Partner Highlight…

Having a job is about more than earning money. It’s about dreams. It’s about accomplishment. It’s about the person.

“A job can truly be life changing for a person and that speaks to why our mission is we change lives,” said The Job Center Covington CFO Emily Goodman. “It is important to have the resources that you need to live; however, it also can instill pride and confidence in a person that he or she did their best today at their job.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment rate for the United States is expected to increase in 2023. “The US began 2022 with an unemployment rate of just 4 percent and it is currently hovering between 3.5 and 3.7 percent,” BLS reported. However, next year it is expected that the unemployment rate will again increase if inflation continues to rise.

In Cincinnati, the unemployment rate, as of November 2022, is 3 percent; in Kentucky, it is 4 percent. It has remains steady with 2021, but will surely reflect the national rate, as inflation continues.

Unemployment is a serious issue in the communities we serve, and Lord’s Gym Ministries has an amazing organization we partner with to combat this issue, The Job Center. The Job Center opened in Ohio in 2007 and has grown to more than 26 centers across 11 states. Last year, the Covington office, which shares a building with the Covington Lord’s Gym helped place 26,146 people in jobs.

According to The Job Center CFO Emily Goodman, the organization specializes in helping individuals find light industrial work. The positions can range from general labor to picking and packing in a warehouse setting to also manufacturing and food production. They also have forklift positions available. In addition, The Job Center has two other divisions that help people with job placement, MOR Talent Solutions is more skilled industrial, and Galaxy Healthcare is local and travel nursing.   

 “The success of the placement depends on the goal of the associate.  We specialize in temp to perm roles with the idea that within six months our associates will be hired full time by our clients,” Emily said.   

The mission is to “change lives.”

Emily has worked as an employee for more than 7 years, but previously served as the company’s CPA. Her history with The Job Center goes back 16 years. She said her work with The Job Center has been very rewarding. 

“I love helping people,” she said. “I love that God has given me the skillset that I have with accounting and compliance and that I can use that to help change a person’s life with a job.”

The Job Center partners with many great companies in the area which means great opportunities for their associates. 

“We work to find the best fit for our associate by understanding their skillset and what they are looking for in a job,” Emily said. “We want them to find a long-term home with our customers.”