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 has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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