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Together with Denver’s leading businesses, workforce programs, nonprofit partners, and the community-at-large, we are activating the potential of people who want to secure economic mobility through the dignity of work.
Past Dreams and Future Goals
How one job seeker found hope through employment. Chelsea loved her past work in radiology. But radiology jobs were harder to find after serving time in prison. “I had a pretty good career but things went downhill,” Chelsea explained recently. As she was preparing for...
VoyageDenver: Meet Helen Young Hayes
VoyageDenver: Meet Helen Young Hayes [Originally posted by VoyageDever, April 6, 20201] Today we’d like to introduce you to Helen Young Hayes. Hi Helen, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to...
Helen Young Hayes Receives GlobalMindED Inclusive Leader Award Winner 2020 for Nonprofit Sector
Helen Young Hayes is unique is so many ways, but what she shares in common with the the other 2020 GlobalMindED Inclusive Leader Award winners is her desire to give back to others with the advantages her hard work created in her own life. Generous leadership is at the...
Helen Young Hayes on the GlobalMindED Tech Equity Panel
Helen Young Hayes, CEO and Founder of Activate Workforce Solutions and ActivateIT, participated in the GlobalMindED Tech Equity Event, “Catalyzing Change in Technology" to discuss how tech companies can build more inclusive and diverse organizations and how to measure...
Coach’s Corner: Deep and True Words of Acceptance and Continuation
Greta called me in tears, so deeply sad and overwhelmed with crying that I could not understand her. I made space for her to cry (my personal belief of tears being our deepest, wordless prayers) and when she was ready to talk, she poured out her multiple frustrations...
Employer Spotlight: L&R Pallet
With Activate’s help, L&R launched a pilot program just over a year ago to coach the company’s key leaders.
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...