Careers

Mentors can help guide toward clearer business & career decisions

As business and career decisions become more complex with overlapping regulations, requirements and challenges, seek wisdom and guidance from several mentors. Author Minda Zetlin illustrates in this Inc Magazine article Why the Smartest Entrepreneurs Have Multiple Mentors. Her recommendations include: 1. Find a mentor for each area of expertise you...
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Apply for an Allured Fund grant. Build your job skills.

Improve your knowledge of food science and confectionery manufacturing through attending practical training or an educational conference this year. The Allured Fund for Confectionery Education provides need-based financial help for industry members who wish to expand their food-science knowledge or confectionery skills through approved continuing education programs. Due dates are...
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What’s the difference between efficient and effective?

Making your list and checking it twice? How do you determine the order of checking things off that list? In order of list or in priority measured against a greater goal? Check out Jeff Haden’s recommendations in this Inc.com article on 9 essential habits of remarkably effective people....
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NCA announces YPN Leadership Program

Five young professionals have been tapped as the first participants in NCA’s Future Leadership Program, which aims to support, educate, and improve access and opportunities for young industry members looking to advance their careers. The 2016 class is: Sarah Atkinson, director of marketing for Atkinson Candy Co.; Elizabeth Clair, national...
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Allured grants available to build your confectionery knowledge

Is your New Year’s resolution to build your confectionery knowledge and skillset? There are many fine training opportunities in our industry during 2016 for confectionery industry training. Allured Fund for Confectionery Education need-based grants provide financial help for industry members who wish to expand their food-science knowledge or confectionery skills...
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IDEO: 3 Things the most creative leaders do

Learn the behavior traits of successful creative leadership in this HBR article by Tom Kelley of IDEO. “Build core enthusiast communities inside and outside of their organizations … achieve big change through a series of small experiments … jumpstart their innovation journey with storytelling.” Tom Kelley is the co-author of...
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