Category Archives: Center for Enterprise Development

Things You Might Not Know: JFCS Credit Building

Posted on March 5, 2013

Bad credit? No credit? JFCS can help you turn it around with our Navigate Enterprise Center. Thanks to the generous support of PNC Bank and the PNC Foundation, the Navigate Enterprise Center now offers credit building services. With these FREE … Continue reading →

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Placing Work and Workers at the Center of Economic Life

Posted on September 14, 2012

Today’s blog article reposted from Bishop Stephen E. Blaire’s original post at www.usccb.org, and shared by Myra Campbell, our Lead Outreach Specialist on the Gateway Project. It’s a Catholic take on a topic that transcends denomination and impacts all of us. … Continue reading →

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The Beaded Treasures Exhibition

Posted on September 13, 2012

The Navigate Enterprise Center is pleased to present The Beaded Treasures Exhibition; From Refugee to Entrepreneur, September 28, from 12—2PM. Celebrate a local small business success story at JFCS! Using a novel approach to microcredit, the BTP provides refugee women with tools and resources to … Continue reading →

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Build Your Credit! Come to the Financial Fair at JFCS

Posted on August 31, 2012

Today’s blog written by Mary Cleary, Grants and Information Manager JFCS recently received a grant from the PNC foundation to start a brand new program to help people build or re-build their credit scores. This new credit building program offers … Continue reading →

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Is a Degree Right For You?

Posted on June 15, 2012

Today’s blog written by Bob Tiell, Director of Career Services Just as research suggests there is a positive correlation between earning power and psychological well-being, so is there also a significant positive correlation between educational attainment and earning power. For … Continue reading →

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Unflappable Friday Updates!

Posted on May 25, 2012

Man, this has been a crazy month for the Agency. We’ve just wrapped the latest MOSAIC Awards – our biggest event of the year! On top of that, we had our annual meeting this week, as well as the first-ever … Continue reading →

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Navigate to Your Future

Posted on May 22, 2012

Today’s blog article written by Bob Tiell, Director of Career Services For over 15 years, JFCS has been in the business of helping folks start their own small business. In the past year, we have launched 25 new businesses and … Continue reading →

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JFCS Navigate in DC

Posted on May 15, 2012

Dan Heffernan attended the Association for Enterprise Opportunity Conference April 30 – May 1 in Washington, D.C . This is the National Conference held annually that brings Micro Enterprise Programs from around the country together for networking, discussion, workshops and … Continue reading →

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Welcome to NAVIGATE

Posted on April 27, 2012

Today’s blog written by Griffin Cottle, Business Development Specialist. During the last quarter of 2011, Jewish Family & Career Services was fortunate to have been selected by Leadership Louisville for 7 months of intensive consulting geared at expanding the capacity … Continue reading →

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An Introvert’s Guide to Networking

Posted on April 24, 2012

Not the outgoing type? Feeling hindered in networking and subsequently your job hunt? This article is for you! Written by Lisa Petrilli and originally posted here. I learned the critical importance of networking, and discovered my natural aversion to it, … Continue reading →

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