“Missouri hires its veterans.”
That was the clear message Gov. Jay Nixon delivered today during a stop in Carthage, as he kicked off Show-Me Heroes, a new initiative to connect military veterans with job opportunities when they return home from service.
Show-Me Heroes, an outreach of the Missouri Career Center system, is a campaign to showcase Missouri [...]
The regional partnerships of Chambers of Commerce across the Four-States region held its winter summit event at NEO A&M College in Miami, OK on Friday, February 19th. The half-day event took a deeper at economic recovery efforts and impacts across the region, opportunities that may emerge from the economic rebound, and next steps on existing [...]
Several non-profit groups and governmental agencies alike offer a valuable array of resources for business owners. Whether new, expanding, or sustaining, an event called GovFest this Thursday at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin is set to link business leaders with solutions.
MSSU’s Robert Plaster Free Enterprise and Cornell Auditorium, Room 201 is the location for [...]
Workforce system grants at the state and local level aided Crowder College in the launch of Energy Audit and Weatherization training. The one-week course prepares Students with highly-focused training and certification prep. Crowder’s MARET Center (Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology Center) hosts the training, slated for February22-26.
The Missouri Career Centers and the WIB’s Dislocated [...]
The Workforce Innovators Network through the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) published a report (PDF download) promoting the role of WIBs as conveners for talent development to meet community needs and economic prosperity. The report spotlights examples of high-performing WIBs to make the case for better federal legislation that funds local WIBs to expand [...]
The Joplin Tri-State Business Journal highlighted projections 2010’s regional economy across in a special section published this week. JTSB recruited Jasen Jones from the WIB to provide the analysis as part of an elite group of regional economic leaders. Additional contributors include Rob O’Brian, Chuck Surface, Blake Benson, Josh Rinkenbaugh, Lane Clevenger, and David Glenn. [...]
A monthly survey of human resource (HR) managers in more than 1,000 companies across the country shows January 2010 hiring will outpace layoffs for the third straight month compared with last year.
KODE-TV news ran a feature on Tuesday related to President Obama’s proposed Main Street Bailout. KODE interviewed a local firm in expansion mode, American Ramp Company. KODE also spoke with Jasen Jones from the Southwest Missouri on potential positive impact for the Joplin area. The featured wrapped up with a reference to [...]
Con-Way Truckload announced plans to expands it fleet in several midwestern states, including Missouri. Check out the KOAM-TV 7 News features of Con-Way President Herb Schmidt. KOAM also interviewed Jasen Jones from the Southwest Missouri WIB on the positive projected economic impact for this sector.
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Gov. Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon honored the successful efforts of Missouri’s Next Generations Jobs Team that employed and expanded the skills of thousands of youth across Missouri’s fourteen local Workforce Investment Board regions. In special ceremonies held at the Governors Mansion recently, Gov. Nixon recognized Eagle-Picher Industries for their leading edge work in alternative energy.
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