Maximize your potential through any of these dynamic workshops available at the Missouri Career Center. There is no charge to participate. The August schedule is now available online with workshop descriptions and a downloadable schedule.
Interest from a series of workshops sponsored with grants from the WIB have prompted the offering of an HR certification series set for this Fall. The Management Development Institute (MDI) at Missouri State Univeristy, the training vendor the WIB’s HR workshops held this Spring, is bringing the certification series to Joplin.
The series launches September 12th [...]
Friday, July 24th marks the increase of the federal minimum wage to $7.25. The official change prompted interest from local news media outlets and requests for feedback from the WIB. Correspondents from KZRG Radio and Fox-14 TV interviewed Executive Director Jasen Jones for local insights.
The WIB’s advanced labor market intelligence system provided research demonstrating only [...]
The Missouri Employer Committee is hosting a seminar in Monett August 13th with valuable updates and trends on issues and legislative updatees of priority to HR professionals. The workshop is set for August 13th at Grants Restaurant on Highway 60 in Monett.
Special guest speaker is Rick Temple, Esq. from the law offices of Rick Temple [...]
The Workforce Investment Board (WIB) of Southwest Missouri, in partnership with the Missouri Career Center, launched a powerful awareness program Tuesday to promote solutions for job seekers and employers to speed up economic recovery efforts across the region.
The WIB of Southwest Missouri hosted workforce leaders from the state level and all 14 regions across Missouri for an association called TEAM, which is Training and Employment Administrators of Missouri. In addition to the association’s regular business, the group designed a vision and priorities for a customer-focused Career Center system.
Joplin not only hosted the [...]
WorkforceZone.net, the online gateway for the WIB of Southwest Missouri, polished its look over the weekend with a new site design and functionality. While simplifying its navigation structure, the site added new tools like an FAQ, improved search functionality, and stronger security features. More work is slated in the coming days to add graphics [...]
New updates on employer perceptions on the current and upcoming job vacancies and the skills needed for those vacancies are now available at the regional and county level across Southwest Missouri. In the second survey of its kind, the Missouri Job Vacancy Survey gathered responses from employers about job vacancies. In the 13-question survey, employers [...]
News Talk 1310 KZRG radio station profiled Joplin regional unemployment and its comparison with state and national unemployment in the news today. The station’s newscast included insights on local unemployment from Jasen Jones, Executive Director of the Workforce Investment Board.
Website article with metro comparisons across Missouri
Audio version of news report (mp3 file courtesy of KZRG)