Dress for Success® and FedEx Launch New Interactive Online Learning Platform

NEW YORK, July 11, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dress for Success Worldwide, in partnership with FedEx, is set to launch The Career Hub, an innovative digital platform which will provide access to online learning and workforce development resources for women through their computers or smart phones.

The Career Hub, fully funded by FedEx, directly supports Dress for Success Career Centers which focus on providing programming for women at various stages of their employment development cycle. The Career Center has become an invaluable resource for women around the world to stay connected to their local affiliate, participate in workshops and maintain a network of support.

Dress for Success Chief Program Officer, Angela Williams, is thrilled to provide women juggling challenging schedules with vital career information to help ensure their professional success. "The Career Hub is guaranteed to expand the reach and scope of our global programming way beyond the traditional brick and mortar setting," she said.  "Over the past twenty years, we have served over 1,000,000 women, now there are no limits to the number that we can serve."

The Career Hub will allow Dress for Success to evolve with the women it serves globally as it provides a pathway to enrich the professional development of all of its members- offering industry specific career mapping, career coaching, job boards, webinars and skills-based training courses.

"We are excited to support Dress for Success with this new technology that will give women the tools and job skills they need to successfully navigate the job application process and secure and retain employment," said Rose Flenorl, Manager of Global Citizenship at FedEx. "The Career Hub aligns with our Employment Pathways pillar in which we are committed to help bridge this divide, by making sure that all job-seekers have the chance to develop necessary workforce skills and competencies."

Dress for Success aims to serve all women with the most relevant and advanced services possible. The Career Hub will launch in the New York, Chicago and Los Angeles locations. A special launch event will be held at all three locations on July 18^th. For event details, please contact [email protected].

About Dress for Success®:

Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization that empowers women to achieve economic independence. Since 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to 150 cities in 26 countries and has helped more than 1,000,000 women work towards self-sufficiency.

About FedEx:

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services.  With annual revenues of $60 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand.  Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 400,000 team members to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities.  To learn more about how FedEx connects people and possibilities around the world, please visit about.fedex.com.

CONTACT: 

Lindsey Groginski

646-233-4954

[email protected]

SOURCE Dress for Success Worldwide