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ScholarStory-Rachel
March 28, 2023
After more than 20 years in the restaurant industry, Rachael McLelland went back to school, switched careers, and is now employed as a Medical Assistant at VCU Health. Similar to many Virginia Ready Scholars, Rachael’s job was eliminated because of the pandemic. The outlook was particularl...
ScholarStory-Madison
March 8, 2023
Madison applied to become a Virginia Ready Scholar in 2021 when she decided to take charge of her ca...
News-Tom
February 14, 2023
RICHMOND, VA (February 2023) – Virginia Ready Initiative (VA Ready) is pleased to announce the appoi...

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Congratulations on completing your healthcare program! Now, it's time to take the next step in your career jou...
March 28, 2023
After more than 20 years in the restaurant industry, Rachael McLelland went back to school, switched careers, ...
March 8, 2023
Madison applied to become a Virginia Ready Scholar in 2021 when she decided to take charge of her career path ...
February 14, 2023
RICHMOND, VA (February 2023) – Virginia Ready Initiative (VA Ready) is pleased to announce the appointment of ...
January 3, 2023
October 2022 marked the end of a six-month mentorship program where five Virginia Ready Scholars were paired w...
November 8, 2022
Navy veteran Anthony Mina was working at Verizon in sales and customer support in Newport News when he realize...
October 5, 2022
The Virginia Ready Initiative’s Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Talent Task Force was recently held in partn...
October 27, 2022
It is said that 90% of companies capitalize on the talents and exp...
September 20, 2022
Virginia Ready kicked off the September 2022 Skilled Trades Talent Task Force with a review of The Aging of th...
August 31, 2022
Dan Wood is a CDL (Commercial Driver’s License) Scholar from Roanoke. He received his credentials in the Sprin...
August 1, 2022
As frustrating as computer troubles can be, Donald Harlow always enjoyed troubleshooting and fixing his own de...

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