JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
JPMorgan Chase is committing $350 million to programs that train workers for the future. One program is a partnership between the bank and the Aspen Institute to improve community college graduation rates and to prepare students for jobs after graduation.
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The Virginia State Police has created a 30-second promotional video that airs at movie theaters in Virginia, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to attract recruits. The agency aims to fill about 200 vacancies.
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Employees of the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., have unionized, a first for a presidential campaign involving a major party. The staffers have chosen to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 and must negotiate a contract.
Walk-On's Enterprises executive Scott Taylor makes it a point to learn every job within the restaurant franchise so he can assemble the best team possible. "Having the knowledge and training your own replacement are the biggest points for great leaders," he says.
Many organizations have people working across all hours, so try to schedule meetings during shift overlaps, place talented people on all shifts and create forums for idea exchanges that don't depend on everyone being physically present, write Karin Hurt and David Dye.
