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2021 Southeast Missouri State University Power of Women Digital Summit
This fantastic virtual event will provide you with professional development and networking opportunities with others. You’ll also be a part of empowering and supporting your next generation of colleagues: our students. The tenth annual event will include dynamic and empowering speakers, and multiple-track sessions with topics that include financial planning, skills for being a prepared…
Prevent Surgery and Steroid Shots
PC Medical Centers is hosting a Free Zoom Class on April 27 at 7pm to educate on Regenerative Therapy and how it has helped so many of our patients avoid surgeries, medications, and steroid injections.
10% Tuesday at Rosati’s
Join us for lunch, dinner, or call in and order a gift card for a later date! 10% of all proceeds will be going to the UWSEMO network on April 13th.
Singin’ in the Rain presented by Notre Dame Regional High School
In-person tickets for Singin’ in the Rain are $10 and they can be purchased online at www.notredamehighschool.org/musical or by calling 573-335-6772. Watch our production from anywhere you have internet connection! Livestream tickets are $10.00 plus a $2.95 service fee and are available for each performance at www.notredamehighschool.org/musical. Notre Dame Regional High School presents SINGIN’ IN…
The Lack of Available Workers a Rising Concern
Just when the pandemic led us to believe we’ve seen it all, many businesses are now facing an issue completely novel in anyone’s memory. Lack of available workers is a rising concern across the country. And let’s be clear, I’m not talking about the issue of a tight labor market making it difficult for businesses…
Upcoming Tourism Events in Cape Girardeau Area
Let’s not forget this important part of our local economic development efforts. The tourism industry which includes meetings and conventions, visitors tied to events, and tourists or travelers, is really gaining additional steam in our area. As you may recall, we have talked about the importance of the youth sports tournaments that continued safely and…
Professional Development and Business Success
According to Zig Ziglar, “The only thing worse than training employees and losing them is not training them and keeping them.” Professional development is an important ongoing part of business success. It should permeate all levels of organizations large and small. And while most employers would agree with the importance, many have come up short…
8 Workforce Development Initiatives at the Cape Chamber
Pre-pandemic, we experienced near historic lows in unemployment. Post-pandemic, we see the nature of work shifting. Â One thing we know for sure at the Cape Chamber is how challenging it has been and continues to be for our local employers to find quality candidates to fill open positions. At the Cape Chamber, we spend 100%…
Evaluating Workforce Needs for Southeast Missouri
Questions about a quality labor force in our area are about to get a deeper dive. Certainly workforce needs are an ever evolving situation. And emerging from this pandemic, it will continue to be an important focus of any economy. Several months ago, a group of business people began to reexamine the needs of our…
SEMO’s Harrison College of Business Reaccredited
An important recent announcement affecting the local business community may have flown under the radar but that certainly doesn’t make it any less important. The Donald L. Harrison College of Business and Computing at Southeast Missouri State University was reaccredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The AACSB is the largest business…