Hinds CC and Continental Tire announce Production and Mechatronics Apprentice Programs

by | Oct 2, 2020 | News, Workforce

Hinds Community College and Continental Tire have signed an agreement to launch two new programs that will support the academic goals and professional development of students who are interested in manufacturing careers. The Production Apprentice and Mechatronics...

Continental training manager comes ‘home’ to Hinds CC family

by Cathy Hayden | Oct 24, 2018 | Alumni, Utica Campus, Workforce

Darryl Jenkins feels like his new job as training manager for Continental Tire in Hinds County is really an opportunity to come home to work, both literally and figuratively. He has returned from north Mississippi to work close to his Hinds Community College home, and...

Summer interns at Continental have tuition at Hinds CC paid by company

by | Sep 11, 2017 | News

RAYMOND – Four Hinds Community College students who interned with Continental Tire over the summer have even more of a reason to cherish their nine weeks of paid training at the company’s tire plant in Mount Vernon, Ill. Continental has covered tuition for the fall...

Four Hinds CC students named for Continental Tire summer internship

by Cathy Hayden | May 19, 2017 | News

Four Hinds Community College students will spend the summer in Mount Vernon, Ill., as part of an internship program at Continental Tire. They are Raymond Campus students Mack Pope, 25, of Terry, Electronics Technology; Ken Anderson, 49, of Jackson and Dylan Canant,...

Continental Tire looks to Hinds CC career-tech students to fill jobs at Mississippi plant

by | Mar 30, 2017 | News, Workforce

RAYMOND – An internship program launched by Continental Tire focuses on students enrolled in Hinds Community College’s Industrial Maintenance Technology, Electrical Technology, and Electronics Technology programs. Continental’s Maintenance Technician Internship...

Opportunities at Continental Tire await career-tech students at Hinds CC

by | Apr 15, 2016 | News

Continental Tire executive Paul Williams knows his audience well when talking with students fresh out of high school and looking for careers.   He can’t help the familiarity, really – he was once one of them.   “I finished school at 16 in the UK (United...