From: Joe B. Kent <jkent@pathtrek.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 3:17 PM
To: cprichards@fedex.com
Subject: Sense of Urgency
Ms. Richards,
I would like to meet with you in your role as a GMACW Board Member to discuss the local workforce development effort. I am not interested in meeting with GMACW staff at this time. I have been following the GMACW implementation very closely and feel as if I can add value by providing a specific plan and doing the following: 1) help raise money for youth development 2) provide technical assistance and 3) add a sense of urgency to the effort. From here in Memphis and a graduate of the University of Memphis, I have a Bachelors in Business Administration (Finance Major), Masters of Science in Curriculum, Instruction and Technology and hold a Global Career Development Facilitator Certification where I focused my work on Labor Market Information and Supply and Demand Analysis. My LinkedIn Profile is a follows: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbkent
Having said that, while attempting to consider the job market here in Memphis, I enrolled in MemphisWorks at http://memphisworks.com . Well, MemphisWorks is Not Working as shown in the below email. I read the Terms Agreement and it makes reference to “province” instead of “state”. Since Memphis is here in the United States, I thought that I should bring that to someone’s attention. Secondly, I thought you might find this somewhat interesting, later in the document, it states the following “ These Terms and Conditions are governed by, and to be construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable in that Province. Any action taken in connection with the operation and content of the Site, or these Terms and Conditions, must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Also below and while using the American Public Data System, I am making a $15,000 in kind contribution to the effort by providing a first pass Memphis Workforce Trends Report. I am tired of seeing my hometown stumble around without a coherent compilation of labor market information 18 months into the project as they grapple with the important topic of workforce and economic development. If you see something that’s not right in the data, please let me know and allow me the opportunity to defend or correct the data. In this way we are at least talking about the data which serves as a way to advance the local effort. At the end of the report, there are 2 Supply and Demand Reports. 1 report is for Job Zone 3 Associates Degrees and above. The other report is for Job Zone 2 or High School Only. Please see below and let me know when we can meet.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to hearing back from you.
MemphisWorks Agreement – https://1drv.ms/b/s!AiNXRWm6KZQi3Q34w2R7YK9bZb-9
Memphis Workforce Trend Report – https://1drv.ms/b/s!AiNXRWm6KZQi3RCq4kJ5GrHYyak1
From: Memphisworks [mailto:info@workbay.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 4:25 PM To: jkent@pathtrek.net Subject: Welcome to Memphis Works!
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