Smart Workforce Solutions

Meet Our Team

Tracy Lemmons
Business Representative
Missouri Division of Workforce Development
Joplin Career Center
417-629-3000 Ext. 237
tracy.lemmons@ded.mo.gov
Specialites include: GreatHires, training programs, tax credit programs, pre-screening, Business Resource Center, training space in Joplin Career Center

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Business Liaison
Lakes Country Resource Center
Missouri Career Center
417-629-3000 Ext. 243
Specialties include: Job placement services, On-the-Job Training Program

Jasen Jones
Executive Director
Workforce Investment Board of Southwest Missouri
Joplin Career Center
417-629-3000 Ext. 260
ceo@workforcezone.net
Specialites include: Business Attraction and Expansion Incentives, Economic Development Outreach, Research and Strategy Deployment, Employer Engagement for Workforce Investment Board Leadership, Industry Sector Consortium Projects

Emily McGrew
Rapid Response Coordinator
Lakes Country Resource Center
Joplin Career Center
417-629-3000
jemcgrew@workforcezone.org
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Specialties include: Rapid Reponse services to employers facing layoffs/workforce reductions

John McLean
Local Veterans Employment Representative
Missouri Division of Workforce Development
Joplin Career Center
417-629-3000 Ext. 225
john.mclean@ded.mo.gov
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Specialties include: Services to employers/federal contractors in working with veterans

Charles Shaver
Business Retention Coordinator
Workforce Investment Board of Southwest Missouri
Joplin Career Center
417-629-3000 Ext. 302
cshaver@workforcezone.net
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Specialites include: Business Retention and Expansion Incentives, Economic Development Outreach, Research and Strategy Deployment, Four States Healthcare Consortium