GMG names talent resources liaison
30 Jan 2019
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MANKATO — Emmy Forsyth, a Mankato native who has spent eight years working in southern California, will return to serve as Greater Mankato Growth’s first-ever talent resources liaison.
She will begin working remotely Jan. 21 and moving here by March 1.
In response to an ever-tighter labor pool, the GMG Board decided to fund the position to help attract talent to the region.
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