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ment and bringing additional industry in. Now they can see it all here.”

Lowder said a cross-section of industries has show interest in visiting the expanded space at the Belden Center, including aerospace and medical tooling.

Calls from other industries from cross the state also are interested in the facility and in hiring graduates.

Emison said graduates in precision machining don’t have problems landing jobs.

“We’ve not had a student who’s done their due diligence who’s had trouble getting a job,” he said. “We’ve got some second-year students working an internship making $18.30 an hour. After graduation, they’ll make more than $20 an hour.

Then in a two-year plan, they can top out at $26 an hour.”

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nternships have long been considered an ideal way to get a foot in the door of a potential employer.

By working part-time at a company, an intern gains value insight and experience, while a company also get a peek into what a potential worker brings to the table.

Itawamba Community College, in collaboration with the Community Development Foundation and several companies in the region, is set to begin an internship program called Careers in Advanced Manufacturing and Technology.

“The goal is to get everybody though an internship program eventually, to get students earning while learning,” said Joe Lowder, ICC’s Dean of Economic and Community Services.

And to help foster the internship program is a new Precision Machining and Robotics Lab. Barry Emison is Dean of Career and Technical Education at ICC. The college’s career and technical education programs are designed to prepare individuals to enter the workforce with the academic and vocational skills needed to compete successfully in the global job market through the most advanced training available.

Some 30 programs are offered at ICC’s locations including Fulton, Tupelo and Belden.

The internship program is an added showcase to the program, at the cost of $1.4 million provided through Appalachian Regional Commission funding and matches.

The new lab is double the

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While AMT has been a sucGrant Hartley, left, and Hayden Murphy begin setting up a CNC machine as part of their training cess for Toyota, other manuat the ICC Belden Campus. facturers in other industries are looking for similar programs, space of the old lab and keys in they want people with experiing machines. So we take raw which led to the CAMT internon industrial maintenance, one ence.” materials and turn them into a ship program. of the high-demand, high-payfunctional part.”

“What we want to do is have ing jobs in which there aren’t STATE OF THE ART LAB Simulators for CNC maopportunities in other areas, enough qualified applicants to The laboratory has been chines are used for training, especially in manufacturing,” fill. discussed for at least five years, along with other machines that Emison said.

The intern program will help and now that it’s a reality, Emi- use computer codes to operate.

With grant money from fill that gap. One internship son said the facility is nearly Conventional manually opThree Rivers Planning and program, the Advanced Manu- unmatched anywhere. erated machines also are used Development District, the facturing Technician, or AMT, “About every type of machine extensively at the laboratory internship program helps subis tied to Toyota. It has been a tool that’s made we have here,” space. sidize the companies’ salaries it successful program, providing he said. “The purpose of the The facility also will play an pays to the interns up to $5 per a pipeline of employees to the program is to train individuals important role in landing jobs hour. Participating companies automotive manufacturer in to work as precision machinists in the region, officials say. must pay the workers at least Blue Springs.

– some production machinists, “Almost every economic $12 an hour to get the subsidy, But the new CAMT internsome tooling machinists – and development project we’ve however. ship program is geared toward maintenance machinists.” worked with has wanted to see “We’ll have to up that to a wider audience.

A machine tool is a machine our machine shop,” Emison compete for the interns, “We want it to be the norm that can reproduce itself, and said. “We didn’t have this to especially with Toyota paying rather than the exception,” as a group, they can all reshow until now. So we’re really $16.50 and MTD paying $18.30 Emison said of internships. produce themselves, Emison excited about this playing a “The biggest thing we hear is said. “Most are chip-producbig part in economic developTURN TO INTERNSHIP, 9

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Furniture Academy deemed successful, partners added developing work ethic and gaining financial awareness and life skills.

Graduates are given priority he inaugural Furniture interviews with job openings Academy was considat the participating furniture ered a success, with 121 companies, and are give higher graduates, 46 of whom starting pay if they’re hired. were hired by area furniture Funded through a $250,000 manufacturers.

The 28-hour program, which grant from the state, the inaucan be completed in a week or gural Furniture Academy starttwo at either Northeast Missis- ed in February. The next group sippi Community College or will be beginning soon.

Itawamba Community College, Rusty Berryhill, president of was developed to help foster Kevin Charles Furniture in New the growth and meet the labor Albany, hired the first Academy needs of the state’s furniture graduate in September, and industry, which is centered in said he was pleased with the Northeast Mississippi. inaugural class.

The Academy is an introduc“The program took a little tion to furniture manufacturbreak over the summer, as ing, also includes training in hiring slows down traditionally teamwork and problem solving, in the industry , but now we’re

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ready to take off again,” he said.

