Rise News

Since connecting with Rise in 2006, Amy Pancake has worked on several community employment groups: at Liberty Carton, at Donatelle Medical, and now at nVent/HOFFMAN in Anoka, Minn. Over the years, Amy has learned firsthand how important it can be to have a trusted group of colleagues and supporters to work with. In the lunchroom at nVent, she lists some of the friends she’s made throughout her employment journey: Amy, Beth, Tanya, Tarleisha, Carley, and…

Virtual Reality allows career and community exploration. Sid Clarke, Contributing Writer Why guess what a job will be like when it’s possible to experience the work long before landing an interview? Thanks to some out-of-the-box thinking (and new technology), we can now provide job training, interview simulations, and travel into our communities and around the world through our virtual reality, or VR, training program. The grant-funded initiative uses technology to simulate “real-world” situations as people…