Business development program looking for participants
Women and minority business owners are invited to apply for a minority contractor business development (MCBD) program sponsored by Rives E. Worrell Co., a JE Dunn Construction Co.
The MCBD Program, which began in Savannah in 2011, provides a venue for firms — owned by women and minorities in construction-related fields — to take part in a training program to enhance business acumen as well as interpersonal and relationship skills.
Participants chosen for each six-month class have access to a free, full day of training each month. The monthly sessions explore a broad range of topics, from legal and marketing to leadership and estimating.
Facilitators are business owners who understand the unique challenges that small businesses face.
Courses for the 2015 MCBD program will start March 12 at the Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett St. Deadline for applications is Feb. 13.
For more information or to apply, contact Cherelle Cortez at 912-335-1386 or cherelle.cortez@jedunn.com.
Bank of the Ozarks opens Hilton Head office
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Bank of the Ozarks has opened a new full-service banking office on Hilton Head at 1036 William Hilton Parkway.
The new office has 6,774 square feet of office space and includes drive-through teller lanes and a drive-through ATM.
The bank had a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 2 with the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce. The bank has offered prize drawings for gift certificates from local businesses, including $250 to the Palmetto Dunes Resort. For a limited time the bank is offering premium rates on new money market accounts and a bonus offer on new checking accounts.
“We are pleased to expand beyond our original South Carolina office in Bluffton with the opening of this new office,” said office manager Janet Hunter.
Bank of the Ozarks has 159 offices in nine states.
Fort Stewart job fair scheduled for Feb. 10
CivilianJobs.com will have a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Stewart Club at Fort Stewart. The event is sponsored by the Fort Stewart Soldier For Life: Transition Assistance Program.
Sixty companies will be on hand including New York Life Insurance, Toyota Forklifts of Atlanta, Vinnell Arabia, Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department and Aetna Inc.
Job seekers are encouraged to register at CivilianJobs.com. Click on the Job Fairs tab.
“We are excited to be able to assist transitioning military and veterans in connecting with civilian employers at no cost to the job seeker,” said Jake Hutchings, director of CivilianJobs.com.