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Jews in the D
would have to remodel and
diversify to provide training
in addition to one-on-one
counseling.
“Hundreds of people were
coming in every week,”
Rosenbaum said. “They
represented a segment of
the workforce who had
never before experienced
unemployment. They were
coming in feeling like they had
been delivered the message
that something was wrong
with them. We had to create
resources for them that not
only offered them new job-
hunting skills, but also gave
them a social support group
and showed them they were
not alone.”
In a continually and
rapidly changing job market,
Rosenbaum said it’
s natural
for many people to feel like
they want to climb into bed
and pull the covers over their
heads. During the last 10 years,
Rosenberg said that JVS staff
do their best to keep up with
the latest job searching skills
and to teach their clients that
job searching is very different
in today’
s job market, when it
may be computer algorithms
and not people sifting through
applicant resumes.
Rosenbaum said with the
opening of the JVS operations
at Durfee Innovation
Society in Detroit in the
former Durfee Intermediate
School, where her mother
and grandmother attended
school, her personal
connection to improving
the lives of Detroiters in the
neighborhoods where they
reside has come full circle.
Rosenbaum will continue to
consult for the Commission on
Accreditation of Rehabilitation
Facilities in helping JVS
enhance the quality of its
rehabilitation and employment
services for people with
disabilities and specialized
services for older adults.
Personally, she looks
forward to reconnecting with
family and friends, picking up
her long-neglected guitar and
escaping the cold Michigan
winter for warmer climes.
“JVS will always hold a
special place in my heart,”
Rosenbaum said. “I leave
feeling confident that our
talented and caring staff
and lay leaders will continue
to passionately serve our
mission.”
“I leave feeling confi
dent that
our talented and caring staff
and lay leaders will continue
to passionately serve
our mission.”
— LEAH ROSENBAUM
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