Continuing the free Social Media Workshop series that kicked off in December, Glerin Business Resources will present a Facebook workshop on January 23 and 24, 2012 at Riverstone Technology Park in South Boston, Virginia. The popularity of the first workshop prompted Glerin to schedule two nights this month to allow more participants.

This free social media workshop will explore how to use Facebook effectively, including topics such as:

December 6 marked the kick-off of the free social media workshop series that Glerin Business Resources is presenting at Riverstone Technology Park.  For those who weren't able to make it - or those who did come and would just like to review - video of the workshop is now available here.

PDF files of the slides used in the workshop, as well as the social media glossary that was handed out to participants, are also available for free download here.

The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) One-Stop in South Boston, VA will be sponsoring a Job Fair starting Monday October 31st  at 9:00 AM  and continue until 7:00 PM at Riverstone Centre. This Job Fair is being conducted to support a single employer for a planned new Customer Contact Center that may locate in Halifax County.

The VEC is looking for people with experience in Customer Contact, Customer Service, Customer Care, Call Center Operations, Back Office, Administrative, Clerical or Data Entry.

The Halifax County Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards banquet at the World of Sports last night.  The award for Business Person of the Year was presented to Kathy Farley of Cherokee Tobacco, and the award for Business of the Year was presented to Benchmark Community Bank.

Nookie Green of Distinct Impressions,  the outgoing Chairman of the Board, also introduced the incoming Chair - Larry Clark, Deputy Superintendent of the Halifax County Public School System.