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Whether you are looking for career support, hiring talent,
funding workforce development, or volunteering your time; there is a place for you here.
Build my career
I’m a candidate looking for training, experience, employer connections, and support to take my next step.
450+ young adults have been placed into jobs through Merge.
Hire talent
I’m an employer looking to connect with prepared candidates and a workforce partner that stays involved before and after the hire.
35+ employer partners work with Merge to connect with prepared talent.
Support Merge
I’m a donor, funder, or partner who wants to help create sustainable career opportunities for young adults.
230+ young adults served and 150+ placed into jobs in 2025 alone.
Volunteer
I want to use my experience, skills, or connections to help someone build theirs.
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HOW MERGE WORKS: THE MERGE DIFFERENCE
More than training. A pathway to a sustainable career
Merge starts by understanding both the opportunities employers need to fill and what each young adult needs to be ready for them. From there, we build the right pathway to training, experience, employment, and long-term success.
Understand the opportunity
We work with employers to understand the skills, roles, and talent they need, while meeting each candidate where they are and identifying what will help them move forward. For one person, that may mean résumé building, mock interviews, and workplace preparation. For another, it may mean hands-on training, certifications, paid work experience, or apprenticeship training.
The Merge difference
We don’t just prepare people for jobs. We stay involved from training through employment and beyond. Our team works with candidates before the hire, helps connect them to the right employer opportunity, and stays engaged after they start working. That ongoing relationship helps young adults build sustainable careers and gives employers a workforce partner they can continue to rely on.
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Featured Career Journey
From opportunity to sustainable career
Before Merge: Brief description of where the candidate was in their career journey before connecting with Merge, without defining them by hardship or failure.
The Opportunity: How the candidate connected with Merge, what training, preparation, paid experience, or other support they received, and what helped them become ready for the next step.
The Career: Employer, role, placement, starting wage or wage growth where appropriate, and where they are today.
Still Moving Forward: How Merge remained involved after the hire and how the candidate continues to build skills, stability, earning potential, and career growth.
Candidate Perspective: Short candidate quote about the opportunity, career, or what Merge made possible
Employer Perspective: Short employer quote about the candidate, the experience working with Merge, and why the partnership works.
Merge didn’t just help me find a job. They helped me figure out who I wanted to be in my career, and they were still checking in six months later to make sure I was okay.
The numbers speak
The Impact Keeps Growing. A quick look at the progress Merge is making as more young adults move from opportunity to employment and sustainable careers.
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