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While I’ve been unemployed for quite some time, I’m aggressively seeking full-time employment in a field where my extensive education and professional background can be maximized. What can you suggest as a starting point to locate free professional training and coursework to add that additional punch to my qualifications.?
For brothers Jamon and Taj Jones, entrepreneurship is in the blood. “Our grandfather started a construction business back in 1949,†says 33-year-old Jamon. Today, Jamon and his 35-year-old brother, Taj, have added a twist to the family’s construction legacy by focusing on servicing and selling an often overlooked component of properties: the humble garage door. Their efforts have resulted in The Garage Door Co. (www.thegaragedoorcompany.com; 770-774-1900), an Atlanta-based business with six employees that grossed nearly $250,000 in revenues last year and is currently projected to grow about 10%—to more than $275,000 for 2010.
BLACK ENTERPRISE and a team of educators and business leaders in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields held a STEM Forum hosted by ExxonMobil at Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center in Atlanta. The forum focused on the long-term and the short-term workforce preparedness in the fields of science and technology with an emphasis on education (college and K-12) and workforce retraining.
When Jeremy Treadwell needed a car loan, the recent college graduate turned to the financial institution where he’d been banking for nearly seven years. “But they turned me down,†says the 23-year-old, “because I didn’t have any credit history.†Treadwell, who lives in Peoria, Illinois, noticed signs around town for Citizens Equity First Credit Union. Says Treadwell: “I got a great rate. But then I noticed their other services. Now I do almost all my banking there: checking, savings, credit card, and, of course, my car loan.â€
A year ago, I told you that our most recent economic downturn, one of the most devastating in decades, would swiftly and definitively separate the wheat from the chaff at all levels of industry, from global corporations to mom-and-pop shops to e-commerce ventures. I was right.
