Why Do Business In Utah

Why Utah is the Best State for Business & Careers

For three years running, Utah has won top ranking as Forbes Magazine's "Best State for Business and Careers." The following infographic explores some of the reasons why, from a diverse economy with strong life sciences, information technology, aerospace/aviation, and other industry clusters, favorable and sensible tax/regulatory environment, young and educated workforce, robust international trade, to high quality of life as epitomized by the Greatest Snow on Earth®. Where better place than Utah is there to expand your business?

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Snow College Job Expo 2013

 

Welcome Employers,

You have job openings or paid internships and we have well-trained students waiting for a shot to fill those positions. Please add Snow College and Career Badger to your employee or intern recruiting efforts.

CNN/Money ranks us 6th among all 1,200+ U.S. junior colleges, and we are known for our programs in business, nursing and health sciences, computer information systems, automotive and diesel repair, industrial technology, machining, welding, biology & natural sciences, and more. In addition, we have another 700 graduates this year who will earn degrees in areas such as arts, education, humanities, social sciences, or physical sciences.

To help you target these candidates, we offer the following recruiting opportunities:

January 29 - Practice Interview Day, Richfield Campus, all majors

February 20 - Career & Summer Job Fair, Richfield Campus

February 21 - Career & Summer Job Fair, Ephraim Campus

April 9 - Practice Interview Day, Richfield Campus, trade and technology majors

April 18 - Interview Day, Richfield Campus, nursing and health careers

April 19 - Federal Jobs Day, Ephraim Campus, for federal and state employers

To recruit at Snow College, please visit Career Badger https://myinterfase.com/snow/employer/home.aspx to register and sign up for the events that match your hiring needs. If you have not registered with Career Badger before, please use the "Click here to register" link to create an account, and then post jobs and register for Career Events. 

If you would like to recruit at other times, do not hesitate to call or email me if you would like to arrange campus recruiting visits, classroom presentations, or on-campus interviews.

Best regard, Lisa

Lisa Laird

Manager, Career Services

Snow College

800 West 200 South, Richfield, Utah 84701

150 E. College Avenue, Ephraim, Utah 84627

Office: 435-893-2221

Cell: 435-586-6938

email: lisa.laird@snow.edu

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10th Annual Diversified Agriculture Conference

I  wanted to let you know about the programs planned this year.   The Diversified Ag Conference (Feb. 20-22) and an Urban & Small Farms Conference (Feb. 26-27).   Each will have a different focus so look at the programs and see which is right for you.  Links to the draft program and registration are below.

This year will be the 10^th year for the Diversified Agriculture Conference.  We are happy to be holding it in Ephraim at Snow College where we started with the first one.  This will include livestock management, agriculture outlook information, tours, marketing, management and more.  You can find all the information by clicking on the buttons below or going to DiverseAg.org.  Registration is $40 each before Feb.14^th.

Due to the success and enthusiasm for the conference last year in Layton, we wanted to build on the small farms and urban farming issues.  Katie Wagner (Katie.wagner@usu.edu) the Salt Lake County Extension Agent is helping to plan an Urban and Small Farms Conference (including a pre-conference on organic farming) which will be in Salt Lake.  This will include the Utah Berry Growers meetings. It will also include season extension techniques, and local food production. Find out more by clicking on the buttons below or going to  DiverseAg.org/htm/slc.  Registration is $20 per day before Feb. 12^th.

The content of the programs for each event are quite different so look at both and see which would be best for you. 

 Clink on Images To Register For A Conference

                          

If You Are Interested In A

Wayne County Economic Development Scholarship For These Conferences
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It Isn't the Fiscal Cliff; It's Limited Access to Capital that's Crippling Small Business

“One of the major handicaps that keeps my business from growing is not having adequate working capital to expand my workforce.
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Cafe Diablo Business Of The Year 2012

(L to R) Commissioner Rob Williams, Barbara & Gary Pankow

Wayne County Commissioners
Tom Jeffery, DeRae Fillmore & Rob Williams
select Café Diablo
As Wayne County Business of the Year 2012

The Six County Association of Governments and staff hosted an Award Ceremony & Banquet where recipients from the Six County Region (Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne,)
attended and received their awards December 5, 2012 in Fillmore Utah.

