USC Upstate to host hiring forum

By Mike Switzer

Published October 3, 2024 at 6:30 AM EDT

Christopher Taylor, vice chancellor for external affairs and chief of staff at the University of South Carolina Upstate, and organizer of the 2nd Annual Upstate Talent Forum in Spartanburg, S.C.

If there’s one challenge most companies face today, it would be the shortage of qualified employees. Which is why our next guest’s upcoming event is likely to be very well attended. Mike Switzer interviews Christopher Taylor, vice chancellor for external affairs and chief of staff at the University of South Carolina Upstate, and the organizer of the 2nd Annual Upstate Talent Forum in Spartanburg, S.C.

***Editors note: Since the recording of this episode, USC Upstate's 2nd Annual Talent Forum has been rescheduled as a one-day event to be held on Tuesday, November 12.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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