Majority understand significance of
Top-to-Bottom Review

In last month’s newsletter we introduced the Employee Question-of-the-Month feature, which we kicked off with “Do you understand the significance of the TDLWD’s Top-to-Bottom Review?” Of the department’s employees who responded to the survey, 66.7 percent said yes, they understood; 25.6 percent said they did not; and 7.7 percent said they did not know what the Top-to-Bottom review was.
Thousands seek jobs with
Nissan Smyrna plant

One of the biggest responses to a call for applicants in recent departmental history took place Wednesday, November 2, at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro with the announcement that Yates Services was seeking to fill positions for Nissan’s Vehicle Assembly Plant in Smyrna.
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View Commissioner Davis’s
budget presentation 		   

Governor Haslam asked each department to come up with a projected budget for 2012. Commissioner Davis presented the TDLWD’s proposed budget during the budget hearing segment that took place in Nashville.
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Career Centers honor veterans at open houses

 In observance of Veterans’ Day, Career Centers in Tullahoma, Chattanooga, Gallatin, and Nashville Metro held open houses for veterans, employers and the general public.
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19th Stand Down serves several hundred vets

Veterans’ representatives from middle Tennessee Career Centers came together again this year to help make the 19th Annual Operation Stand Down a success.
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“Laborers of Love”
walk for a cure

A team from the Department of Labor & Workforce Development took part in the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk again this year, which is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The team, called “Laborers of Love,” raised $700 for the event that began and ended at LP Field on October 15.
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Employee commendations

Recently commended for outstanding service were Teresa Broome and C-Ann Chapman, East TN Employment Security; Sarah Beane and other East Tn Career Coach staff; Frances Turner, Gallatin Career Center; Denise Reynolds, Union City Career Center; Eddie Akins, Lexington Career Center; Ron Kirby, Lebanon Career Center; Andrea Witt, Labreeska Massey, and Becky Jacobs, Chattanooga Career Center; and Shelley Hodge, Bristol Career Center.
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Every employee has a story

 
 
Michael Elliott
This veterans’ outreach specialist in the Clarksville Career Center enjoys riding motorcycles and handyman projects.
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Human Resources Administrator Judy Bell presents Golden Hand Awards to David Kelly (left) and Roy Hamilton for Information Technology’s efforts in the conversion from GroupWise to Outlook. This was a splendid team effort for Systems Administrations staff, which is under Roy, and the Help Desk and Tech Support staff, under David.

The Fall Festival is an annual luncheon IT puts on twice a year to help build morale and to promote team effort. The occasion provides a chance to introduce new staff, acknowledge awards, and make announcements pertinent to the IT division.
 
 

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martha.deacon@tn.gov
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