ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
GMMTP Informational Seminar in Frankfort on 24 Jan 2019

By Susan West

Frankfort, KY - The Kentucky Labor Cabinet is taking job recruitment to another level, hosting an informational seminar for participants in the Governor's Minority Management Training Program (GMMTP). This seminar titled, "Work, Thrive and Succeed" will take place on Jan. 24, 2019, at the offices of the Labor Cabinet in Frankfort

"We see this seminar as an opportunity to highlight the many leadership opportunities within the Labor Cabinet," said Acting Secretary David A. Dickerson. "The Labor Cabinet touches many Kentuckians daily. We employ attorneys, investigators, and teachers with careers in workplace safety, wage and hour compliance, and workers' compensation."

The GMMTP is a two-year professional development program designed to increase the number of minorities in leadership positions within state government. In addition to the personal development that comes with program participation, a core component of the program includes a number of professional development and networking opportunities, including site visits. The current class of 28 Kentucky state employees is scheduled to graduate in October of 2019.


Attendees currently working in other cabinets such as Justice and Public Safety, Personnel, and Finance and Administration will learn about the Labor Cabinet in an interactive manner as the executive members of the Labor Cabinet host this event. In one breakout session, guests will watch a Workers' Compensation (mock) hearing from Chief Administrative Law Judge, Douglas Gott. Commissioner Dwayne Depp from the Department of Workplace Standards and his staff are providing a session on the intricate steps of an investigation when a death or injury occurs to a Kentuckian while at work. Investigations pertaining to wage and hour and regulations also will be discussed.

Labor Cabinet employees who are participants in the training program include Stephen Mason, information systems managers Amy Truong, OSH compliance officer; and Nicole Whitlock, self-insurance auditor. They will help lead sessions, providing an opportunity to practice presentation skills in front of an audience.

Christopher L. Johnson, Executive Director of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet's Office of Diversity, Equity and Training (ODET), oversees the program. Members of the ODET team recently reached out to the Labor Cabinet's Director of Professional Development, Cassidy Connell, to share their vision of having this class of management trainee's visit every Cabinet.

"We are excited for the Labor Cabinet to kick off the 2019 program year by offering this opportunity to GMMTP participants. These 28 tremendously talented individuals will greatly benefit from the chance to get out of their silos of their daily responsibilities in their agencies, and learn about the breadth of job opportunities throughout Kentucky State Government; it demonstrates the kind of successful partnerships it takes to advance the mission of equal opportunity for all, said Christopher Johnson.


This story was posted on 2019-01-02 20:14:55
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.