WHY RECIPIENT WAS CHOSEN:

Café Diablo was selected because of their outstanding business for the last 18 years.  This business has proven to be a pronounced business because of the exceptional service, quality and support they give to their customers, community and other organizations. 

Gary and Barbara not only employee 48 residents of Wayne County with attractive wages and benefits helping Wayne County's economy, they are also well known for the unique taste of their many varied cuisine dishes and the decadent desserts that tease your eyes and fill your appetites! It is not unusual to hear Café Diablo being spoken of in high regard nationally as well as internationally.

Gary and Barb support and make continued donations to organizations such as: Wayne County Travel Council and the many FAM Tours, Community Events, County Volunteer Fire Departments, Wild Land Firefighter Organizations, American Cancer Society, Friends of Scouting and many more other foundations, festivals, schools, & societies that are in and around Wayne County.  They are well known for their generous support in the Five-County region as well as our Six-County region and to other programs and organizations throughout Utah! 

One extraordinary program that Gary and Barb offer is their internship program. Gary and Barb are generous with this program by sponsoring a young person interested in the Culinary Arts by helping them with their continued education in Culinary Arts and then reserving a place of employment for the student after they have received their accomplishment in the Art.

BACKGROUND OF RECIPIENT:

Café Diablo is nestled along Utah’s Scenic Highway 24, near the entrance to Capitol Reef National Park, in the tiny western hamlet of Torrey Utah.  Café Diablo is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, from April to mid-October.

International visitors and local residents alike will enjoy a warm and relaxed atmosphere with views of deep red sandstone cliffs to the north and pine-covered mountains to south while savoring cuisine worthy of the setting.

Café Diablo opened in June of 1994 after Certified Executive Chef, Gary Pankow, a native of Detroit, Michigan and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, made his way to Wayne County Utah between the years 1980 and 1994. He loved and enjoyed the adventures that Wayne County provided such as hiking, mountain biking and other recreational passions.  While visiting the area, Gary was persuaded by Mayor Adus Dorsey to join the community by establishing a restaurant business in Torrey.  Since this time, Café Diablo has received numerous awards including “Best in Utah.”

Barbara joined Gary in 2003; she is the catering director, gardener, events coordinator and dining room manager.  Barb has strong influences in Public Relations and Marketing!  Barbara is a friend to everyone she meets, she is a very special lady!

Currently, Chef Pankow is involved in many fronts including providing signature fruit pies and ice cream available at the Historic Gifford House in Capitol National Park, Catering weddings, business functions, board meetings, hiking groups, and car clubs, making innovative desserts, consulting with restaurant owners, mentoring chefs, writing a cookbook, and his passion of cooking specialty lunches and dinners daily at his restaurant where even someone with food sensitive or food allergy issues can find the menu to fit their needs.

Wayne County is pleased to honor a business such as Café Diablo with this prestigious award, it is businesses such as this that helps keep Wayne County’s travel and tourism industry thriving and replenishing our county economy with a new hope for a better tomorrow!

Congratulations Gary and Barb!

Article by:
Michelle Coleman, Director
Wayne County Economic Development
michellewco@gmail.com

Snow College Job Expo

 

 

Business members, we will host the Richfield Job Expo on Wednesday, February 8 - which will offer employers access to career-minded grads in our business, technology and trades programs, as well as students working on a general associate's degree.  They can also join us again on Thursday, February 9 for the Ephraim campus Job Expo, which offers access to more than 4,000 students seeking careers, part-time work, and summer jobs.

