The Central Workforce Development Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Alice Whalen, Director of Adult Education and Literacy at East Central College. Whalen holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and has been with East Central College for...
The Columbia Job Center is hosting multiple hiring events for Swift Prepared Foods as they open their new Italian meats processing plant off Paris Road in Columbia. They plan to add over 100 jobs at the facility. The Paris Road plant will be one of the largest...
This article is by Anna Verasai, Associate Editor for Technowise Magazine and contributor for The HR Digest. In today’s rapidly changing job market, companies are struggling to find the right words to describe new and emerging roles, leading to the invention of...
Oprah Winfrey says this about mentorship, “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” I love that quote because it’s so true. Sometimes we need others in our lives to see things about us we can’t necessarily see ourselves. We need...
When Mrs. Carnahan enrolled in the Columbia College-Lake Ozark Nursing program, she was unemployed. Thanks to the WIOA Dislocated Worker program, she was able to successfully obtain her RN license, earning $25/hr. “The grant made it possible for me to pursue my...
