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GUEST POST: Strategies for Talent Attraction and Retention

Every company wants to be a place that employees are happy to work for. Research has shown that happy employees tend to be more productive, talk more positively about the business, and stay with the company longer. Why is it then that so many businesses speak about their struggles to hire and retain top talent? For many companies, the [...]

2023-12-18T13:17:30-05:00December 18th, 2023|

Centier Bank Welcomes Diana Gromley as Manager of Lafayette East Branch

LAFAYETTE - Michael E. Schrage, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Centier Bank, is pleased to welcome Diana Gromley as manager of the bank’s Lafayette East Branch, located at 5 Executive Drive (Suite A). Gromley joins Centier after gaining over 30 years’ experience in the banking services industry at various banks in Lafayette. While she served [...]

2023-12-15T13:03:09-05:00December 15th, 2023|

Northwest Bank Expands SBA Lending Team, Welcomes Eight SBA Lending Specialists Across the Bank’s Footprint

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Northwest Bank, a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of business and personal banking products, continues to execute its strategic business banking initiatives through the expansion of its SBA lending team, providing creative and flexible financing solutions to meet the needs of small businesses across the bank’s footprint. Led by National SBA Sales Manager Lindsay Cost, [...]

2023-12-14T14:11:32-05:00December 14th, 2023|

Ascend Indiana Collaborates With 14 Indiana Colleges and Universities to Help Students Enhance Searches for Jobs, Internships

INDIANAPOLIS - Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), formed partnerships with 14 Indiana colleges and universities in 2023 to connect more students to good and promising career opportunities in Indiana. Through the Ascend Network, the initiative’s online job matching platform, students will be able to connect with Indiana jobs and [...]

2023-12-14T14:02:40-05:00December 14th, 2023|

Hoosier Racing Tire Honored for Coolest Thing Made in Indiana; Kalenborn Abresist Repeats as Best Manufacturing Place to Work

INDIANAPOLIS - Hoosier Racing Tire of Plymouth captured the top honor in the Indiana Chamber’s third annual Coolest Thing Made in Indiana competition. Hoosier Racing Tire, which is known globally for its auto racing tires, beat Nashville-based Hard Truth Distilling Company, which entered its Maple Bourbon Cream, in the final. The results were announced at today’s 2023 Best IN [...]

2023-12-14T14:49:15-05:00December 13th, 2023|

Indiana Chamber, Indiana Department of Education Partner on Civics Bee

(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Indiana Department of Education today announced the launch of the state’s inaugural 2024 Civics Bee aimed at encouraging more young Hoosiers in grades six through eight to engage in civics and contribute to their communities. The first-of-its-kind statewide civics competition will be held in August at the Indiana Statehouse. The event [...]

2023-12-25T21:15:03-05:00December 13th, 2023|

New Indiana Chamber Report Card Features Highs and Lows for State

INDIANAPOLIS - The state’s business climate and a trio of innovation/workforce rankings are all welcome signs in the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s initial Indiana Prosperity 2035 Report Card, which is based on the goals in the statewide plan of the same name released in August. But while Indiana is showing progress in these and other areas, the rate of [...]

2023-12-12T13:49:51-05:00December 12th, 2023|

JAG Program Gives Boost to Indiana’s Workforce

The Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program is a state-based, national non-profit organization dedicated to helping high school students of promise who have experienced challenging or traumatic life experiences achieve success through graduation. JAG is a resiliency-building workforce program that helps students learn in-demand employability skills and provides a bridge to post-secondary education and career advancement opportunities. Currently there [...]

2024-01-30T09:56:07-05:00December 12th, 2023|

Northwest Bank Shares Best Practices for Fraud Protection and Cybersecurity This Holiday Shopping Season

WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA - According to Norton’s 2023 Holiday Cyber Safety Insights Report, online shopping scams are the most commonly reported scam during the holiday season, with victims losing an average of $1,500 during the holidays. One of the most prevalent online shopping scams includes fake shopping websites. These websites work by stealing consumer’s financial information or scamming buyers into [...]

2024-03-18T16:46:02-04:00December 12th, 2023|

Three Things Businesses Should Know Before Jumping Into AI in 2024

Matrix Integration Experts Provide Tips to Take the Leap Wisely JASPER - Major analyst firms predict AI will add trillions of dollars to the global economy by 2030. Last year, more than a third of global businesses were already using AI, and that number is continuing to grow quickly as businesses rush to employ AI to increase productivity and [...]

2023-12-11T09:39:31-05:00December 11th, 2023|