 2020 Top
Workplace.
Richland Library is one of 30 companies in
South Carolina to make this year's list. The library ranked #4 in the large
company category, and also received the special Manager's Award. In addition,
the library earned top scores in three areas - meaningfulness, innovation and
direction.
June 2020
Diane Luccy, Richland Library Business and Careers Manager - Recipient of the
Milton Kimpson Community Service Award, Greater Columbia Community Relations
Council.
The Milton Kimpson Community Service Award is presented to an individual or
agency/ company in recognition of dedicated time and other resources to making
the quality of life better for the others; one who addresses the needs of the
community by positively impacting the wellbeing of the citizens.
Most importantly, as we recognition of our 10TH Anniversary, we want to extend
our gratitude and thanks!
We are grateful to everyone for your patronage and unwavering support as we
work together to continue fulfilling the purpose of the Richland Library
Business and Careers Center at Main. Furthermore, we would like to take the
time to acknowledge some of our community and business partners whose
collaborations with us have been exceptional!
Please extend your appreciation as well.
We are Stronger Together:
Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) and SC Works
Staffing Agencies: Kelly Services, Find Good People, Snelling & Snelling,
Recruiting Solutions
Goodwill Industries
City of Columbia Office of Business Opportunity (OBO)
City Center Partnership
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Department of Labor
Richland County Department of Government & Community Services
Richland County Office of Small Business Opportunities (OSBO)
Richland County Business Service Center
Small Business Administration (SBA)
SC Small Business Development Centers (SCBDC)
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department (SCVRD)
Small & Minority Business Contracting and Certification
SC Women's Business Collaborative
Office of Small and Minority Businesses (OSMBA)
Richland Library Social Work Department
One Million Cups, Columbia Chapter
CommunityWorks Carolina
Columbia College Women's Business Center
Midlands Technical College (MTC)
Benedict College
University of SC, Columbia Technology Incubator
Ron Harvey Global Force Consulting Service
LLE Construction Group, LLC
Moto Enterprises, LLC
Foresight Communication
KRJ Consulting
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Andrena King, GCDF
Workforce Development Specialist
Richland Library
1431 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29201
P: 803.988.0880
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