“Our initial run, we had 46 of the 121 grads hire, and that’s close to 40 percent. If you’re batting .400 in Major League Baseball, you’re in the Hall of Fame.”

The list of participating manufacturers initially included H.M. Richards of Baldwyn, Homestretch in Nettleton, Kevin Charles Furniture, Max Home of Fulton and Iuka and Southern Motion of Pontotoc and Baldwyn. Fourteen companies have been added since then.

“The hiring were spread out equally – 23 came out of Northeast and 23 came from ICC,” Berryhill said. “We couldn’t have have scripted it any better.”

The program is free, and takes two to three weeks to complete, depending on the schedule that will be tailored toward participants.

Other partners in the Furniture Academy include the Franklin Furniture Institute at Mississippi State University and the Community Development Foundation in Tupelo.

Berryhiill hired Carla Shackelford after she graduated from the first Academy class, and said at the time that she was “the perfect candidate ... she’s got the best personality, she’s got the want-to, the drive, and she answered every question I had with enthusiasm.”

Berryhill’s view hasn’t changed in the past six month, and he said Shackelford is do-

ing well at the company.

“She’s done an outstanding job for us,” he said.

“I’m very excited,” he said of the upcoming class. “We’re excited of the good things happening and of sustaining this.

It’s been a success story so far.

And we’ll gain more traction as furniture goes into the busy season.”

Berryhill said that as the furniture industry evolves, more qualified applicants will be needed to fill more positions.

“This was just phase one,” he said. “And as it’s becoming successful, we’ll have more phrases as we go along. Right now were’ just doing the basics.

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High schools prep students for careers with exposure, experience

Tupelo High School’s career and technical education center, said students UPELO – With are encouraged to think area high schools, about their future careers and even middle and plan their high school schools, encourses accordingly. couraging students to Many THS students make career decisions take classes at the early, the kindergarschool’s career and techten-through-12th-grade nical education center. educational system has The center provides stubecome a place where dents with 12 occupationcollege preparation is al programs, which are now accompanied by comprised of two yearcareer preparation, too. long courses, along with Although schools a number of additional start exposing students elective courses. to career paths early, “Those provide students with hands-on the preparation is more hands-on once they reach experience related to real-world work experithe high school level. ence,” Topp said.

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The classes cover a range of potential careers in fields like business, industry, manufacturing, health and human sciences.

“We cover a multitude of pathways that prepare students to be successful at the college or career level,” Topp said.

By exposing students to career paths in high school, Topp said they’re getting ahead when it comes to choosing a career and working toward it.

If a student attends college, Topp said, they’ll be prepared when choosing a major and courses. If a student decides to enter

the workforce after high school, they’ll have valuable skills and experience to help them secure a good job.

Many students have the opportunity to earn certifications at the high school level, depending on which career pathway and skills they studied.

Opportunity for students to earn certifications as high school seniors is something New Albany career tech center director Rodney Spears hopes to see increase in the near future.

“I would love to see them do a lot of that certification at the high school level,” Spears said.

Spears said doing so would build partnerships between local industries and schools. The schools need to know what types of skills companies are looking for in workers, and the companies need skilled workers.

“I think our job is to offer students the options and the expertise in those different areas that they may go into for a career,” Spears said.

“We also want to work with businesses and the community to see what the qualifications and the certifications are for them to get those jobs.”

At the career tech center at New Albany High School, students can take classes in automotive repair, culinary arts, health sciences, drafting, mechanical engineering, robotics/programming, carpentry, digital media and construction. A sci-

‘I think our job is to offer students the options and the expertise in those different areas that they may go into for a career.

We also want to work with businesses and the community to see what the qualifications and the certifications are for them to get those jobs.’

Rodney Spears,

New Albany career tech center director ence, technology, engineering and math course is offered to ninth-grade students.

The NAHS center also serves students from the Union County School District.

The school also ensures students have basic, practical skills, like operating Microsoft Office and other computer programs.

Coke Magee, assistant superintendent of Lee County Schools, said students at the district’s three high schools are offered an Agriculture, Environmental Science and Technology Program, several technology-based classes, cooperative education and STEM classes.

Shannon High School students also have access to automotive service, carpentry, health science, marketing, hospitality and teacher academy classes through the career and technical education center at Okolona High School.

Magee said curriculum used throughout the Lee County School District

readies students with knowledge and experience for college and the workforce.

“School faculty work diligently to provide access to practical career experience through field trips, job shadowing, clubs, organizations and local business and industry,” Magee said.

All of these career-oriented programs are coupled with ACT preparation for most students in local schools.

The ACT is a test designed to measure college readiness based on the skills high school teachers teach and what instructors of entry-level college courses expect.

Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment courses also allow students to earn college credit while still in high school, meaning they can begin more specialized college coursework upon arriving on campus. emma.crawford@journalinc.com @emcrawfordkent

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Baldwyn Career Advancement Center nears completion

are being housed in the high school’s main building. Once it’s ready, those classes will ALDWYN – A new state- move to the new facility.

Jason McKay, superintendent of-the-art vocational of the Baldwyn School District, education facility on said those classes will start Baldwyn High School’s the more hands-on parts of campus will soon be ready for their curriculum once they are students to begin hands-on moved to the Career Advancelearning. ment Center.

Construction on the Career “We have already started out Advancement Center began classes in other locations on in April and is scheduled to be campus doing the soft skills part complete by Oct. 9.

The 11,900 square-foot build- of the curriculum,” McKay said. ing will include four classrooms, “When Oct. 9 gets here it will be two workshops with extended a smooth transition.” ceilings, one conference room, Students from Booneville and four offices, two bathrooms, a Wheeler high schools will also lobby, a dock lift and expandbe able to attend vo-tech coursable entrances. es at Baldwyn High. There are In the meantime, Baldwyn currently 13 students coming students taking vo-tech classes from those schools to BHS for

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‘Our local industries have maintained as much enthusiasm throughout this whole process as they had at the beginning.’

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superintendent of the Baldwyn School District classes.

The Booneville School District’s participation is part of its Districts of Innovation partnership with the Baldwyn School District.

Those include a furniture manufacturing course and an advanced manufacturing course, both new at Baldwyn High this year.

The furniture manufacturing course is the second of its kind in Mississippi.

McKay said the new courses generated a lot of student interest.

“We’re very pleased with the turnout,” McKay said. “We know that’s something that’s only going to grow.”

The district passed a $2 million bond issue in January to fund the project and bid the project to Corinth-based CIG Contractors for just over $1.3 million.

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automotive supplier APMM and furniture manufacturers Southern Motion and H.M. Richards, McKay said the district has worked to develop new vo-tech curriculum that reflects industry demand.

Those companies also have made several equipment donations to the Career Advancement Center, so students will be able to work with the latest manufacturing technology.

“Our local industries have maintained as much enthusiasm throughout this whole process as they had at the beginning,” McKay said. “We are excited as a school district and a community.” emma.crawford@journalinc.com @emcrawfordkent

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Pathway to construction program developed to meet growing need

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tawamba Community College recently introduced a “Pathway to Employment in Construction” program based on the Construction Core Curriculum developed by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). The program components included 64 to 80 hours instruction and was taught at the college’s Belden Center.

“This is the first time ICC has offered this type of program to the public which earned the 17 participants a nationally THOMAS WELLS | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM recognized credential in basic construcKarey McAnally, left, shows Cheri Jamison how to use a compound miter saw tion” said Tatiana Sherman, workforce during class at ICC Belden. project manager, who organized the skill path opportunity.

The course was organized in modules including construction math, introduction to power tools, hand tools, construction drawings, communication skills, employability skills and introduction to material handling.

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The program was based on survey information collected from major construction employers in Northeast Mississippi and will be continued at various college centers due to feedback from construction employers.

Century Construction, FL Crane & Sons and JESCO Inc., have expressed interest in interviewing graduates for job placement.

Jon Bramlett, human resources manager for JESCO Inc.; Kelly Martin, operations manager for JESCO and Mike Heering, president of FL Crane & Sons spoke to the students during the class.

“This is the job that you can take pride when you see a school, a church or a structure you helped to build that will be with us forever and you know you are a part of it”, Martin said.

Mike Heering told the students that he started his first job with FL Crane & Sons 40 years ago working on a construction job site.

To register for the program, contact Tatiana (Tanya) Sherman at (662) 407-1523. dennis.seid@journalinc.com Twitter: @dennisseid

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Career expo adding public hours, directory

“This is our way of sharing it with the community, so that UPELO – Orgawindow of time will just nizers of the third be for anyone to come,” “Imagine the PosBennett said. “The more sibilities” Career people who see it, the Expo are extending its more people will support reach. This fall, the expo it.” will be open to the public More businesses from for a specified period of the Golden Triangle time. Previously, only Region – the area comeighth-grade students, prised of Columbus, educators and select Starkville and West Point other students have been – also will be included in able to attend the career the expo this year. expo.

“That’s Northeast The three-day event Mississippi, too, and exposes more than 7,000 we want them to be eighth-grade students well-represented,” Benfrom the CREATE Founnett said. dation’s 17-county area The Columbus Air to more than 100 careers Force Base participated from a range of different for the first time in 2016, career pathways through and Bennett said that hands-on experiences. was a big step in expandThe event is funded by ing the event. the Toyota Wellspring Education Fund, and PROFESSIONALS businesses and profesDIRECTORY sionals from Northeast After they’ve attended Mississippi volunteer the expo, students and their time to participate. teachers can access the The expo will take “Pathways to Professionplace Oct. 3-5 at the als” directory.

