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=Workforce Opportunity Services= Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps companies build strong talent pipelines through unique work-study programs. Founded in 2005 by Dr. Arthur Langer, the social mission of WOS is to educate, train, and hire adults from under-served populations or those that are "socially excluded" from the mainstream, and to place them in companies as outsourced consultants. Since its inception in 2005, Workforce Opportunity Services has successfully employed over 290 people, and now has programs for Veterans as well.

History
Founded in 2005 by Dr. Arthur Langer, WOS is designed around a researched solution to address the effects of poverty, social isolation and stress on inner-city adults. Dr. Langer is the current Director of the Center For Technology Management and the Associate Chair of Faculty Affairs, Support, and Development and Academic Director of the Executive Master of Science in Technology Management at Columbia University. Prior to joining the full-time faculty at Columbia University, Dr. Langer was Executive Director of Computer Support Services at Coopers and Lybrand, General Manager and Partner of Software Plus, and President of Macco Software.

Background
Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) is a non-profit education and social venture enterprise that prepares highly-motivated young adults and veterans for business careers and places them as WOS Consultants with partner companies. Our programs are focused on underserved populations and on the creation of good-paying technology jobs. Our activities are research-driven and success-tested, resulting in a rigorous workforce development process that is centered on corporate best practices and education strategies that are proven to be successful with underserved populations.

A distinguishing characteristic of our programs is that graduates are placed with partner companies as WOS employees with market-rate salaries and attractive benefits. This stand-out feature is fairly unique to the WOS workforce model. It provides opportunity for WOS to maintain a nurturing relationship with graduates, thereby assuring them of the continuing WOS mentor support that can make the difference in long-term employment success. Because Workforce Opportunity Services is the employer, the corporate partners are given a flexible, largely risk-free hiring strategy that provides an effective pathway for assimilating diverse and at-risk populations into their workforce.

Locations
Workforce Opportunity Services is located in 14 States and operates in over 20 cities throughout the United States and France. A list of states which WOS has operated in: Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Iowa, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.