{"id":41087,"date":"2023-03-24T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=41087"},"modified":"2023-03-24T15:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:57:49","slug":"genesee-county-inaugural-glow-with-your-hands-healthcare-career-event-connects-over-600-students-with-healthcare-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/24\/genesee-county-inaugural-glow-with-your-hands-healthcare-career-event-connects-over-600-students-with-healthcare-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Inaugural GLOW With Your Hands healthcare career event connects over 600 students with healthcare organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dozens of healthcare provide students with career insights and hands-on experiences in the healthcare sector<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BATAVIA, NY \u2013 More than 600 students from 28 school districts from Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming (GLOW) counties experienced a hands-on healthcare career exploration event Friday. Supported by business and educational groups and sponsors led by Platinum Sponsor ESL Federal Credit Union, the inaugural GLOW With Your Hands: Healthcare event took place at Genesee Community College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GLOW With Your Hands: Healthcare was manifested from the annual GLOW With Your Hands: Manufacturing event that educates students through simulations and other hands-on experiences in the advanced manufacturing, agriculture, and skilled trades sectors on career opportunities available in students\u2019 own backyards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis event was such a special opportunity for our organization, with roughly 200 beds and six outpatient clinics within our health system, we are actively searching and hiring for the next generation of workforce candidates,\u201d said David Kobis, Wyoming County Community Health System CEO. \u201cRepresentatives from WCCHS participated in multiple hands-on workshops and a career fair where students were able to ask our team members about their roles and what it is like to work for our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The inaugural GLOW With Your Hands: Healthcare event welcomed dozens of healthcare organizations from various sectors of the industry, including hospitals and health systems and career opportunities in nursing, mental health, social services and first responders as well as educational pathways into healthcare through BOCES, local colleges, and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBased on our success of engaging the future workforce with employers across the GLOW region in the manufacturing, agriculture and skilled trades sectors, we were optimistic that this same type of format would benefit healthcare providers and more importantly students who have an interest in a career in healthcare,\u201d said Angela Grouse, Education to Employment Director at the Livingston County Area Chamber of Commerce and Co-Chair of GLOW With Your Hands: Healthcare. \u201cWith the current staffing challenges in the healthcare system especially in rural areas, vendors recognized the benefit of participating and engaged enthusiastically.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n