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The directory is a new On its second day, Oct. resource born out of the 4, members of the public Community Developcan attend the expo from ment Foundation’s Jim 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.

Ingram Leadership InstiAlbine Bennett, directute aimed at connecting tor of communications businesses to educators. for the CREATE FounBennett said she and dation, the force behind her group from the the expo, said the event Leadership Institute will be open to the public developed the idea beduring that time in hopes cause they saw no direct that people who attend contact between area will support the event in schools and the business the future. community.

With the event usually “It was just a great opbeing for eighth-graders portunity, and since I’m only, Bennett said she involved with the expo, hopes other students in a we intertwined with it range of age groups will and made it a suppleseize the opportunity to mental thing,” Bennett attend when it’s opened said. “It seems so simple, to the public.

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and you’d think there would be something out there but there’s really not.”

Bennett said CREATE and “Imagine the Possibilities” have also supported the directory project as it aligns with their goals, but it is not an official CREATE program.

The hope, Bennett said, is that after students attend the expo, they can further explore their career interests by connecting with local businesses and professionals to learn more using the information provided in the directory.

Additionally, area teachers can reach out for resources to use in the classroom or for career days.

There are currently 184 businesses in the directory and of those 117 provide job shadowing, co-op programs or internships.

The businesses in the directory span 19 career pathways from engineering to human services and include at least one business from each of CREATE’s 17 counties.

“If they’re interested in knowing more they’re able to come to the directory and find the information that they need,” Bennett said.

“It is an expansion, so to speak, of the career expo.”

The directory can be accessed online at www. createfoundation.com/ pathways2professionals. emma.crawford@journalinc.com @emcrawfordkent

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WANT TO CHANGE CAREERS? Do these 5 things first

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egan Vaites worked in product information and design roles at the same company for 20 years. But a desire lingered to follow in her mother’s and grandmother’s footsteps and go into nursing.

She considered changing careers. But with a steady job and children at home, going back to school always seemed unimaginable, she says.

“Two years ago, I was on the phone with my grandmother and she said, ‘Megan, you’re a good mom,

but those kids are going to go, and then you’ll need something you feel fulfilled at,’” says Vaites, a Pittsburgh-area resident.

“I started taking classes at a local community college not long after that.”

You may have identified your next career, but giving up the security of the current one will take energy, money and time.

Before you quit your current gig, take these five expert-recommended steps to be sure you’re making the right decision.

work life and why you want to switch careers.

“They might dislike their boss or that particular work environment, but a lot of times it’s not really the career specifically they need to change – it’s the dynamic in their current workplace,” says Juliet Murphy, chief executive officer of Juliet Career Development in Tustin, Calif.

Or it may indeed be the career itself. Emily Shortell of Long Beach, New York, determined her problem was her design 1. IDENTIFY career after finding the same unhappiness while THE PROBLEM working in multiple enEvaluate your current vironments, including

a handbag company, a marketing company and a guitar string manufacturer. Now, she’s pursuing a career in the veterinary field.

Identify the source of your dissatisfaction by making a list of what you dislike in your job. Disliking multiple things related to the fundamental function of your role may signal it’s time for a change.

2. RESEARCH THE CAREER YOU WANT Explore what it takes to enter your desired field and the likely places of employment.

Shortell, for example, didn’t quit her design job until she’d looked into state licensing laws and found an accredited veterinary technician program.

Start with the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook . It offers details on different jobs and median salaries, the projected outlook for opportunities, and education and training requirements.

3. TAP INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS Find people in the sort of role you aspire to and ask to pick their brain about the job market and local outlook. LinkedIn is one resource, but also make connections through friends and family referrals, industry conferences, alumni groups, local professional groups or meetups and business journals.

Ask questions that test your assumptions about your desired career, such as what the day-to-day duties are and how the majority of time is spent, suggests Dorie Clark, a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker and author in New York City.

“Those are the most important questions because you may have a hyper-glamorized view about television news, for example, but if mostly you’re spending your time working phones and doing logistics for catering for guests then that might not be the thing you want to spend your time doing,” Clark says.

4. ADDRESS GAPS IN YOUR SKILLS Evaluate your skills, on your own or by consulting a certified career counselor, to see which are transferrable to your new career and what you need to improve upon. You may have to take a certificate program or enroll in online courses, or go back to school altogether if your desired new career requires a different college degree.

To fill gaps in specific skills, take on additional responsibilities at your job or consider volunteering.

