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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

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Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. "In order to meet the demand, we needed to integrate regional offices and functions that had operated more independently into a cohesive national team.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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The Team For a Better World from Portugal developed a prototype low-cost portable device that determines blood types in about 5 minutes. Very sophisticated for a student team. Team Confufish Royale from Australia developed an app called Foodbank Local that allows businesses to easily donate excess food. He had just turned 40.

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