Episode #49: Hawaii Talent Onboarding Program to Effectively Work with the Business Community with Jason Higa Artwork

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Voice of Business Podcast by the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii

Episode #49: Hawaii Talent Onboarding Program to Effectively Work with the Business Community with Jason Higa

September 28, 2022 • Chamber of Commerce Hawaii

On this episode of the Voice of Business Podcast presented by ALTRES, host Jo McGarry interviews Jason Higa, Chief Executive Officer of FCH Enterprises which includes Zippy’s Restaurants, Napoleon’s Bakery, Food Solutions International, A Catered Experience and Kahala and Pearl City Sushi.

McGarry and Higa discuss Movers & Shakas, an initiative born in the early months of the pandemic to help the business community after the Hawaii tourism shutdown. With locals returning from the mainland and continuing to work remotely throughout the pandemic, Higa and his advisory board saw an opportunity for Hawaii to pair remote workers with local non-profits providing assistance from strategic planning to the creation of apps. With over 90,000 applicants in the first round, they accepted 50 high quality cohorts.

Throughout this process and with the tourism market returning, an inculturation program was devised to ensure that remote workers, or those new to Hawaii could work effectively with local non-profits and the Hawaii business community. The talent onboarding program, HITOP became a series of classes, courses and experiences to better understand local culture and how to work effectively in the business community in Hawaii. HITOP focuses on high level executives who are recruited and move to Hawaii.

Listen to this podcast and learn more about the Hawaii Talent Onboarding Program.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

22 minutes

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