“Say you’ve never done project management and that’s a skill you need,” says Teri Coyne, senior executive and career coach with the Five O’Clock Club, a human resource

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• NerdWallet’s guide to careers and money: nerd.me/career-finances • Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook: www.bls.gov/ooh/ counseling firm in New York City. “You could do volunteer work in a local community organization and manage a project.

Now you’re building skills to add to your resume to fill in those gaps.”

5. REFRAME YOUR RESUME A job posting in your desired field will list the skills and responsibilities required; use them to tailor your resume. Include only those achievements and strengths that relate to the new career.

“Let’s say you want to transition into being an event manager. If you’ve only done data analysis, you’re not going to pepper your resume with your data analysis accomplishments,” Coyne says. Emphasize instead how you also worked with budgets, for instance, or coordinated a conference.

“Your resume is just a story about how you can fit the opportunity,” she says.

This article originally appeared on the personal finance website NerdWallet. Anna Helhoski is a staff writer at NerdWallet. Email: anna@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @AnnaHelhoski

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days a week and go to schools two days,” Emison said. “This FROM 2 is a path to upward mobility; it ... they’ll get the cream of the doesn’t have to be a terminal crop,” Emison said. position;” “I think you’ll see that get About a dozen companies are up to about $16 or $17. We’re now participating in the internasking them to go after the ship program. first-year students majoring in As more companies sign on, precision machines, get applica- others will have to as well, betions, resumes, get companies cause they’ll have that pipeline interested, offer them internset up,” Emison said. ships and get them started in In the future, a coordinator September/October. We’ll be will be hired to work with high a little later this year to start. schools to help recruit high But we want it to be a two-year school students to the interncommitment where the compa- ship program. ny is part of a student’s edu“We want high school councational process for that entire selors, parents and others to period.” realize that students, if they’re Lowder said he hopes more interested, they can make good businesses will see the value money doing this kind of work,” of educational partnerships Emison said. “This isn’t just voand that every student has an tech anymore.” internship opportunity.

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belts, we’ll get more advanced.”

Those phases in the future include instruction on actual manufacturing, but it’ll be up to each company to determine how to do that since processes differ. Ultimately, it’s a time and money saver for everyone involved.

“It’s an expense anytime you go into the hiring process,” Berryhill said. The interview process also is an expense. And anytime you can reduce expenses, that’s good ... depending on the job, there’s a period time that you’re still investing in them before they start helping you make money.

“Now with the academy, we’re getting part of that out of the way.

They’re willing to commit to a job, so that’s a step ahead of many others.” dennis.seid@journalinc.com Twitter: @dennisseid

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ICC offers manufacturing skills basic certification class

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Registration is continuing for an evening class option for the Manufacturing Skills Basic Certification program beginning Sept. 25 at the Itawamba Community College Belden Center.

The class will meet Mondays through Thursdays through Nov. 16 from 6-9 p.m.

The program is designed to prepare students desiring to have a career in high-performance manufacturing to be successful. Through this program, students use critical thinking skills, update core skills and knowledge and will earn nationally-recognized credentials.

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Oxford-based company again named to Inc. 5000 list

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R. J. Allen & Associates, an Oxford-based construction and real estate company, recently was named to the Inc. 5000, the magazine’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

R.J. Allen is an affiliate of The Blackburn Group and sister company of Blackburn Communities, which is developing the 500-acre Oxford Commons master-planned community.

Inc. ranked R.J. Allen at 4,397 nationally. This represents the fifth consecutive year that Inc. selected R.J. Allen for the list, and with $41.4 million in annual revenue, it is the largest Mississippi company honored.

Inc. reported R.J. Allen’s three-year revenue growth of 58 percent.

“This honor is a reflection of our incredible team and corporate culture of developing first-class properties that consumers value as a sound investment,” said David Blackburn, company president. “While we are pleased to be recognized – especially by such a respected publication – what we value most are the relationships formed with our clientele and the opportunities to serve them.”

The company was formed in 1984 and currently employs 48 people.

In addition to Oxford Commons, The Blackburn Group is currently develop-

ing several residential communities in the Starkville, Mississippi and Austin, Texas markets.

On the commercial side, The Blackburn Group is a preferred developer for Dollar General Stores in the north Mississippi, northeast Tennessee and Memphis markets and a preferred contractor for CST Stores throughout Texas.

It has constructed and developed retail, restaurant, convenient store, office and assisted living projects throughout the Southeast and currently operates several Anytime Fitness locations in Texas.

Inc. will honor those recognized at a gala Oct. 12 in Palm Desert, California.

