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) […]
Category: Workforce
Posted inBusiness, Workforce
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. […]
Posted inAutomotive, Business, Economic Development, Manufacturing, South Korea, Workforce
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 […]
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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 […]
Posted inAerospace, Business, Education, Trade, Workforce
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted inBusiness, Economic Development, Manufacturing, Workforce
Kubota Latest North Georgia Investment: An $85M Engineering Center
Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer Kubota North America Corp. is spending $85 million to build an engineering and design center on about 300 acres adjacent to its factories in Gainesville. It’s […]
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Commentary: Fixing the Labor Policies Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protests
Editor’s note: This guest commentary was written by Charles R. Hankla, an associate professor of political science at Georgia State University who received his doctorate in 2005 from Emory University and holds […]
Posted inBusiness, Diplomacy, Economic Development, Jamaica, Workforce
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Aims to Lure Georgia Trade Office Amid New Era of Growth
In the map of Georgia’s trade offices around the world, Jamaica’s prime minister has noticed a glaring omission: the Caribbean. During a visit to Atlanta and North Georgia over Easter […]