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KRA Corporation’s Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program, operated for the Baltimore City Department of Social Services, recently hosted its first Horseshoe Casino Baltimore Legendary Candidates Academy as part of a city-wide recruitment effort to fill 1,700 new positions resulting from a $442m Casino expansion. The 2-day Academy provides in-depth information about the requirements for various Casino positions, outlines the pre-employment process, underscores the Casino’s emphasis on exceptional customer service, and prepares candidates for position-specific interviews. Forty participants, 58% of whom were KRA/Baltimore customers, began the program, and 33—again 58% of whom were recruited by KRA/Baltimore—graduated with certificates of Academy completion. Yvette Clark, KRA
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As the newest Baltimore City Department of Social Services’ (DSS) vendor providing Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services for recipients of Temporary Cash Assistance, KRA Corporation recently began its second year of operation participating in an eight-District tour of vendors being conducted by DSS officials. Ernestine Chambers, KRA Case Management Supervisor, reported, “As dedicated as we are to improving customer service wherever possible, our staff were eager to provide information on the KRA/Baltimore operation, as well as to solicit DSS advice on how, from their perspective, service delivery might be enhanced.  We were more than happy to discuss any program
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As previously reported, KRA Corporation’s Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program* was chosen as a Legendary Candidates Academy Partner in a citywide outreach effort launched by Horseshoe Casino Baltimore—in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office on Employment Development—that will lead to ultimately filling 1,700 new Casino positions. Yvette Clark, Business Services Manager, and member of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce, and Nate’ Gordon, Corporate Operations Manager, attended a training program to learn about Advertisement/Promotion, Screening/Vetting, Training, Interviewing, Selection, and Hiring in preparation for operating the Academy. KRA will host a 2-day, 6-hour Academy at least twice during March and April, and
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On January 28, 2014, the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore Press Office released this statement: “Horseshoe Casino Baltimore today announced the details of an expansive program that will begin next month to educate city residents about the 1,700 new jobs that are being created by the $442-million casino entertainment complex.” Read the full story here… Two days later, The Baltimore Sun quoted Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake as saying, “Horseshoe Baltimore’s local hiring efforts go far beyond what other major companies have done in the city.”  Of the casino’s effort to hire Baltimore residents, she stated, “I don’t know that it’s ever happened at
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KRA Corporation’s  Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program, operated for the Baltimore City Department of Social Services, offers jobseeker-customers a wide range of work-readiness activities, including comprehensive assessments, unsubsidized Community Work Experience opportunities, occupation-specific skills training for several local in-demand industries, and job placement services. Recently, KRA/Baltimore received a high honor, when the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore chose the program to play a pivotal role—as a Legendary Candidates Academy* Partner—in a city-wide recruitment effort designed to ultimately fill 1,700 new positions resulting from a massive Casino expansion program.  KRA’s involvement began in August 2013, when Alex Dixon, Vice President & Assistant
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The invitation, addressed to Yvette Clark,  KRA Lead Job Developer at the Baltimore  Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program [1] read, “You’re Invited.  Please join Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Greater Baltimore Committee President & CEO Donald C. Fry for a Thank You Luncheon for your role in making the 2013 Hire One Youth campaign a success!” Pursuant to the Luncheon, a Press Release, issued by the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, headlined “Mayor Rawlings-Blake Acknowledges Hire One Youth Businesses, Looks to Further Their Engagement.”  It continued, “ Mayor Rawlings-Blake and Fry thanked all the businesses for their partnership this summer
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Recently, the Work Participation, Placement, and Support Services Program, operated by KRA Corporation for Baltimore City Department of Social Services’ recipients, hosted a Networking Dinner and Financial Workshop for 25 customers who recently achieved permanent employment, including administrative, dietary aide, health care, and labor positions. The honored customers, who will continue to work with KRA Retention Career Agents (RCA) during 12 consecutive weeks of full time employment, were encouraged to invite spouses, other guests, and relatives, including their children who were treated to games and a movie by staff and “Hire One Youth” student volunteers working at KRA for the
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