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Mayor's Award - Program Details and Nomination Form

MAYOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT


IS YOUR ORGANIZATION A LEADER IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT?

Successful candidates for the Mayor's Award are organizations with projects or programs that have helped improve the knowledge, performance and skill of their workforce. Any organization, large or small, private or public sector, can qualify as a training and development leader.

Award Categories:
Four (4) Award Categories have been established in order to recognize the diversity of organizations within the City of Cambridge. The categories are:

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing:
    Organizations primarily engaged in industrial uses including the manufacturing, processing, production, fabrication, assembly and sub-assembly and warehousing of products.

  2. Service, Hospitality and Retail:
    Organizations primarily engaged in operating hotels/motels; restaurants; entertainment or recreational facilities; transportation and communication companies; financial services; contractors and organizations engaged in the retail business to the general public for personal and/or household consumption.

  3. Public and Not-for-Profit:
    Includes government, educational institutions, health care and not-for-profit organizations.

  4. Small Business:
    The small business category includes any business or organization from any sector or category that has fewer than 50 employees.

Not sure of what category to select, call 519.740.4536, Ext. 4592 for assistance



WHO CAN APPLY:
You're welcome to nominate your own organization, one of your suppliers, or a customer. We want to make sure that we recognize those Cambridge companies and organizations that are investing in their own workforce and ultimately our community's future. We welcome applicants from all organizations including those who have applied in the past. However, we ask that Mayor's Award winners from the past three years not apply.

HOW TO APPLY:
Simply fill in and mail or fax the Nomination Form. Nominees will be contacted by a Cambridge Training & Development Advisory Group Committee member regarding the next steps in the process. The Advisory Group, a volunteer group of people from local businesses and organizations, will make the final award selections.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Nomination deadline is Friday, February 12, 2010

*TO DOWNLOAD THE NOMINATION FORM: Please click on the PDF document below.

*FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please contact the City of Cambridge, Economic Development at 519.740.4536, Ext. 4592 for further details.

Related Documents

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION DATE POSTED  
Mayor's Award for Excellence in Workforce Training & Development
Mayor's Award Program - Information Brochure The brochure contains comprehensive information regarding the annual Mayor's Award for Excellence in Workforce Training & Development 2009-12-14 PDF 705Kb
2010 Mayor's Award Nomination Form 2010 NOMINATIONS HAVE CLOSED.

2010 Nomination Form for the Mayor's Award for Excellence in Workforce Training & Development.

For definition of Award Categories, please view or download the Information Brochure above.

2009-12-14 PDF 346Kb