Blog Post: Jobing Foundation formed with $1 million commitment from Jobing.com

The Jobing Foundation announced today that it will officially begin providing locally-focused workforce development programs aimed at helping people improve their lives through career development. The Jobing Foundation, a newly formed nonprofit corporation, is dedicated to helping job seekers in the Tampa Bay area prepare for and find employment through outreach programs, partnerships, and volunteer activities.

“The Jobing Foundation's mission is focused on helping people find better job and careeropportunities so they can improve their lives,” said Vicki Steere, Foundation Executive Director. “The economic development of Tampa Bay depends on ensuring that we have a skilled and trained workforce to meet the growing demands of business. We believe that there is a delicate
balance. Our programs will be designed to help people take a look into their future, educate them to become better job seekers, and help steer them towards those careers that both fit their personal passion and fulfill the needs of tomorrow’s business.”

Chartered with a donation from Jobing.com, the Jobing Foundation will serve as its primary corporate social responsibility channel through innovative new community programs, providing resources to nonprofit and community organizations, and a unique volunteer program.

Jobing.com has made a grant commitment of $1 million for the Foundation to pursue its mission and launch initial programs. Additionally, Jobing.com employees are dedicating two days of their paid-employee time per calendar year as Foundation volunteers.

Inaugural Foundation programs include Jobing.com product donations to community organizations to help connect more job seekers to employment and a unique speaker’s bureau focused on educating both the current and future workforce about career options, education, and planning for their future.

“This is a very proud moment for all of us at Jobing.com,” said Jobing.com Founder and CEO Aaron Matos. “Our success as an organization is a direct result of our strong commitment to the communities we serve. The Jobing Foundation will ensure that we continue to share our success with those communities through a variety of support, specifically focused on workforce
development, which closely aligns with our mission of connecting organizations with great local people in Tampa Bay. We believe that when we focus our social responsibility efforts towards mission-driven activities, we can have a greater impact as well as make an investment in our
local Jobing Communities’ workforce.”

A core value at Jobing.com since its founding has been community spirit, and Matos says supporting non-profit and community organizations has been part of its regular business activities from day one. “In addition to donations and other support, Jobing.com staff have given hundreds of hours of volunteer service and provided countless free community workshops to
help job seekers throughout Florida,” he said.

For more information about the Jobing Foundation, visit www.Jobingfoundation.org