Welcome to the Team: Carolyn
Carolyn Green, one of MAP’s newest team members, is excited about her role with the Mississippi Apprenticeship Program. Carolyn will serve as the Technical Assistant for MAP’s Workforce Integrated Performance System and Reporting Modules. “In my role”, Green says, I will manage the Registered Apprenticeship (RA) data system in MS Works.” She is looking forward […]
Celebrating Phillip Duke
We’re celebrating veteran apprentice, Phillip Duke and his new role as Pearl River Community College’s Manufacturing and Apprenticeship Specialist.
The Benefits of Hiring Qualified Veterans
Recently, our nation celebrated Independence Day, which highlighted the many sacrifices veterans have made in their duty to protect the nation. July also features National Hire A Veteran Day, which is a holiday celebrated on July 25th that is dedicated to supporting veterans who are seeking employment. In celebration of our nation’s independence, and in […]
On Registered Apprenticeships: An Interview with Tyra Harrien
Tyra Harrien, MAP’s Administrative Assistant at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC), speaks on the importance, value, and benefits of her work. Harrien also gives useful tips to employees and employers that are looking to utilize the many advantages offered by registered apprenticeship (RA) programs. “I am the MAP administrative assistant so I do […]
Welcome to the team: Antoine
Antoine Dixon, one of MAP’s newest team members, is excited for his role at The Mississippi Apprenticeship Program. Dixon will serve as MAP’s State Apprenticeship Expansion Specialist, and will work to improve Mississippi’s workforce by promoting and increasing the number of Registered Apprenticeship programs across the state. “My role within the Mississippi Apprenticeship Program,” Dixon […]
Economic Empowerment, Apprenticeships, and The Minority Male Leadership Initiative (M2M)
Now more than ever, it is important to be competitive in the workplace. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on unemployment, job loss, and diminished income for thousands of communities across the nation. But for African American communities, these financial consequences have been especially dire and have created additional barriers for young men to secure steady […]
Why Registered Apprenticeship Programs Are the Key to Boosting Employment
As COVID-19 cases decrease, and businesses across the country re-open, it’s important to know how to encourage, guide, and retain new employees. This is especially relevant considering that federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits end this month for many Mississippians. People that are currently unemployed may be looking for new career paths once these benefits end, and […]
On Work-Based Learning: An Interview with Work-Based Learning Program Supervisor, Carol Ballard
From resource shortages to high unemployment rates, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a myriad of adversities to the state of Mississippi. Now more than ever, communities need ways to train and prepare their youth for the workforce, which is why work-based learning and apprenticeship programs are essential to improving and developing the state’s economy. Organizations […]
Welcome to the team: Chris
One of MAP’s newest Apprenticeship State Expansion Specialists, Chris Seay, says she’s excited about her new position. “My role,” Seay says “is to increase the number of employers and people participating in Registered Apprenticeship Programs.” Seay says there is a “high need” in Mississippi for a more skilled workforce and is determined to help make […]