Recently featured in Jet magazine, the Seagram’s Pursuit of Excellence Institute is a rigorous, four-week training session funded by Seagram’s and administered by the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, Chicago Urban League, the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa and the Columbia Urban League.
To address rising unemployment among African American men, which is at a record 34.5%, Seagram’s has announced plans to continue its successful and unprecedented job training and mentoring program, the Pursuit of Excellence Institute in four of the hardest hit cities in the nation: Atlanta, Chicago, Tampa and Columbia South Carolina.
If you are located in one of these cities and you are looking for work or you are exploring a career change, go to the website and read the Press Release.
Jet Magazine has reported that this is the third year of the program. This opportunity for Black men is typically for those in the age range of 25 to 32 years old.
To date, 60 men have completed the program. This year, the number is expected to jump to 100. The job placement rate upon completion of the program is nearly 95 percent, Jet Magazine reported.
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