More than 70 industry volunteers welcomed 125 students and faculty to The Confectionery Foundation’s Sweets & Snacks education program again this year. The Foundation’s immersion program presents a great opportunity for students to learn first-hand about the wonderful people, products and career opportunities in our sweets and snacks industry. Thank...
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Evaluating among good choices
Decision-making, like much of life, requires solving puzzles with multiple options, imagining future possibilities and evaluating potential impacts. This Robbie Gonzalez article suggests 4 distinct steps for logical puzzle solving: Understand the problem, Assumptions, Devising a Plan of Attack, and Aftermath. Read Solving This Puzzle Will Help You Grasp the...
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Your customers’ emotional response influences your brand’s success
Hiring a great team and personal interaction with your customers builds strong brands and creates the environment where regular customers feel like they’re part of a greater success.Read Molly Reynolds’ article about building your customers’ connections to your brands and businesses....
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Students in Marketing, Food Science & Culinary invited to Career Education Opportunity
125 students and faculty representing 9 institutions of higher learning have received scholarships to attend The Confectionery Foundation’s education day at NCA’s Sweets & Snacks Expo. This marks the 4th year of this education program designed to introduce talented students studying in marketing, food science, culinary, engineering, hospitality and other...
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The Allured Fund grants – apply by April 15th
There are many fine training opportunities in our industry this year to build your skills. 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 through continuing education courses. Due dates are on the 15th of each...
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Scholarship opportunities open for college students connected to NCA member companies
Are you working for an NCA member company and have college students in your family? The Confectionery Foundation is offering 25 student scholarships to attend the Sweets & Snacks Expo career education day this May in Chicago. Your children, who are aged 21-25 and currently enrolled in two to four...
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Who make the Best Employees?
Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg shares his secrets for recruiting great team members. This Inc Magazine article covers his strategy for assessing and hiring. Click to read the article by San Francisco’s Jeff Bercovici...
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