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“BEE UNIQUE…IMAGINE, BELIEVE & ACHIEVE”: DSCC hosts 35th Annual Administrative Professionals’ Semina

Submitted by Justin Hanson, West Tennessee Reporter

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, 7:02am

“Bee Unique…Imagine, Believe and Achieve” is the theme for the annual Dyersburg State Community College Administrative Professionals’ Seminar.

This year’s seminar will be held on Thursday, April 12, in the multi-purpose room at the First Christian Church in Dyersburg from 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

The seminar will consist of three sessions, with a luncheon after the second session. James Dusenberry, community president of Regions Bank of West Tennessee, will be the first speaker. His topic is “Personal Growth and Development.”

He will tell the audience how to “imagine” growing and developing on a personal level each and every day. Dusenberry will inspire each in attendance to become the person he or she wants to be.

“If You Would Only Believe” is the topic of the second session.

It will be presented by Tiffany Hayes, an author and inspirational writer. Hayes has overcome large obstacles in her life, and “believes” there is always hope.

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Free workshop for West Tennessee small business owners

Submitted by Justin Hanson, West Tennessee Reporter

Monday, April 2nd, 2012, 7:10am

The TN Small Business Development Center will be conducting “Doing Business with Government – Government Contracting for Your Small Business”, a FREE workshop from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. on April 10th , at the Gibson EMC Alamo Facility, Community Assembly Room, corner of Hwy 412 and Egg Hill Rd, Alamo, TN.

This workshop will help business owners understand the basics of selling their products to the government and private industry.

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Small business network held in Washington, D.C.

Submitted by Justin Hanson, West Tennessee Reporter

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012, 8:20am

Small business network held in Washington, D.C.

Dyersburg State Community College staff members, Maleia Evans and Dr. James Frakes, recently represented the TN Small Business Development Centers Network in Washington, DC for the 2012 ASBDC Annual Spring Conference and Legislative Affairs Sessions, March 19-23, 2012.

During the trip, they met with each U.S. Senator and Congressman from TN to discuss the strong economic impact the TSBDC network has in each Congressional District and to offer the Legislators support, in their respective Districts, as the outreach agency for small business development.

During the 2011 program year, the TSBDC Network, through free training, education, and counseling, assisted small business owners in the creation of 886 new jobs and the retention of 1,025 existing jobs throughout the State of Tennessee.

Additionally, the TSBDCs were vital in providing an economic impact, through capital infusion, of more than $53.3 million during the 2011 program year.

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Five resume boosters

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Monday, March 19th, 2012, 2:49pm

A photographer candidate recently submitted his resume to my chief photographer.

The rag was riddled with typos, grammatical errors and misspellings. It looked like the guy had never heard of the "spell check" feature on his laptop.

Shoot! Score! In the waste basket!

Those are the obvious resume mistakes. Author and career coach Ford R. Myers suggested these five ways to tidy your resume, including some that aren't so obvious:

* BE BRIEF. Myers said there are basically five parts of a resume: Header/Contact Information, Career Summary, Professional Experience, Education & Affiliations and Professional Development. Out of those, Myers said Career Summary should be the tightest.

"The summary is a brief statement of who you are, where you're 'coming from' and what skills and expertise you have to contribute to an organization," said Myers.

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TN Small Business Development Center closed week of March 19th

Submitted by Justin Hanson, West Tennessee Reporter

Friday, March 16th, 2012, 1:00pm

The office of the TN Small Business Development Center of Dyersburg State Community College will be closed March 19-23 due to Director Maleia Evans and Dr. James Frakes representing the entire TN SBDC network, in Washington DC, for meetings with all TN Legislators.

The legislative meetings have been scheduled by the TSBDC in conjunction with the 2012 Annual ASBDC Spring Conference. Director Evans and Dr. Frakes will also be attending a hearing of The US House Committee on Small Business, at which an SBDC staff member has been asked to testify on the important role Small Business Development Centers play in training, counseling and education which leads to jobs creation.

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Memphis-based ServiceMaster brands help military veterans raise money to start businesses

Submitted by Steve Crain, WMCTV.com

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 12:50pm

Information provided by GLOBE NEWSWIRE

Four ServiceMaster brands have joined forces with a new online fundraising program called Boost A Hero in an effort to help military veterans purchase franchise businesses. Boost A Hero, available at www.sprigster.com, provides a platform where vets utilize "crowdfunding" to raise the capital they need to purchase franchises like ServiceMaster Clean, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic and AmeriSpec -- which are all ServiceMaster brands.

The four ServiceMaster brands are charter members of the Boost A Hero program, which was recently initiated by Sprigster in partnership with the International Franchise Association (IFA).

"The unemployment rate for military veterans is 50 percent higher than the national average, despite the fact that vets make outstanding team members and business owners," said Beth Solomon, IFA Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Industry Relations.

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