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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Jewish B2B | ||||||
4 | Networking Organization for its continued service to the
small | ||||||
5 | business community; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Small businesses represent 99.7% of all employer | ||||||
7 | firms in the United States, employ just over half of all | ||||||
8 | private sector employees, and pay 44% of the total U.S. private | ||||||
9 | payroll; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Unemployment currently averages 7.5%, | ||||||
11 | representing over 11 million Americans that are out of work and | ||||||
12 | are seeking work; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Jewish B2B Networking, under the direction of Mr. | ||||||
14 | Shalom Klein, was founded in June of 2010 to connect and | ||||||
15 | empower small businesses, service the needs of individuals in | ||||||
16 | transition, and develop programming that has successfully | ||||||
17 | brought together thousands of individuals; Jewish B2B | ||||||
18 | Networking has put 315 people to work in this tough economic | ||||||
19 | climate; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Over 8,000 people have participated in networking | ||||||
21 | sessions, educational programming, and other services through |
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1 | Jewish B2B Networking; the organization is currently assisting | ||||||
2 | almost 1,300 job seekers in updating their resumes; and
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3 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois remains committed to | ||||||
4 | economic development, bringing new businesses to our State, and | ||||||
5 | creating an environment that is friendly to small businesses, | ||||||
6 | which make up 98% of Illinois employers; and
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7 | WHEREAS, 5,000 business networkers are expected to attend | ||||||
8 | Jewish B2B Networking's free business and employment expo, The | ||||||
9 | Business Event, which will be held on June 20, 2013 in | ||||||
10 | Evanston; the event is dedicated to assisting small business | ||||||
11 | owners and job seekers; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
13 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
14 | we congratulate the members of the Jewish B2B Networking | ||||||
15 | Organization and commend them for the excellence they have | ||||||
16 | achieved; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to Mr. Shalom Klein, Director of the Jewish B2B | ||||||
19 | Networking Organization, as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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