Hire Local develops health care jobs in Memphis Medical District
Karen Hamburger, right, talks with career-minded teenagers during an event at Methodist University Hospital held by the Memphis Medical District Collaborative partnered with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for their Hire Local program. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Launched in 2018 by Memphis Medical District Collaborative, Hire Local connects residents with training programs to help them qualify for living-wage jobs close to home while filling the health care worker shortage.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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