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own business, but don’t know where to begin? This seminar outlines the basic steps to start a business. Topics include: regulations such as licenses and permits; legal forms of business ownership; basic marketing concepts to help analyze the revenue potential; lending terminology; outline for a business plan and other resources to assist in starting a business. To register call 1-800-725-7232 (For MS area codes only). Location: UMSBDC, Marshall County Library, Marshall County SEPTEMBER 12: STARTING A BUSINESS – FIRST 11: STARTING A BUSINESS – FIRST STEPS. Holly Springs, 1 p.m. to STEPS, Tupelo, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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Northeast Regional Library, Ripley 25: HOW TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS PLAN, Holly Springs, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Topic: Business Basics. This seminar is designed to assist in preparing a business plan. The parts of the business plan are explained, i. e., industry research, description of company products and services, identifying target customer groups and a marketing plan. Financial components discussed are start-up costs and preparation of a projected cash flow statement.

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Mississippi Energy Institute launching The Skills Foundation

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The need for technical skills is in high demand nationally, with about 7 out of 10 available jobs requiring these skills.

As Mississippi seeks to increase its competitiveness and attract more business investment, workers with more skills are a large part of the equation.

According to the Mississippi Energy Institute, there are many great-paying jobs for Mississippians, and there are several accessible pathways to get those jobs.

“We simply need to raise more awareness about these opportunities and connect more people across Mississippi with the training or other resource that will get them on their way to good opportunities,” said Garrett McInnis, MEI’s vice president of development.

Last year, MEI entered into a public-private partnership with the state through the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. MDES gave MEI a grant to test a web platform, “Get on the Grid.”

It was developed over the

course of about three years with only private money and with information resources from employers across the state. Its purpose was to tell Mississippians about the careers in advanced manufacturing and energy that are in demand and are high paying (usually 2-3 times the average private sector wage in the state).

The results of that partnership were overwhelmingly successful, according to McInnis.

“We attracted over 105,000 visitors to the site, we tracked data on everyone that visited, and we pushed

almost 3,000 individuals to investigate training and job opportunities either at community colleges or at the MississippiWorks job seeker site,” he said.

On Sept. 7, at the Jackson Convention Center, a group of public, private, and non profit representatives are meeting for the launch of a new organization called The Skills Foundation of Mississippi.

The Skills Foundation is a 501©3 that will be focused on utilizing public-private partnerships to building a workforce with greater quantity and qual-

ity of skilled workers. The initial chair for The Skills Foundation will be George Schloegel, former CEO of Hancock Bank, former nayor of Gulfport and former chairman of the State Workforce Investment Board under Govs. Musgrove and Barbour.

“One of the more immediate results of the formation of this group will be the expansion, both geographically and topically, of ‘Get on the Grid,’ which we hope to expand the advertising to the rest of the state and we will look at moving into other workforce sec-

tors to highlight jobs which meet the criteria of in-demand and high-paying,” McGinnis said.

The Sept. 7 meeting will be crash course in the successes of workforce development across the state, according to McInnis.

“After that, we will have private-sector leaders talk about about how The Skills Foundation will be a great tool for the private sector to better support all the successful projects and planning that has been done by the workforce regions and by the State Workforce Investment Board,” he said..

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Have a plan, but be flexible about it being a daunting task as I couldn’t imagine what I’d be doing in five years. Certainly, I had plans, but I’d never been asked to be held TY ROBINSON accountable to them. There s the focus for this was also the “fear factor” of month’s Business what if I was wrong.

There’s a quote from a Journal is college John Lennon song that I use prep and career planning, I am reminded a lot: “Life is what happens of my English teacher for when you’re busy making other plans.” So, I needn’t my senior year at Tupelo High School, Dr. Marilyn have worried that I would not be where I thought I Monroe. In addition to should be in five years. Dr. the many books and plays Monroe was encouraging we read and essays we us to find a direction, not wrote, Dr. Monroe asked complete an assignment. us to write a letter to Many things can happen ourselves that she would over a span of five years. mail to us five years after Technology changes a lot. we left her class.

Directions can change too.

If I remember correctly, The key to any journey is the instructions were to tell the flexibility to examine our future selves where we other avenues while keepthought we would be at that ing an eye on the destinatime. I can remember this tion. I won’t reveal how

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many times I changed my major in college, but I will say that my degree is from another university than the one I first entered. I saw an opportunity and took advantage of it, and I am very grateful for the knowledge I gained and the friendships I formed for having that flexibility. So, it didn’t matter that my letter to myself wasn’t accurate. It showed me where I had been and helped me see how I got to where I am.

I am fortunate that I serve on advisory committees at both Itawamba Community College and Northeast Mississippi Community College. I’m grateful for these institutions for asking for input from members of the community to keep these courses relevant to those who will be hiring their graduates. Our neighbors

near Oxford and Starkville also are keeping current for their graduates. Relevancy is necessary.

