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Mississippi Hire Learning program being piloted in Delta: program could expand to other counties in future. (Focus).

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-MAY-02 		Format: Online - approximately 768 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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INDIANOLA -- Dr. David Lee, executive director of the Sunflower County Economic Development District (SCEDD) in Indianola, and others in the region are working on a new program to confront negative stereotypes associated with the workforce in the Delta.

The newly created Mississippi Hire Learning program's mission: a guaranteed workforce.

"I realize that in order to recruit we need to get on a better playing field," Lee said. "We all have the things everyone else has but we have to get on a business' radar screen and we do that by guaranteeing a certain number of workers who are trained."

Lee is doing this with the help of Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC). First,...

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