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Do You Possess These Skills?

• Business skills. They must manage every aspect of their business. This includes reaching out to prospective clients, handling their finances, and advertising their services.

• Interpersonal skills. Strong interpersonal skills are essential for employees in business and marketing management, because they spend much of their time interacting with supervisors, staff and clients. To attract and keep clients, they must be pleasant, enthusiastic, and trustworthy. 

• Organizational skills. Business and marketing managers must be able to work independently, managing their own time and organizing, planning, and prioritizing their work.

If you answered yes, then you possess some of the skills needed to be successful in the world of marketing management. Other skills used in this industry are computer skills as well as proficiency using social media of all forms. Business and marketing managers must have excellent oral and written communication skills as well as the ability to establish and maintain personal relationships with supervisors, staff members and clients.  It is beneficial for persons in this field to be mature, creative, highly motivated, flexible and decisive. 

What Marketing Managers Do?

Marketing involves creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging ideas, goods, or services that have value to customers and is one of the major components of business management. The success of a business is crucial to understanding the importance of marketing. At some point in an individual’s career they will most likely engage in activities related to marketing. 

Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers coordinate their companies' market research, marketing strategy, sales, advertising, promotion, pricing, product development, and public relations activities. In small firms, the owner might assume all responsibilities while in large firms an executive vice president directs overall advertising, marketing, promotions, sales, and public relations policies. 

Will I Be Able To Find Employment?

In every business around the globe, regardless of type, marketing and management is the root of them all. All businesses buy and sell products or services of some type. They advertise, conduct community public relations, manage employees and business operations, and utilize computer technologies through the Internet, inventory systems, multimedia, social media, and e-commerce.  If not for marketing and management, the standard of living we all enjoy throughout the country would not exist. 

In fact, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security projects 3,320 new jobs in Sales and Related Occupations for the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area through 2018 with first-line supervisors/managers earning an entry-level wage of $11.38 to $19.32 per hour as of April 2012.  MDES also projects 130 new jobs by 2018 in Management Occupations with entry-level wage estimates at $19.27 per hour or $40,080 per year.  Professional positions and the opportunities for advancement are unlimited for those with initiative and ability. 

Need More Information?

The Marketing Management Technology program of study is designed to provide specialized occupational instruction in management, e-business, advertising, public relations, human resources, professional sales, and multimedia presentations.  In the program, students design advertising campaigns, create a business plan for opening a new business, create a corporate training manual, develop PowerPoint presentations for business, and utilize numerous additional hands-on learning projects related to business and marketing.

This program is located on the Rankin and Raymond campuses of Hinds Community College.  For more information about the Raymond Campus Marketing Management program, contact Ebony Robinson via email at Ebony.Robinson@hindscc.edu or by phone at 601.857.3228.  For more information about the Rankin Campus Marketing Management program, contact Jane Foreman via email at JEForeman@hindscc.edu) or by phone at 601.936.5502. 

 
What do you want to be when you grow up? Oscar Wilde once said: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Just start exploring what your interests are and you’ll find exactly what you were meant to be by following your dreams. Be wary of those who tell you “you’ll never make any money doing that” or “you should be a...” and then there is that famous “that’s not a career”. 

Do You Possess These Qualities?

• Concentration.

• Customer-service skills.

• Manual dexterity.

• Physical stamina.

• Physical strength.

If your answer is yes then the Meat Merchandising Program (located on the Raymond Campus of Hinds Community College) might be a career path you should explore.

The Meat Merchandising Program is designed to give students the opportunity to master the skills necessary for success in meat merchandising, which includes slaughtering, chilling, aging, quartering, cutting, and inspecting pork, beef, lamb, poultry, and fish. Students are also given the opportunity to learn various types of marinating, seasoning, smoking, grills, roasting and frying of foods.

What Butchers and Meat Cutters Do?

Butchers and meat cutters cut and trim meat from larger, wholesale portions into steaks, chops, roasts, and other cuts. They then prepare meat for sale by performing various duties, such as weighing meat, wrapping it, and putting it out for display. In retail stores, they also may wait on customers and prepare special cuts of meat upon request.

Butchers and meat cutters in meat processing plants may have a more limited range of duties than those working in a grocery store or specialty meat shop. Because they typically work on an assembly line, those in processing plants usually perform one specific function—a single cut—during their shift.

Butchers and meat cutters use sharp tools such as knives, grinders, or meat saws. They must follow sanitation standards when cleaning equipment, counter tops, and working areas in order to prevent meat contamination.

Some butchers run their own retail store. In these settings, they usually track inventory, order supplies, and perform other recordkeeping duties.

Are The Jobs Going To Be There?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of butchers and meat cutters is projected to grow 5% from 2012 to 2022. As more people demand pre-cut, partially prepared, and easy-to-cook meat products, butchers and meat cutters will be needed to prepare them. The popularity of various meat products such as sausages, cured meats, or specialty cuts is expected to result in demand for butchers and meat cutters in grocery and specialty stores.

Need More Information?

This program is located on the Raymond campus of Hinds Community College.  For more information, contact Chad Davis via email at Chad.Davis@hindscc.edu or by phone at 601.857.3719.