The Power of Work is an awards’ ceremony that recognizes the extraordinary efforts of southwestern Pennsylvania businesses that HIRE people with disabilities (or other barriers to employment) or HELP people by going the extra mile to offer work-related support and experiences.

The Power of Work Awards competition is open to all businesses in the western Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland. Winners will be selected based on the judges’ evaluation of the nominees’ efforts to HIRE or HELP people with disabilities or barriers to employment.

Power of Work Awards will be offered in two categories:

• HIRE
• HELP

Some of the actions of a HIRE category nominee may include hiring people with barriers to employment; such as

• People with physical and/or intellectual disabilities
• Displaced workers
• Veterans
• People who are homeless
• People with limited work experience
• People with limited education/training
• Older and younger workers
• Workers with criminal backgrounds
• Making adjustments to their business to accommodate the specific needs of an employee

Some of the actions of a HELP category nominee may include:

• Going beyond their mission to help people overcome their personal challenges to successfully find and keep a job
• Hosting an intern or mentoring someone with limited work experience to help them become employable

Anyone can submit a nomination. Businesses are strongly encouraged to nominate themselves! Use the form below to nominate a business today. Nomination deadline is Friday, December 13, 2019. 

Please note: answer fields will not expand as you type. It is recomended you type your answers in a word processing program and then copy and paste them into the fields below. Optional materials (supporting documentation for your nomination such as photos, letters of support, awards, certificates or newspaper articles) can be emailed to gabi.lloyd@goodwillswpa.org.

Have questions? Please email Gabi Lloyd gabi.lloyd@goodwillswpa.org.

Section 1: Nominee Information

* Business Name

* Address

* City, State & Zip

* Contact Name & Title

* Phone Number

* Email Address

Section 2: HIRE or HELP?

* HIRE or HELP?

HIRE

HELP

Describe the nominee’s exceptional efforts to HIRE people with disabilities or other barriers. Their efforts may include special accommodations; such as flexible schedules, transportation, childcare assistance, job description adjustments, etc. Please be as specific as you can and list all of the ways this nominee goes above and beyond to remove barriers to employment.

Describe the nominee’s exceptional efforts to HELP people with disabilities or other barriers. Some businesses don’t have the resources to hire, but go the extra mile to help people with barriers to employment gain work experience. For example, they provide internships, job shadowing opportunities, mentoring, etc. Please be as specific as you can and list all of the opportunities that you are aware of. Please be as specific as you can and list all of the opportunities that you are aware of.

Section 3: Accomplishments

Tell a brief story that captures why this business deserves a Power of Work Award. Our judges love to hear specific “success stories”. If you have one, or more, please include them here.

Any additional information or comments you want to add? Remember, the more information you are willing to share the better the chances are that your nominee will receive the award that you know they deserve!

Section IV: Your Information (Please complete this section only if the information is different from the "nominee" information.)

Nominator Name

Address

City, State & Zip

Contact Name & Title

Phone Number

Email Address

Submit

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