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Faith Friday: It’s all about presence

Several memories from past Christmas seasons have recently come to mind. My Mom had a habit of wrapping gifts at the last minute. Often, the process happens within hours of a family gathering. We’d see her toss wrapping paper, tape, and bows on her bed, and close the door. It would stay shut until she was finished with the whirlwind wrapping process. Somehow, she was ready when the door swung open minutes before the gift-giving began. I’m still kind of impressed. When I was in 8th grade, I decided to

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Steve Swanson December 21, 2023 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

New CSRA market offers meals to go

Company coming for the holidays? Want to save some time? A big trend for markets and restaurants is pick-up meals, including casseroles and pies. It can make your holidays less stressful. Mike Petchenik has the latest in today’s Biz Bits.

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Mike Petchenik December 20, 2023 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

An $80 billion business continues to grow

In the second part of an interview with Neil Gordon, Trey Nuckols, Recruiting Manager with Nuck Recruiting and Consulting, discusses bringing in new talent for the automotive technician industry.

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Neil Gordon with Trey Nuckols December 20, 2023 No Comments
Darin Myers

Coach Darin: The future of remote work

In case there’s any doubt, some statistics on the state of remote work in the U.S. should clear things up. According to the Upwork Future Workforce Pulse Report, “The number of remote workers in the next five years is expected to be double what it was before COVID-19.” What’s more, the report states, more than 36 million Americans will work remotely by the year 2025. Clearly, remote work is here to stay. But what does the future of remote work look like? A different approach to recruitment While hiring remote workers is

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Darin Myers December 20, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Schools to receive financial bump in the new year

Georgia’s public schools are in line for two different financial boosts. One is to provide funds for school safety. Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday announced the amended budget he will submit to the General Assembly when the legislative session begins in January will include more than $100 million annually to be used for school safety and security. It will provide every public school in the state $45,000 to use at the district’s discretion. “We could have a school resource officer in every school, if that’s what the locals do,” Kemp

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 20, 2023 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

Accelerating success

Just a year from now, one location downtown could see a hub-spot incubator for new businesses. Mike Petchenik explains more in today’s edition of BizBits.

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Mike Petchenik December 19, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Key Airport leader gets $11,000 raise; part of 2024 preps

Commissioners voted to stay the course for airport leadership into 2024. They approved a 5% pay raise for Judon, who currently earns just under $220,000 a year. It will begin in January, which is the start of his new contract. Members of the Augusta Aviation Commission held their final meeting of 2023 on Tuesday and laid the groundwork for the coming year. Commissioner, Randy Sasser had been tasked with surveying the board for recommendations to serve as chairman and vice chairman in 2024. The recommendation to have current Chairman, Dan

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 19, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

How to Spend Your End-of-Year Vacation

As we move through the first full week of December, we can begin to anticipate the end of the calendar year. Since Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on Sundays this year, many businesses are giving their employees the last week of the year off from work. In addition, most are also off on January 2, and many are taking days off in the week leading up to Christmas, particularly with Hanukkah running from December 18-26. Therefore, many of us have anywhere from one to two weeks away from

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Dr. Richard Franza December 19, 2023 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

The technician crisis in the automobile technician industry

Trey Nuckols, Recruiting Manager of Nuck Recruiting & Consulting, sits down with Augusta Business Daily publisher, Neil Gordon to discuss challenges the auto body industry is facing with recruiting skilled workers. Nuckols says that as workers approach retirement age, efforts of recruitment services will remain key factors in keeping industries alive and well. Get in touch with Nuckols at https://nuckservices.com or (803) 522-3722.

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Neil Gordon with Trey Nuckols December 19, 2023 No Comments
B2B Stories

Hundreds of soldiers heading home for the holidays

Augusta Regional Airport was awash with Army BDUs as soldiers participated in the annual tradition of “Holiday Block Leave.” As Augusta’s largest employer, with roughly 30,000 military and civilian employees, this marks the beginning of the holidays for enlisted men and women. More than 4,500 soldiers participated in the departure. The Army anticipates more than 38,000 service members nationwide will travel home from posts across the country. “I’ve been looking forward to it the past 28 weeks that I’ve been in basic training. Then, I’ve been in AIT (Advanced Individual

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 18, 2023 No Comments
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