By Shelby Ruud Jarman Utah State University Extension recently received a $500,000 grant to fund a two-year program that trains rural Utah residents as technology sales professionals who can work remotely for MarketStar, a Utah-based leader in the outsourced business-to-business inside sales industry. The Utah Works Grant is awarded through Talent Ready Utah, housed within
Vic Hockett named New Talent Ready Utah director
Salt Lake City The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) announced Vic Hockett as its Talent Ready Utah Center director.
“Hockett will be a great leader of the Talent Ready Utah team,” says Dan Hemmert, GOED’s executive director. “He’s got the perfect skill set and mentality to take Talent Ready Utah to the next level. And in support of Governor Cox’s One Utah vision, Vic will be a remote worker, not located along the Wasatch front.”
As director of Talent Ready Utah, Hockett will oversee the state’s public-private partnerships between industry and education. He will also help support and grow Utah’s workforce in targeted industries statewide.