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Automaker’s workforce to get pay raise this fall

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:16:23 +0000

CANTON — Nissan Motor Co. will raise pay for its employees in Mississippi and Tennessee. The company has told its employees it will increase their wages starting in October at its Canton and Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plants, as well as its Decherd, Tenn., engine plant. Nissan says pay will go up by 55 cents an [...]

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Airport tower manager, crew to be out of work

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:08:12 +0000

TUPELO — Despite a temporary reprieve, Doug Metz and his four co-workers still face unemployment. Metz is the air traffic control manager at Tupelo Regional Airport, where the tower is among 149 across the country being closed by the Federal Aviation Administration on June 15. An air traffic controller with more than 30 years of [...]

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Glove manufacturer losses contract, laying off workers

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:43:40 +0000

EUPORA — A Eupora manufacturer says the loss of a military contract will lead to layoffs. Officials with Ansell Hawkeye Inc. tell WTVA-TV in Tupelo the layoffs will begin May 9. The company, which employees 100 workers at the Webster County facility, says they expect to permanently layoff as many as 60 production workers. Production [...]

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City, county to operate career training center

Associated Press — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:50:31 +0000

OLIVE BRANCH — The DeSoto County school system’s new Career Technology Center in Olive Branch will be maintained with a big helping hand from the city of Olive Branch and DeSoto County. The Commercial Appeal reports the board unanimously approved an interlocal agreement with Olive Branch and the county to pay maintenance costs for the [...]

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New career tech center prepares for first students

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:50:56 +0000

OLIVE BRANCH — DeSoto County School’s new career technology center is almost finished. The career technology center, located in the Olive Branch Metro Industrial Park, is expected to be filled with students within a few days. DeSoto County Schools partnered financially with the City of Olive Branch and DeSoto County government to renovate the warehouse [...]

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Board still mulling new vo-tech school after JBHM presentation

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:27:37 +0000

COLUMBUS — The Lowndes County School Board continues to explore adding a vocational-technical school to the district. The next steps will involve gauging student interest and district needs, evaluating site possibilities and identifying potential funding sources. The Commercial Dispatch reports school board members and a couple of Lowndes County supervisors responded positively to a recent [...]

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Health care workforce study shows shortage of caregivers

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:18:22 +0000

NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — Of Mississippi’s 82 counties, 39 do not have a pediatrician serving the area and 49 have a designated shortage of primary care health care workers. These are just a few facts found among a collection of information on the state’s health care workforce in the newly revamped Northeast Mississippi Area Health Education [...]

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MNI reports state’s industrial workforce grew by half-percent

MBJ Staff — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:41:25 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Industrial employment in Mississippi increased by about a half percent over the past 12 months, according to the 2012 Mississippi Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers’ News Inc. (MNI) of Evanston, Ill. MNI reports Mississippi gained 694 industrial jobs between February 2011 and February 2012. Mississippi is now home [...]

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State’s joblessness rate falls to single digits, lowest since July 2009

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:59:24 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent in February, the lowest level since July 2009. Jobless figures for January had first appeared to dip to 9.9 percent in preliminary numbers, but later were revised up to 10 percent. The state recorded a 10.2 percent unemployment rate in February 2011. The number of [...]

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EIGS forms workforce development partnership with Digital Quest

MBJ Staff — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:36:20 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — The Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions (EIGS) has formed a partnership with Digital Quest, a national geospatial education firm. The partnership was formed to enhance the EIGS workforce development program with geospatial certifications. The State of Florida recently adopted the “S.P.A.C.E.” (Spatial Projects and Community Exchange) certification series created by Digital Quest and [...]

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