Community Workforce Solutions Joins GoodSearch Network

March 24, 2010 - PRLog -- Raleigh, NC – Community Workforce Solutions, Inc. (CWS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment, announced today they have been selected as an approved charity by GoodSearch.com.  A search engine similar to Bing or Google, GoodSearch donates 50% of its revenue, approximately one penny per search, to charities designated by the user.  

Powered by Yahoo!, GoodSearch performs like any other search engine and at no cost to the user. By keying in “Community Workforce Solutions” in the GoodSearch homepage, users can be assured that they are making a small but meaningful contribution to the organization.  Users may also add a GoodSearch toolbar to their web browser for easy access.

GoodSearch’s partner site, GoodShop.com, offers online consumers the chance to help Community Workforce Solution and other charities simply by making a purchase from hundreds of  their favorite online retailers such as Amazon and Target. Shoppers that use GoodShop.com pay the same price as they would by going to the retailer directly, but up to 30% of their purchase price will be donated to Community Workforce Solutions when they use GoodShop.

The organization will use funds generated by GoodSearch and GoodShop to expand services that assist individuals with barriers to employment receive job skills training at their Raleigh and Henderson locations.

“Using GoodSearch is a great way for the community to support our mission just by using the internet,” said Roger McGee, CWS Executive Director. “It doesn’t cost anything, but can really add up to a meaningful donation.  We hope that all who believe in the goals of our organization will use GoodSearch and choose CWS as their charity of choice.”

“We know there are a lot of people who want to do good but may not have the time or the money to help out.” said Ken Ramberg, Co-Founder of GoodSearch and former President of MonsterTRAK, the largest online career site for college students (now a division of Monster.com). “GoodSearch and GoodShop make it as easy as possible.  We’ve taken something people do every day -- searching the Internet and shopping online -- and have turned it into doing good."

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Community Workforce Solutions, Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people, the success of business, and the quality of community life by matching the right person to the right job. Through job training and placement services, persons with disabilities or other barriers to employment are placed in productive positions and encouraged to meet their own vocational goals. For more information visit http://www.communityworkforcesolutions.com.