Area school districts emphasize WorkKeys
Columbus High School Principal Craig Chapman tells a story about a particular student who swung by his office to ask, “When are the industries visiting?”
The student, one of the school’s 202 seniors, had taken the WorkKeys exam, a workforce readiness test similar in format to the more academic-oriented ACT, and was now excited to meet representatives from area industries planning to visit the schools.
Slimantics: Passing the WorkKeys
At 8:25 Thursday morning, test proctor Terry Logan escorted eight people from the lobby at East Mississippi Community College to a classroom equipped with desktop computers, a calculator and pencil and paper.
Report: 29 fired at Yokohama over WorkKeys fraud
Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Company in West Point is investigating employees in possession of fraudulent WorkKeys certificates.
High school WorkKeys testing sees growth
The Golden Triangle Early Workforce Initiative is seeing an increase in positive results in its second year, according to Golden Triangle Development LINK officials.
Columbus students engage with local industry
Students at Columbus Municipal School District’s McKellar Technology Center are getting an up close and personal look at local industries where they may one day work.
Our View: While improving, student participation in WorkKeys test needs more encouragement
It used to be that what distinguished a “good job” from all the rest was based on when you showered: The person with the good job showered before work; all the others showered after work.
CMSD board approves nearly $1 million in budget amendments
Superintendent Dr. Philip Hickman on Tuesday presented the Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees approximately $1 million in proposed amendments to the 2014-2015 budget and all but one was approved.
Golden Triangle students perform well on WorkKeys test
Golden Triangle high school students who took the WorkKeys test this spring out-performed the regional average.
LINK pitches WorkKeys to Columbus School District
Less than a week after addressing the Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees, the Golden Triangle Development LINK made the same pitch to Columbus city schools Monday night.
County students to be offered WorkKeys in spring
Every junior and senior attending Lowndes County high schools will have the opportunity to take the WorkKeys Test beginning in March.
Our View: Test will give students early exposure to the workplace
During his speech at Tuesday’s Columbus Rotary Club meeting, Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins said he hopes to have every high-school junior in the Golden Triangle take the WorkKeys test.
Our View: A ‘golden’ opportunity
Today, a consultant hired by the Golden Triangle Development LINK to assess the future of economic development in our area revealed his findings in a public meeting at the Mayhew campus of East Mississippi Community College, a day after sharing that information with public officials.
EMCC helping develop skills for potential Yokohama jobs
As of Jan. 6, 470 students have taken the WorkKeys assessment through basic manufacturing skills classes with East Mississippi Community College’s Workforce Services division.
EMCC packed for Yokohama employment session
Yolanda Gillespie of Columbus has worked at a chicken processing plant in Noxubee County for 18 years. She hopes one day to get a higher paying job with better benefits.
Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi could be that avenue for her.