ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – – In September, the state will launch a new job search website to help those unemployed join the state workforce.
“We just believe it’s going to be a game-changer. We truly do,” said Greg Dozier, Commissioner for the Technical College System of Georgia.
The Technical College System of Georgia is set to take over workforce programming from the Department of Labor as part of a reorganized state plan, approved in 2022 by the General Assembly.
“We believe that brings the entire continuity for someone who’s looking for a job and also making sure the workforce of the future in Georgia continues to grow,” said Commissioner Dozier, in an interview with Atlanta News First on Thursday.
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The new website will replace the current EmployGeorgia.com website.
TCSG is currently designing the website now. It is set to launch in September. They provided this picture of the homepage which includes a homepage, allowing enrollees to search by specialty and location.
Georgia set to launch new job search website(TCSG)
In June, Georgia posted a 3.2 percent unemployment rate, 0.4 percent lower than the national average.
For many unemployed, the pipeline to finding a job can feel oversaturated.
“It feels almost impossible to differentiate yourself in the market, even if you are an incredibly skilled, qualified individual,” said Diana Mnatsakanyan, who lives in Atlanta.
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Mnatsakanyan, with a background in sales, hospitality, and project management, said it’s especially challenging ot get noticed by employers in her field
“My job search journey has been challenging because I lack a lot of the traditional things that hiring managers, no, that algorithms are looking for,” Mnatsakanyan, who said she applied to 40 jobs in the last month.
Mnatsakanyan has been meeting with friends at local coffee shops for the last several weeks to work on their cover letters and resumes together.
“Being able to sit together and provide feedback for each other or just honestly emotional support. Knowing that you’re not alone,” said Felicia Julien, a friend of Mnatsakanyan.
Julien, who earned her Master’s degree in Fine Arts in 2018, said she has struggled to put that degree to use.
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“We’re still sitting here together, hopeless, optimistic, we know how much we have to offer. I’m trying really hard to not take no for an answer,” said Julien.
Since graduate school, Julien has served as an adjunct professor, a tutor, but has not been able to land a job that takes advantage of her experience and education.
Both said they wish employers would think outside the box and recognize qualifications that don’t always stand out on a resume.
Police in Savannah, Georgia, are investigating a shooting that injured 11 people in the city’s downtown area on Saturday night.
The shooting broke out just before midnight in Ellis Square, a fixture of Savannah’s historic district and a popular tourist attraction. Several precincts responded at 11:55 p.m. to reports of gunfire in the area, the Savannah Police Department said in a news release issued Sunday morning.
At the time, detectives were probing the incident and had interviewed witnesses as part of their investigation, which was still ongoing. Savannah police have not identified suspects or announced any arrests in the case.
Everyone hurt in the shooting, including the people who suffered gunshot wounds, are adults, according to the police department, and some were transported from the scene to Memorial Health University Medical Center. Police did not share details about the nature or extent of those injuries but said in Sunday’s news release that “as of now, no deaths have occurred because of the incident.”
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They told CBS affiliate WTOC that at least 10 people were believed to be hurt as a result of the gunfire. All 11 people received treatment overnight for their injuries, which police said were not considered life-threatening, WTOC reported.
Police have asked anyone with information about the shooting to contact Crime Stoppers at 912-234-2020.
Emily Mae Czachor
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Asked to explain whom Ivanishvili was referring to, Lashkhi volunteered that “freemasons” were behind schemes across the world. “We were seeing they do have the influence on global politics,” she insisted, but declined to name any other groups supposedly responsible.
“Today, when me, myself, I am involved in foreign relations and sometimes when I have the partnership and then they say that, well, you are OK and you are doing well but then there is an additional voice,” she went on.
Asked on a recent visit to the South Caucasus country for his thoughts on the idea of a “global war party” — a notion that echoes pro-Russian propaganda — Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielus Landsbergis burst out laughing. However, “it’s not a joke because it’s a serious thing and it’s the Kremlin’s narrative,” he said.
“The only war party is in Moscow,” Landsbergis added. “This is the party that attacked Georgia in 2008; this is the party that attacked Ukraine in 2014, and is currently waging a war against Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is our obligation to those who value freedom to fight this party and win this war,” he said.
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Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose Georgian Dream’s proposals to require NGOs, campaign groups and media outlets that receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as “organizations serving the interests of a foreign power.” Brussels has said the move is “incompatible with European values,” warning it would bar Georgia’s path to joining as a full member just six months after it was granted candidate status.
Police have used tear gas, riot shields and batons against protesters, and swooped in to arrest organizers and opposition politicians. At the same time, the government is pushing forward with a planned law to outlaw “LGBT propaganda,” which critics say would ban everything from film screenings to annual Pride events. The move would mirror rules used by Russia to persecute minority groups.
On Saturday, the chair of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, confirmed he would introduce legislation in Washington that would open the door to sanctioning leading Georgian Dream politicians.
A Georgia college student was shot dead by an ‘armed intruder’ on Saturday
The incident occurred at 4pm local time triggering a shelter-in-place on campus
The suspect has now been arrested and is no longer considered a threat
By Alice Wright For Dailymail.Com
Published: | Updated:
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A Georgia college student has been shot dead by an ‘armed intruder’, officials confirmed on Saturday.
‘Kennesaw State officials can confirm that a female student was fatally shot on campus,’ the university said in an alert posted to its website.
The college confirmed that a suspect has been detained and that there is ‘no threat to the campus community.’
The incident occurred around 4pm local time triggering a shelter-in-place on campus.
The order was lifted around 4:45pm but advised students to ‘avoid the South Campus Housing area due to police activity.’
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‘Kennesaw State officials can confirm that a female student was fatally shot on campus,’ the university said in an alert posted to its website on Saturday
Kennesaw State University Police are working with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, according to the university.
This is the second emergency alert put out this year due to an armed intruder at the college, WSB-TV reported.
Students and staff were put under a shelter-in-place order for hours during a January incident in which a person with a gun was reported on campus.
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