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The résumé is dead. Here are 3 reasons why I never ask for one when hiring

Résumés are becoming increasingly ineffective in today’s rapidly changing job market.

The Food System Is Awful for the Climate. It Doesn’t Have to Be

New modeling estimates that food production could add a degree Celsius to global warming. But it also points to powerful ways to make diets more sustainable.

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 3-12-23

Here is our Top 16 for this week celebrating work and successes to grow and strengthen the Great Falls regional economy — Montana’s Golden Triangle. And, sharing business resources and skill-building opportunities to empower your success.

Experts: National Physician Shortage Will Hit Rural Areas Harder – What’s a WWAMI?

A study showed that while the entire country is seeing dwindling numbers of physicians, rural areas remain drastically behind their urban counterparts. Paired with worse health outcomes, rural America risks a deepening healthcare crisis.

United offers a training program to address the pilot shortage. Its first graduating class was 80% women or minorities.

By some estimates, airlines worldwide could be 60,000 pilots short by the end of the decade. United Airlines anticipates that major U.S. carriers will have demand for 10,000 new pilots this year alone, but that only about 6,600 qualified candidates will be available.

Why Great CEOs Are Actually Their Company’s ‘Chief Emotions Officer’

Entrepreneur coach Chip Conley shared why emotional intelligence is a key ingredient for corporate leadership in a moving session at Inc. Founders House at SXSW in Austin.

University of Montana Professor Monica Serban and Her Lab Supports Young Award Winning Scientist at Hellgate High

At the recent Montana Tech Regional Science and Engineering Fair for high school students from Montana, Idaho, Utah and Nevada, McKay won the Division 1 Top Scoring 12th Grade Project, the Division 1 International Science and Engineering Fair Attendee First Place Grand Award and Blue Ribbon – Gold Medal, for her paper on veterinary applications for silk sutures. The paper is titled “Silk Fibroin-Coated Drug-Eluting Sutures”.

Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college

“Why do I want to put in all the money to get a piece of paper that really isn’t going to help with what I’m doing right now?”

Missoula, Montana-based Cascadia plans growth in employment, clientele

In the coming years, the firm would like to employ as many as 50 skilled workers in areas of human resources, payroll management, consulting and bookkeeping, among other jobs.

Missoula College Selected to Co-Lead National Effort to Better Serve Students

. “It is very different from the traditional philosophy of preparing students for college. It is a tremendous opportunity to improve the social mobility of underserved populations at two-year colleges.”

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The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program encourages and supports the participation of companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in transportation contracts.

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Big Sky EDA- Building Businesses and Creating Jobs in the Greater Billings, Montana area

Prospera helps businesses and communities find their pathway to success, acting as the navigator, problem solver and catalyst for a strong Montana economy.