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Being back in the workforce is what mattered most to Myra Jordan, a trainee worker in the billing department at Fox & Obel. Myra had been in and out of the workforce for over a decade. “I’ve been really blessed to receive this opportunity; it makes me feel better because I’m back in the workforce. I missed that,” she says. “I just love getting up every morning and going to work.”
Starting with a new dinette set and then adding living room furniture, Myra has finally been able to afford things she hasn’t been able to before now, creating a more comfortable home for herself and her family. And her new furniture was not purchased on credit, but purchased outright.
“Thanks to Put Illinois to Work… every time I look at the new furniture, I can say that this came from putting people back to work.”
With the new skills and self-confidence Myra has gained working at Fox & Obel, she is more certain than ever that by Christmas she will be in an unsubsidized job. All she needed was for one employer to take a chance— Put Illinois to Work made that possible.