My business is constantly changing, too. While the fundamentals are the same, what worked a few years ago may not work as well today. I do my best to stay on top of trends and keep connected in the marketplace. Whereas the business I joined was more advertising related, today we are much more marketing focused. We are much less of an “ad agency” and more “marketing consultants.”

It’s just as rewarding.

“Where will you be in five years?” It’s a great question.

It is one that is constantly on my mind. Life happens.

Things change. Am I headed in the right direction?

Should I take the road “less traveled by” as Robert Frost

put it (as I learned in 11th grade English from Bonnie Webb)? Some of the business tools that I used when I first started aren’t being used today. Others have evolved.

Have a plan. Write it down. In pencil. Be ready to change it if necessary.

Here’s how to start. What do you want to do? Who do you know who has experience in what you want to do so that you can ask questions and learn more?

Where is the education for this offered? Are you willing to travel or relocate?

Is work available for you in the industry that you’re interested in so that you can gain real-world experience while you get educated? Are you committed to the work that you’ll have to do to get the work you want?

Learning happens every

day whether it is a traditional educational environment or simply having a conversation with friends. Sharing of ideas and information is important. Knowing your vision and the vision of others is important.

It is much easier to look back five years and think “I wish I had known this” than it is to look forward five years thinking “Where will I be?”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” according to Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. It takes one step after another to make the journey. Sometimes the path goes in unexpected directions. Keep making the journey.

TY ROBINSON is president and COO of Robinson and Associates, a Tupelo-based marketing, advertising and public relations agency.

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NEONATOLOGIST DR. PREETI SINGH has joined the medical staff at North Mississippi Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

She joins Drs. Ginger Pole, Bryan Darling and Singh Pratima Toom at Pediatrix Medical Group.

Singh earned a master’s degree in biostatistics and epidemiology from the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health in Oklahoma City. She completed medical school at Lady Hardinge Medical College in India and completed a residency in pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Science Center in El Paso. She completed a neonatal perinatal fellowship at the University of California Irvine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

LISA FELKINS, a registered nurse in Radiology, recently received North Mississippi Medical Center’s DAISY Award for June.

Felkins joined the NMMC staff Felkins in 2009 and worked in the Critical Care Unit before transferring to Radiology.

She earned her associate degree in nursing in 2000 from Northwest-Shoals Community College, where she served as president of her nursing class. She is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support.

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international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary compassionate and skillful care given by nurses every day.

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tation, small business and entrepreneurship, workforce training, and other economic development fields, experiencing what is working to boost economies in the Delta region.

recent family practice or internal medicine graduates as emergency medicine physicians. Dr. Browning rotated through emergency airway management and anesthesia, MATTHEW HARRISON, exectrauma, cardiology, critical utive director of the Tippah care, emergency OB/GYN, County Development FounJOHN HARMON has been pediatric emergency, ordation, was named Regions Bank’s city thopedic trauma, radiology, among 49 gradpresident for Calhoun City/ emergency ophthalmology uates of the The Houston. He and other specialties during Delta Regional is responsible the program.

Authority’s Delfor managing Browning received his ta Leadership the day-to-day bachelor’s degree in history Institute. operations of and psychology from Tulane They will the branch, and University in New Orleans, Harrison collaborate with participating and his master’s degree in DRA’s leadership team to in commercial Harmon psychology from the Univercontinue helping create jobs, banking lending sity of Southern Mississippi build communities and imactivities in north Mississip- in Hattiesburg. He earned prove lives across the Missis- pi. his medical degree from the sippi River Delta region and A banking industry veteran University of Mississippi the Black Belt of Alabama. with more than 34 years of School of Medicine in JackThe 49 graduates, includexperience, Harmon joined son and completed residening six from Mississippi, the bank in 1988 and has cy training at the NMMC have completed the yearheld a number of positions Family Medicine Residency long DLI Executive Acadeduring his tenure, includCenter in Tupelo. my, a training program that ing bank lending officer in Browning is now employed brings together business Southaven and Houston and full time at West Point Medand community leaders commercial lending officer ical Clinic and Urgent Care from each of the eight states for north Mississippi. and also works part-time in served by DRA to gain the A native of Vardaman, Har- the NMMC-Tupelo Emertools, experiences, and mon attended The Univergency Department. networks that will help them sity of Mississippi, where he enhance economic opportu- earned his bachelor’s degree DONNA WESLEY recently was nities in their communities in business Administration. inducted into the Mississippi as well as boost our regional He is also a 1995 graduate Athletic Trainers Associaeconomy. of the Mississippi School of tion’s Hall of The graduates have partic- Banking.

