Back to Work Through Innovation

The Vets and the Rest – Back to Work Through Innovation (BWTI)™ Initiative is a grass-roots effort to get Americans back to work.

A message from the President of JASZ Technology – Antoinette “Toni” Taylor

“I’m not waiting for Superman to come and save our nation, restore the economy, and put men and women back to work. I believe we the collective have the power to fix the jobs problem ourselves. Not five years from now but starting today. John F. Kennedy said, “We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.”

Fast forward to the 21st Century, we’re going to use technology to put women, men, Veterans returning from the war, High School and College grads, and the long-term unemployed back to work through the “Vets and the Rest – Back to Work Through Innovation (BWTI) initiative.

Our initiative will be a multi-phased approach:

  1. Apprenticeships
  2. Community collaboration
  3. Employing technology to get Vets and the Rest back to work
  4. Mentor Students in Grades 3 – 12 and College Freshmen into Engineering Careers
  5. Make a significant contribution toward graduating 10,000 more engineering students from U.S. colleges and universities each year
  6. The Back to Work Expo

Read More about our approach to get Americans back to work.

JASZ Technology officially kicks-off its apprenticeship program and the Vets and the Rest – Back to Work Through Innovation Initiative on January 12, 2012. Vets are Veterans of course, the “Rest” is the long-term unemployed, college and high school graduates, and others seeking work. In addition to Veteran Entrepreneurs like myself, and employers interested in creating an apprenticeship program will be invited Expo participants at not cost.

We are organizing the Expo as an opportunity for North Carolinians, especially Veterans, looking for work or a new career to learn about apprenticeships. A chance for businesses of all sizes to learn about the benefits of establishing an apprenticeship program, and the steps to take to get started. We will also show Veterans, with an emphasis on Woman-Veteran Entrepreneurs, ways to start or grow their business and how to sell to the Government. It’s our belief that other businesses and communities will want to setup apprenticeships, put Veterans to work, support Veteran-Owned and other small business, and to get the country feeling like WE can solve this problem ourselves.