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ABC13 Who’s Hiring job fair explains how you can turn holiday volunteering into a new career [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — During the holidays, many people volunteer, and during this week’s ABC13 Who’s Hiring job fair, we’re going to explore how you can turn that into a new career.

The video above is ABC13’s 24/7 livestream.

Each week, we host a virtual job fair with Workforce Solutions. This week, we’ll have nonprofit experts join to explain how volunteering can lead to job opportunities.

You can come back to this post at around 10 a.m. to live stream the job fair.

We’ll even feature jobs where there’s community service involved. During the job fair, Workforce Solutions recruiters will take applications through social media, their website, and by phone.

There are several jobs with a focus on community service. You could work for the Boys and Girls Club, city of Sugar Land, and other organizations.

We’ll also have someone from the Houston Food Bank join the virtual event to explain how volunteering can pay off in a new career. Information …

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Charities webinar - Contract exposure: managing risks in legally binding agreements [Video]

On Wednesday 11 May, Edward Bouckley delivered the next webinar in our charities bite size series. In the webinar Edward looked at some of the key aspects of managing risk when entering into commercial contracts. He discussed:• What risk management is.• What risk is and why properly managing it is so important to charities.• Some of the ways risks can be managed in contacts.Edward also looked at some of the steps that you can take to better protect your charity when entering into contractual arrangements.Here are the timestamps to help guide you through this webinar:0:52 Birketts at a glance1:18 What we will cover today2:09 What is risk management?3:07 What is risk and why is it important?3:59 Contractual risk5:58 Identifying risk10:05 Written contracts11:34 Assessing Risk13:10 The danger of "pre-contractual" agreements14:27 A cautionary tale16:21 Rights and obligations17:51 Risk - allocating and controlling18:48 Transferring risk: indemnities20:00 Controlling risk: limitation of liability21:29 Practical tips23:18 QuestionsThe webinar ended with a Q&A. Disclaimer: The content of this webinar is for general information only. It is not, and should not be taken as, legal advice. If you require any further information in relation to this webinar please contact us in the first instance. Law covered as at May 2022. Meet our expert, Edward Bouckley: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/norwich/edward-bouckleyContact us at: https://www.birketts.co.uk/contact-usSign up to future webinars: https://www.birketts.co.uk/events​​​​ To ensure that you are invited to future webinars and receive our newsletters please opt in to our mailing lists and select the appropriate areas of interest. https://www.birketts.co.uk/register