One year after he showed up at New Haven Works unemployed, Josue Rodriguez is wrapping up an internship at Yale’s IT department—and confident he’s close to landing a full-time job.
Rodriguez (pictured above with Nancy Flowers-Mangs, his mentor at...
Individuals at Yale who want to explore a new career, and managers looking to find “talent” for their open positions, have places within the University where they can turn. Opportunities are at the heart of three groups — the Interim Employment Pool...
A firm that once turned up its nose at this collegiate city now wants to build a $360 million mixed-use development on a downtown parking lot.
In a vote of confidence for the downtown area, the Canadian firm LiveWorkLearnPlay has signed on to bring...
For six years Marquis Dickey unsuccessfully applied for a job with to Yale University with hopes of gaining health insurance and benefits, all while juggling work as a custodian, caregiver and bouncer.
After he learned he had a child on the way,...
At the grand opening ceremony for the new not-for-profit agency New Haven Works last week, one of the featured speakers was also the newest member of the Yale Law School Staff, Khena Awudu.
Awudu, who was hired several weeks ago as a senior...
A resident of New Haven since 2008, Osikhena Awudu had applied to quite a few jobs in New Haven for years — but without much success. “I, like countless New Haven residents, had been applying for positions without a single invitation to interview,”...
Josue Rodriguez had been unemployed for four months and sent out more than 100 resumes before his pastor passed his resume to the New Haven Works program as it was launching a pilot program in March.
Now, the Newhallville resident has a temporary...
