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Shop with us online and find amazing deals like this 36 book collection from the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. A great holiday gift for your young adult reader.
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Now hiring full time drivers and truck helpers in Hagerstown, MD and Cumberland, MD!
We are searching for motivated and dependable team members to join our Transportation Department!
Responsibilities will be picking up and delivering goods to and from our locations, along with handling customer donation pickups in MD, PA, VA, and WV.
We offer an outstanding benefits package for full time employees!
APPLY NOW at www.horizongoodwill.org/careers
Welcome back! My goal is to educate and excite you about all that Goodwill does for our community and what it can possibly do for you and/or your business! If this is the first blog you have read in this series, please feel free to see how it all got started from my first entry here.
This week’s Business Services Employee Spotlight is focused on Roger Cook. Roger is involved in several of our State custodial contracts. Roger joined our team in January of this year. On the job, he quickly proved that he was a trusted team member and in June of the same year he was promoted to the position of Custodial Crew Lead! In this role, he helps oversee the custodial crews at various contract sites and ensures that the work is being performed up to the contract specifications. Additionally, he acts in a supervisory role in situations where his full time supervisor is not available.
Roger was having difficulty finding and keeping a job. Sadly ,he found that many companies did not want to take a chance on an older worker. It was then that Roger sought out assistance from Horizon Goodwill! Through the services her received, he was given the tools and the confidence he needed to succeed. Roger is very grateful for the supports he has received. By having a supervisor her can look up to, Roger has a role model to emulate and is able to better support himself. Through this relationship, he is able to continue to grow and our customers get great service!
Our Custodial Business Manager, Matt Nugent, has taken notice of his attitude and work ethic as well. When asked about Roger’s performance, Matt said, “Roger has been an ideal employee, always willing to pitch in where needed. His work is outstanding and whenever I ask him to accomplish something, it always exceeds the expectation. He is a pleasure to have on our team and I am delighted to work with him.”
Thanks for reading! Please feel free to contact me with questions or comments regarding the blog or what our Business Services division can do for you! bmarks@goodwill-hgi.org
Let’s take a moment to celebrate one of our own.
Linda Vailati, Romney Store manager, has been employed with Goodwill since August 2010 as a sales associate. She was promoted to store manager in August 2017.
Linda was born and raised in New Jersey. During her teen years, her family moved to Mechanicsville, MD. She then relocated to Romney, WV in 2008.
When asked about hobbies, Linda said, “family is everything to me.” After experiencing the loss of her youngest son, Daniel, who passed last October at age 32, Linda knows how precious life can be. She takes every opportunity to spend with her other two sons Ronnie and Justin, and their families. It’s hard to imagine, but Linda is a grandmother of 4 and great grandmother of 1 (with another great grandbaby due any day).
Because of Linda’s love for animals, it was only natural that she take in Danny’s rescue animals when he passed. His dog, Blacky, a wild haired Terrier, and cats, Pizza and Pepperoni, keep her very busy when she is not working. When she has time, Linda also enjoys tinkering in the garden and canoeing.
Linda enjoys Goodwill because of the employees and customers. Because her family is so far away, her employees are like an extended family. When asked about Goodwill life, Linda said:
“Goodwill gives me the opportunity to help others by hiring those that can’t find jobs elsewhere. Jobs are far and few between. Many applicants just need a chance. I like to look past the surface and evaluate what attributes a person can bring to Goodwill.
We also have great people here in Romney. Our community goes out of its way to help each other. Often people come in that are down on their luck. Some have had a house fire or were homeless. There have been many circumstances when our customers have overheard another customer talking about their situation and then leave money at the counter to pay for the person’s items. It warms my heart.”
We are excited to celebrate Linda and her continued success.
We currently have job openings at our local Horizon Goodwill Stores! As part of our mission, Removing Barriers, Creating Opportunities. These positions, along with the support provided by staff and coworkers, give employees an opportunity to expand job skills, grow within their careers, and grow as individuals.
Currently positions include:
Full-Time Store Manager
Custodial Supervisors
For more information about these openings or to search for more opportunities, please click here.