Fame. Wesley ipated in seven workshops is a certified over the past year to help DR. JOHN BROWNING recently athletic trainer them understand the ecobecame the first graduate at North Missisnomic development needs of the Emergency Medicine sippi Medical of the Delta region and build Fellowship at Center. a collaborative leadership North MissisWesley has Wesley experience that emphasizsippi Media bachelor’s es a regional approach to cal Center, a degree in education with growing local economies and partnership emphasis in athletic training creating opportunities for between Relias from the University of Alathe 10 million residents of Healthcare and bama and a master’s degree the Delta region. DLI fellows NMMC. in wellness from the UniverBrowning learn from local, regionThe one-year sity of Mississippi. al and national experts in intensive training curricuShe joined the NMMC infrastructure and transpor- lum is designed to develop Sports Medicine Program

staff in 1996 and has been assigned to Itawamba Community College for the past three years.

Wesley served MATA as secretary from 2000-2004 and as president from 20042012. She currently serves as secretary for the Southeast Athletic Trainers Association, which encompasses seven states.

DANIEL DRUMMOND has joined Nail McKinney Professional Association as a staff accountant in the Tupelo office Drummond is a native of New Albany and a 2017 graduate of the Drummond University of Mississippi with a Master of Accountancy. He has passed all parts of the CPA exam.

KALESHIA MCINTOSH, Unit coordinator of the Behavioral Health Center recently received North Mississippi Medical Center’s BEE (Beyond Exceptional Expectations) Award for July.

She received a certificate, a BEE Award pin, a bouquet donated by Bishop’s Flower Shop and a McIntosh cake.

McIntosh works on the Senior Care Unit. She graduated from Pontotoc High School and attended Itawamba Community College before joining the NMMC staff nine years ago.

The BEE Award is given to a deserving caregiver each month at NMMC.

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In celebration of its expansion and renovation, Animal Care Center of Tupelo held a ribbon cutting. Located at 5362 Cliff Gookin Blvd. in Tupelo, the team at Animal Care Center serves as your other family doctor providing veterinary services for all of your pets, as well as dog training, doggie day care, grooming and more. Call (662) 842-8707 or visit animalcarecenteroftupelo.com for more information.

BankPlus celebrated the grand opening of its second Tupelo location on the corner of Coley Rd. and W Main St. For over 100 years, BankPlus has served the people and businesses of Mississippi, offering cutting-edge services and products coupled with the best in customer service and customer care. For more information visit bankplus.net or call (662) 407-2585.

The Caron Gallery celebrated its 7-year anniversary with a ribbon cutting. The Caron Gallery showcases the original, diverse works of Mississippi artists. With a wide variety of prices, styles, and mediums, you are sure to find something to love. You don’t have to be an expert to appreciate art—enjoy the view and buy what you love.

Visit The Caron Gallery at 128 W Main St. in Downtown Tupelo or online at thecarongallery.com.

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Counseling For A Cause celebrated its grand opening at 1893 Cliff Gookin Blvd., Ste. B with a ribbon cutting. Counseling For A Cause provides a heart-centered approach to therapy and the resources needed for healing and growth both spiritually and personally. Services include children’s play therapy, adolescent therapy, couples therapy, marriage and family counseling and geriatric care. For more information visit couselingforacause.com or call (662) 3464584.

Fine’s Place celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting. Located at 2546 Hwy 145, Ste. C in Saltillo, Fine’s Place specializes in home-cooked meals with classic dishes of hamburger steak, fried chicken, chicken and dressing and other favorites. Visit Fine’s Place on Facebook for daily menu options or call (662) 260-5009 for more information.

Head Over Heels Salon & Day Spa celebrated the grand opening of its new location at 142 S Industrial Rd. with a ribbon cutting. Head Over Heels creates exceptional experiences for its clients while offering the highest-quality hair, nail and spa services, professional products and competitive prices. For more information follow Head Over Heels Salon & Day Spa on Facebook or call (662) 840-0900 to reserve your next appointment.

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he Hilton Garden Inn celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a ribbon cutting. The Hilton Garden Inn is located in the heart of historic downtown Tupelo offering its guests space, flexibility, and modern amenities in all rooms and suites. To make a reservation, call (662) 718-5500 or visit hiltongardeninn.com.

Zaxby’s held a ribbon cutting in celebration of its grand opening.

Located at 1013 Barnes Crossing Rd. in Tupelo, Zaxby’s serves delicious chicken fingers, wings, sandwiches and salads in a fun, offbeat atmosphere. For more information visit zaxbys.com.

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Phone 662.678.1538 or 1.800.270.2614 ext.538 Fax 662.620.8301

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PO Box 909 Tupelo, MS | 38802-0909 1242 South Green Street Tupelo, MS | 38804

Phone 662.678.1530 or 1.800.270.2614 ext.530 Fax 662.620.8301

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