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National company with 3 CSRA locations gives all its employees $100!

Imagine how you would react if your company handed you a stack of 100 $1 bills. For many, that probably sounds like a dream, but it’s exactly what happened to every employee of Classic Collision – a collision repair company – nationwide on August 19 and 20. The surprise gift was the company’s way of celebrating the purchase of its 100th location, which is in Oregon, according to Tracy Bryant, regional director. “It would’ve been easy to hand everyone a gift card or a $100 bill, but our CEO (Toan

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B2B Stories

Local business leaders share creative ways to retain employees

As interim director of a local nonprofit, Faith Edmondson can’t offer her employees competitive salaries, but she’s found other ways to reward them for their hard work. Edmondson also serves as co-founder with Ashley Ashe, and lead consultant for The Gateway Company, which provides a variety of business services, including grant writing and business coaching. It’s important to “show employees how they fit into your mission,” she says. Edmondson and Tracie Parker – lead small business consultant for Gateway – delivered a presentation called “Beyond Benefits: Building Value through Creative

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Consumer Stories

Five Keys to Hosting a Successful Internship

Many CSRA companies and organizations were honored in the 2020-21 school year for their partnership in hosting Hull College of Business interns including “National” type companies in Augusta like Augusta National, ADP and John Deere—financial institutions such as Queensborough National Bank and Trust, SME CPA’s, The Cleveland Group and TaxSlayer and cause oriented groups like Augusta Locally Grown and Shepheard Community Blood Center. Please read the employer advice and consider contacting Jennifer below. The fall internship season has just begun for many students as they embark on their experiential learning adventures!

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Consumer Stories

Local manufacturing company offers job training for young adults

David Ray wants to inspire and encourage local students who have considered dropping out of high school. Ray – co-owner and general manager of Cyber City Circuits located at 1001 Walton Way in Augusta – says many young people tell him they don’t need a diploma to work at McDonald’s. He would like to teach electronics classes to the community to show these students another career option. “All they have to do is graduate,” states the West Columbia native and United States Marine Corps veteran. “They really limit themselves when

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B2B Stories

Augusta ranks in national business publication’s Top 10 Millennial community

Augusta is one of the best cities for millennials to live and work, according to a national business publication. The July/August issue of Business Facilities magazine ranked Augusta number 10 on its list of Millennial Magnets. Other cities on the list include Providence, Rhode Island; Reno, Nevada; Tucson, Arizona; and Charleston, South Carolina. Kigwana Cherry – owner of Pop-Up Augusta! – loves the wide variety of things to do in this city. Cherry describes Augusta as “The little-big city where you can do beer yoga in the morning, eat local

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B2B Stories

Job opportunities tomorrow at Fort Gordon and across U.S Army footprint

If you or someone you know has a security clearance, there may be a good fit for job opportunities. A virtual hiring fair is being organized by a staffing contractor for Fort Gordon and the U.S Army. Transition Careers, LLC founder and CEO Jason Semerakis tells ABD that active duty, reserve, national guard, military retirees and civilians with experience in defense, engineering, IT, cyber and intelligence are encouraged to register and participate. Active or current (used within 24 months) security clearance issued by the U.S. federal government is REQUIRED for

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Consumer Stories

CSRA Companies offer lucrative incentives to attract and retain employees

Many companies have begun offering sign-on bonuses for new employees, but at one company, a lucky employee will drive off in a brand-new car. Spherion – a national recruitment and staffing agency – with an office in the CSRA—has found a creative way to combat the labor shortage by offering hiring and retention incentives for its employees. Starting July 12, employees in good standing were entered into weekly drawings for prizes, such as Apple AirPods, MacBook Air laptops, and flat screen TVs. The grand prize – a 2021 Ford Mustang

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B2B Stories

Young professionals share words of wisdom for Augusta youth

The 2021 Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals to Watch were honored by Augusta Magazine, the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce, and about 300 members of the local business community at a luncheon at the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center. (Photo by Neil Gordon) Millennials are often stereotyped as lazy, unmotivated, and unreliable. But there are many young professionals in the CSRA who continue to shatter these stereotypes. Since 2009, Augusta Magazine and the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce have recognized the outstanding achievements of local professionals by selecting

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B2B Stories

Employees of local automotive company sent letter of sale

The John Harris Shop on Evans to Locks Road in Evans is one of the three CSRA collision shops sold to Gerber Collision. (photo from John Harris website) More than 50 technicians and support staff at The John Harris Body Shop in downtown Augusta, Evans, and Grovetown are about to undergo a big change. ABD’s learned the company was just sold to Gerber Collision and Glass, a publicly traded company. Employees got a letter from founders John and Campbell Harris, who opted to sell the company after 46 years in

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Consumer Stories

Church led restaurateur to open business in Augusta

The restaurant is located at one of the busiest intersections of Washington Road at Stevens Creek Road near I-20 and adjacent to the Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. (photo by Neil Gordon) Magda Faltaous has commuted back and forth every Sunday for three years from his home in Columbia, S.C. to attend church on Furys Ferry Road in Columbia County. “If business is good, I may move here,” he says. He is in the middle of about a $100,000 investment in the old Denny’s Restaurant building on Washington Road in between

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