 

Follow this link: http://www.snow.edu/hr/pdf/careerfair.pdf to get more information about the fair and follow the prompt to register for this event.  There is no charge to participate, and we will also provide lunch for the employers.

 

Please follow this link to a list of our training and degree programs: http://www.snow.edu/general/divisions.html

 

I hope you can attend one or both dates for the Expo.  Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information.

 

Best regards,

Lisa Jane Laird

Career Services Advisor

Snow College

lisa.laird@snow.edu

435-893-2221

michellewco@gmail.com

Business Of The Year 2011

The award was presented by (Left) Commissioner Robert Williams to (Right) Mrs. Kathy Rabb, Mr. Tom Rabb & Mr. Scott Rabb

CastleRock Coffee & Candy/Red Desert Candy Company in Torrey Utah was chosen as Wayne County's 2011 Business of The Year. They were honored at a dinner hosted by Six County Association of Governments in Sevier County on December 7, 2011. Congratulations CastleRock Coffee & Candy/Red Desert Candy Company!

The award was presented by Commissioner Robert Williams (Left) to (Right) Mrs. Kathy Rabb, Mr. Tom Rabb & Mr. Scott Rabb

WHY RECIPIENT WAS CHOSEN:

CastleRock Coffee & Candy was selected because of their continued business for 10 years. They have proven their great business sense by doing business in a community that has seen its fair share of economic ups and downs.
They have expanded through these 10 years and have continued to be successful not only in being a loyal business, but they have given great opportunities to county residents seeking employment in the diverse areas of their operation. They not only own CastleRock Coffee & Candy, but also have the Red Desert Candy Company which makes handmade and hand-dipped candies to sell at Castle Rock Coffee & Candy as well as filling accounts with the demand of their goods throughout Utah
Kathy and Scott are pleasant to work with and customers leave with a smile on their face and satisfaction in their hearts because of the quality of their Coffee Beverages and Chocolates along with delicious pleasures from all that is offered in their businesses.
Kathy and Scott speak highly of their employees and highly compliment them, which proves to why they own such a well-rounded healthy business.


BACKGROUND OF RECIPIENT:

Kathy Rabb and Scott Rabb, mother and son, founded CastleRock Coffee & Candy almost 10 years ago. Kathy was working in the Salt Lake area as a business banker and enjoyed the small business world. She and her husband, Tom, were attracted to the rural lifestyle of Wayne County, and wanted to make Torrey home.

With the help of the Wayne County Travel Council, they gathered enough research to determine who was visiting our area and what they were looking for. They started with a great cup of coffee. As they were operating, they listened to what their customers were asking for. Good chocolate was on the top of the list. So over six years ago, they started tempering chocolate and creating a few of their own pieces.

They ran out of space as their chocolate gained popularity and customer demand increased. In March of 2010, they applied for the Rural Fast Track Grant through the Governor’s Office Of Economic Development to help them purchase good quality equipment, they created Red Desert Candy Company and moved the candy operation to another location in Torrey.

CastleRock is their primary client, but Red Desert Candy also has several wholesale accounts and they sell their products on-line at reddesertcandy.com. Their highest activity season is the Christmas Holidays, so they operate year around which helps provide winter job opportunities.
• CastleRock Coffee & Candy Store
12 – Full Time Employees for 12 months
20 – Part Time Employees for 9 months of the year
• Red Desert Candy Company
2.5 – Full Time Employee for 12 months
3 – Part Time Employees for 12 months
Congratulations Kathy & Scott for being selected the Wayne County Business of the Year through continued customer service and county resident employment provided by Castle Rock Coffee & Candy and Red Desert Candy Company.

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GROW YOUR BUSINESS TRAINING

Grow your business with FastTrac GrowthVenture training at the
Community Center in Bicknell 605 South 350 East. 

The trainign begins January 12, 2012.  

Register online or call (435) 893-2252 for more information.

