WHW (Women Helping Women/Men2Work) is proud to announce our Employment Leadership Award, created to honor outstanding people in corporations, nonprofit organizations and academia who have made a substantial impact on employment success in Orange County.
We are now calling for nominations for the Employment Leadership Award! Eligible nominees include leaders in business, Human Resources / Organizational Management executives, lay and professional leaders in agencies specializing in employment assistance, academic / thought leaders, leaders in organizations which employ the disabled, and others. Nominees should be people who have done outstanding work in advancing employment, for the world at large, and especially for the disadvantaged and/or lower income worker.
The Employment Leadership Award will be presented at WHW’s annual gala event to be held April 21, 2012 in Newport Beach. Honorees will be chosen through a selection committee, and will be notified by November 1, 2011.
WHW’s mission is to provide comprehensive employment support services to empower disadvantaged men, women and teens to achieve economic self sufficiency through employment success. WHW’s comprehensive Employment Success Program includes resume and interviewing skills, workshops, computer classes, job placement, image consulting and professional clothing appropriate for interviews. WHW is pleased to recognize leaders and organizations in Orange County that assist the unemployed, so that all men, women and teens have the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families into the future.
For more information, please contact WHW’s Executive Director Janie Wolicki at (949) 631-2333 x316 or janiew@whw.org. Nomination forms are also available at www.whw.org.