Technology skills are a common barrier for many of  to land a job from what I have learned from both our members and the many other Job seekers that I come in contact with.
For some the technology gap to what employers need is wide, for many it is just a question of some additional training and maybe just one or two skills that are needed.

One of our earliest success stories when we only had one meeting location. She was a woman from River Edge Library NhN program, many years with her company who didn't use Microsoft word, as they used another software platform. A member suggested she take classes at the community college and she did. She had an interview after completing the classes and had to take a test and needed to know some functions on Word that she would not have if she didn't take that class. She passed the test and is a NhN success story.

We have moved to create a working community partnership with Microsoft Retail Stores where we either send groups of 15-20 members for free training, and we are recently working on a pilot program to have regular weekly meetings at select stores.to determine what adjustments needed to our standard library meeting format.

Freehold, Freehold Raceway Mall
 
Freehold Raceway Mall
3710 Route 9 South
Freehold, NJ 07728
Phone: (732) 358-5180

Store hours
Mon - Tue: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wed - Sat: 10:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Sun: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Boston, The Shops at Prudential Center

The Shops at Prudential Center
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199
Phone: (617) 692-4000

Store hours
Mon - Fri: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sat: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sun: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Toronto Canada   Emily Chow   Pilot NhN weekly meeting store

Yorkdale Shopping Centre
Unit 305, 3401 Dufferin Street
Toronto, ON M6A 3A1
Phone: (647) 777-4580

Store hours
Mon - Fri: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sat: 9:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Sun: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

New Hampshire   Salem, The Mall at Rockingham Park



Delaware             Newark, Christiana Mall



New Jersey          Bridgewater, Bridgewater Commons

Oklahoma            Tulsa, Woodland Hill

Nashville              Nashville, Mall at Green Hills


Other Microsoft Store locations United States


With the holiday shopping season wrapped up, Microsoft this morning announced six locations in the U.S. where the company plans to open its first retail stores of 2013. It’s part of a broader effort by the company to increase its retail footprint as a marketing and distribution strategy, to have more direct interaction with consumers.

Here’s the list of the first six stores planned by the company in 2013.

• The Shops at La Cantera, San Antonio, Texas
• Dadeland Mall, Miami, Fla.
• Beachwood Place, Beachwood, Ohio
• Westfield San Francisco Centre, San Francisco
• City Creek Center, Salt Lake City
• St. Louis Galleria, St. Louis

Microsoft says it opened 51 stores in 2012, but those included specialty “popup” stores that were opened for the holidays with a limited selection of products. Those specialty stores will stay open into the new year, and in some cases Microsoft is turning them into permanent full-line retail locations. (The Miami, San Francisco, St. Louis and Salt Lake City stores above are examples.)

The six new permanent stores will bring the company to 37 full retail locations in the U.S. and Canada. (That number doesn’t include specialty stores). The company is also reported to be planning its first European stores in 2013.

Apple had 250 retail stores in the U.S. and 140 internationally as of September.


Arizona Scottsdale, Scottsdale Fashion Square

California Corte Madera, The Village at Corte Madera Costa Mesa, South Coast Plaza Glendale, Glendale Galleria Los Angeles, Westfield Century City Mission Viejo, The Shops at Mission Viejo Palo Alto, Stanford Shopping Center San Diego, Fashion Valley Mall San Francisco, San Francisco Centre Santa Clara, Westfield Valley Fair

Colorado Denver, Cherry Creek Mall Lone Tree, Park Meadows Mall

Connecticut Danbury, Danbury Fair Mall Farmington, Westfarms

Florida Aventura, Aventura Mall Miami, Dadeland Mall Orlando, The Florida Mall

Georgia Atlanta, Lenox Square Mall Atlanta, Perimeter Mall

Illinois Chicago, Shops at North Bridge Oak Brook, Oakbrook Center

Indiana Indianapolis, Fashion Mall at Keystone

Kansas Overland Park, Oak Park Mall

Maryland Bethesda, Montgomery Columbia, Mall in Columbia

Massachusetts    Braintree, South Shore Plaza     Natick, Natick Mall    Boston, The Shops at Prudential Center

Minnesota Bloomington, Mall of America

Missouri St. Louis, Saint Louis Galleria

Nevada Las Vegas, Fashion Show

New York Garden City, Roosevelt Field Huntington Station, Walt Whitman Shops New York, Times Square New York, Time Warner Center - The Shops at Columbus Circle White Plains, The Westchester

North Carolina Charlotte, Southpark Durham, Streets at Southpoint

Ohio Beachwood, Beachwood Place Cincinnati, Kenwood Towne Centre

Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Penn Square Mall

Oregon Portland, Washington Square

Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Ross Park

Texas Austin, The Domain Frisco, Stonebriar Centre Mall Houston, Houston Galleria San Antonio, North Star                             San Antonio, The Shops at La Cantera (Coming Soon) The Woodlands, Woodlands Mall

Virginia Arlington, The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Tysons Corner, Tysons Corner Center

Washington Bellevue, Bellevue Square Mall Seattle, University Village

This is a QR code which when you use the application on your smart phone it will
take you directly to NhN web site.

There is a generator program that you can create this for any printed materials and
can have  it direct the person capturing it to any web site or page of a web site you would like to bring them too.