Interns are generally stereotyped as students seeking to explore a new field and build their resumes. But what if they were trained professionals already armed with bona fide experience in the relevant industry who just need a break? Thanks to a new internship program created by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), employers in the metro Atlanta area can fill […]
Books 2020: Practical Ways to Fight Post-Pandemic Economic Insecurity
Book: The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It Authors: M. Graetz and Ian Shapiro Review by: Professor Jeff Rosensweig, director, John Robson Program for Business, Public Policy, and Government at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School Written by two renowned academics with a rare talent for outlining detailed, practical solutions […]
How Cox Automotive Navigates Growing Global Workforce Challenges
Only about 10 percent of Atlanta-based Cox Automotive’s $7 billion in revenues come from outside the U.S., a number the company hopes to grow as it continues to serve clients in more than 100 countries. But that hasn’t insulated it from the challenge of managing a workforce that has become increasingly international as Cox has stepped […]
Juice for Jobs: Atlanta Entrepreneur Expands Snack Business to Help Displaced Persons in Her Native Country of Georgia
Following the success of her organic rosehip juice business, NADI, Atlanta entrepreneur Nina Tickaradze is launching a second product that will provide further meaningful work for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in her home country of Georgia. NADI, which means “collective work effort” in Georgian, employs people displaced by conflict in the Republic of Georgia’s South […]
Working to Build a Dependable, Diverse Workforce? Try a Refugee
When Joyeuse Muhoza came to the U.S. as a refugee from the Congo, she was excited to be touching down in the land of opportunity just as she was reaching adulthood. But reality quickly set in when she realized that her career journey would not take a straight line. “I had a lot of passion. I […]
Kia’s Georgia Plant to Suspend Production for Two Weeks Starting March 30
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia is set to suspend production at the West Point plant for two weeks starting March 30, the Korean-owned auto maker announced Tuesday. The west Georgia factory that churns out 340,000 vehicles annually shut down production for two days last week, but employees returned to work Monday. The planned two-week closure will include […]
Interview: Slovak Ambassador Explores Partnerships in Cars, Workforce and Beyond
When it comes to knocking on doors in the South’s industrial hubs, it helps to know something about making cars. By that measure, Slovakia, the central European nation of nearly 6 million people, has credibility to spare. Flush with investment from German, French and Korean automakers like Volkswagen (Audi, Porsche), Groupe PSA and Kia, the country […]
Macon Symposium on Trade and Investment: Complexities Growing, but Balance Still Favors Global Engagement
The picture may be murkier these days, but company and industry representatives at a Macon trade and investment symposium still believe that in 2020, Georgia has more to gain than to lose in engaging with the global economy. During the Jan. 16 forum at Wesleyan College organized by the law offices of Christopher N. Smith and […]
Books 2019: Building a Healthy Organization to Recruit and Retain Workers
Book: The Advantage Author: Patrick Lencioni Review by: Nick Masino, President and CEO, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce I’m a big fan of Patrick Lencioni’s business fables —The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Five Temptations of a CEO and Death by Meeting. I’ve also had the great fortune seeing him speak live at Lead2Lead and […]
Former Chevy Exec: How Foreign Language Accelerates Global Careers
Tim Mahoney had one dream while in college: to become a pilot like a good friend’s father, who lived a romantic life traveling the world for Pan Am and experiencing the world through the windshield of a jet. But Mr. Mahoney’s vision didn’t pan out, in more ways that one. As a rising junior he […]