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The Utah Governor's Energy Development Summit - Feb. 15, 2012

Registration is now open for the Utah Governor's Energy Development Summit!

 To register or find sponsorship details, please go HERE

 

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Facebook's New Advertising Model: You

(This story appears in the Dec. 5, 2011 issue of Forbes.)

Social Network Crunches Data to Woo Big Brand Advertisers From Television

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t talk much about his company’s advertising business, even when it invents new kinds of ads that could disrupt a chunk of the $500 billion influence industry. So it was up to David Fischer, who left a star career at Google early last year to run Facebook’s advertising business, to make a pilgrimage to Advertising Week, a weeklong annual confab of marketers in New York in October. His goal: to draw big brand marketers whose mainstay ad venue is television onto the world’s largest social network.

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The Utah Governor's Energy Development Summit - Feb. 15, 2012

Please join the Office of Energy Development and its partners for the 2012 Utah Governor's Energy Development Summit. This summit will highlight Utah's 10-Year Strategic Energy Plan and provide industry insight and education in the existing and emerging technology fields. Read More Here

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Seven Steps To Coaching Your Employees To Success

Many employers sit their workers down once a year for a review. At that time, the employee finds out what they've been doing right or if there are areas in need of improvement. But what happens the other 364 days of the year?

Coaching is a different approach to developing employees' potential. With coaching, you provide your staff the opportunity to grow and achieve optimal performance through consistent feedback, counseling and mentoring. Rather than relying solely on a review schedule, you can support employees along the path to meeting their goals. Done in the right way, coaching is perceived as a roadmap for success and a benefit. Done incorrectly and employees may feel berated, unappreciated, even punished.     Read more HERE 

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Facebook Class

Wayne County Economic Development Office & Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Custom Fit Trainings are Co-Sponsoring This Class With The New Wayne County Business Group! Don't Miss Out On This Great Opportunity!

 This Training Is A Good Follow Up From The facebook Class That We Held Earlier In The Year Which Was Sponsored By: Wayne Economic Development Office, Six County Association of Governments &Wayne County Business Association.

If you own a business...you can work with the Wayne Economic Development Office to receive 50% match of the $50.00 fee through SBDC Custom Fit Trainings.  

If you aren't in business yet and are looking into it...you can work with the Wayne Economic Development Office to receive a 50% match scholarship of the $50.00 fee through Wayne Economic Development Office.

 

The facilitators of the class are West and Kami Taylor, residents of Fremont.

West has launched a new company exclusively on Facebook and Youtube that is getting national attention from some of corporate Americas biggest companies, all this for free on Facebook and Youtube!! 

Kami sells her art exclusively on Facebook, she has sold over 30 pcs of her art work in the past year just on Facebook alone. Come and share your knowledge and gain some insights to your Facebook Business Success! 

The class is Facebook for Businesses. This is a great class for local business owners to get started with Facebook if they are not currently using this great business tool. Here are a few bullet points of what we will be covering.

How to do business posts, How Often to post, What to post, How to post as your business and post as yourself on your business page. How to upload and use pictures to promote your business. How to edit pictures with text. How to share pictures.  How to upload videos, How to create videos, How to use Facebook and Youtube together on your business page. How to add Tabs to your Page, coupons, contests, sign up forms, etc.... How to network with other businesses on Facebook, How to cross promote your business with another business.. How to build relationships with your business friends that will bring you money!
These are just a few of the topics we will be discussing.

Bring your laptop we will have internet access so you can work on your Facebook Page right in the class!!

Trainings start Tuesday November 1st @ 3pm at the Snuggle Inn Conference Room.

Trainings are every Tuesday in November from 3-5pm.

Investment in your business for this training is only $50 per person for all 5 classes! 

Wayne County Business Group On Facebook: Click here to Sign up                  

Got questions call:
West @ 435.680.0946      
Kami @ 435.680.0512

Wayne Economic Development Office
michellewco@gmail.com

435-836-1315