Mississippi State University and the Mississippi Small Business Development Center have been provided with resources from the CARES Act to provide education, training and business advising to small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of mandated changes in business operations, many family businesses have had to shift their operations. The FBEI Outreach Series – Responding to COVID-19 addresses the survival, growth and sustainability of small businesses and their special needs.
Presented by Dr. James Vardaman, FBEI Co-Director and Professor of Management & Free Enterprise Chair of Excellence at the University of Memphis, this session will focus on why some employees choose to leave their place of employment--even in the midst of a pandemic. Dr. Vardaman shares some recommendations for employers to "keep the keepers."