ActivateIT Receives Results-Based Donation from CO Foundations & Philanthropists
This NPX inaugural Colorado Donor Impact Fund ("DIF") announcement was originally shared through a Globe Newswire here. Colorado Foundations & Philanthropists Pioneer a New, Results-Based Donation Model with $5.6+ Million in Donations Focused on Economic Mobility...
ActivateIT Training Program Graduates First Cohort of Students
Denver, Colorado – September 8, 2020 – Activate, a Denver-based professional placement and coaching firm, will graduate the first cohort of students from its new ActivateIT training program September 11. Thirteen students from...
Activate Joins Aspen Institute Initiative to Advance Innovative Strategies for Families’ Health and Economic Prosperity
[DENVER, CO] – Activate joins the second cohort of the Aspen Family Prosperity Innovation Community, Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s initiative for breakthrough innovations and collaborations that position families to reach educational success, economic prosperity,...
Activate Partners with the Blind Institute of Technology to Expand Employment Opportunities
NEWS RELEASE For more information contact: Erika Gonzalez, Scoop PR 303-570-3984/[email protected] Denver, CO – The Blind Institute of Technology (BIT) and Activate Workforce Solutions have formed a partnership to advance their shared goal of achieving...
As Record Unemployment Grips Colorado, This Job Recruiter Focuses On Finding Work For The Disenfranchised
This article was reposted from a story on CPR's website by Carol McKinley here. In the months before Colorado was seized by the coronavirus pandemic — a time when there was 3 percent unemployment — employers often complained that committed workers were in short...
Activate Workforce Solutions Featured on CPR’s Colorado Matters
Activate Workforce Solutions was recently featured on the Colorado Public Radio (CPR) show Colorado Matters. Click here to go to CPR's website to listen.
A case for looking beyond criminal records
This article originally appeared as a feature in Colorado BIZ Magazine here. Peter is a sharp young man with bright green eyes, military-upright posture, and an Ivy League vocabulary. Now in his late 20s, he grew up in an average middle-class family and started...
Helen Young Hayes of Activate Workforce Solutions Named to the 2020 Titan 100
The following is a press release from Titan100 CEO. Helen was also featured in this Titan100 of the day post from their website. Announcing the recipients of the 2020 Titan 100 Titan CEO and headline sponsor Wipfli LLP are pleased to announce Helen Young Hayes,...
Combating Poverty Through the Dignity of Work
Activate Workforce Solutions was recently featured on the podcast In the Arena with Colorado Concern. From the show notes: We are joined by Helen Young Hayes, founder and CEO of Activate Workforce Solutions a Denver-based professional placement and coaching non profit...
Colorado Concern partners with job recruiter Activate Workforce Solutions
Reposted from this article on Colorado Politics website: Colorado Concern announced a partnership Wednesday with the Denver-based professional placement and coaching firm Activate Workforce Solutions. “We are beyond impressed by the social return on investment...
Activate Launches New Partnership with Colorado Concern
Press Release Colorado Concern and Activate Workforce Solutions Announce Partnership to Combat Poverty Through the Dignity of Work Denver, CO. April 15, 2020 - Colorado Concern, an alliance of top executives with a common interest in enhancing and protecting the...
Activate Workforce Solutions Featured on EdTech Center @ World Education
"An employment opportunity gap affects some 103 million adults in the United States who lack in-demand skills and connections to advance in their careers or earn higher wages. Few are able to access formal upskilling opportunities—with barriers such as limited...
Helen Young Hayes on Colorado UpLift’s podcast, Leading On Purpose Episode 7
"On this episode of Leading on Purpose, we talk with Helen about her background: growing up in the segregated south and how moving to an Ivy League school helped open her horizons. Helen also explores her move into corporate America, a transition into a new passion,...
ActivateIT Managing Director Kathryn Harris Featured in ColoradoBIZ
Our Managing Director, Kathryn Harris, was featured December 31, 2019 in an article in Colorado Business Magazine highlighting her two decades worth of experience in Colorado’s nonprofit sector and previous ventures in education-focused nonprofits.
Activate Workforce Solutions Featured on FAITH & CO
"You can help employers AND employees, see the untapped potential they bring to the table. Helen Hayes founded a placement firm in Denver to unlock the hidden talents of overlooked and undervalued workers trapped in the cycle of poverty. Activate Workforce Solutions...
How to Retain Front-Line Employees
Our Founder/CEO Helen Young Hayes wrote about the importance of luring and keeping front-line employees in an article published in ColoradoBiz Magazine, entitled, How to Retain Front-Line Employees.