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Early bird special ends April 30 for National Economic Gardening Conference

April 25, 2012 Events

There’s less than one week left to sign up at a discounted rate for the 10th Annual National Economic Gardening Conference, taking place at the Amway Grand Plaza hotel in Grand Rapids June 12-13. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Pure Michigan Business Connect are hosting the conference, keynoted by Governor Rick Snyder. The cost [...]

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Tagged as: chris gibbons, economic gardening, economic gardening conference 2012, Economic Growth, Events, Governor Rick Snyder

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Contest: What does the New Michigan look like to you?

February 29, 2012 Economic Development

Just weeks after announcing its 2012 Michigan Turnaround Plan, Business Leaders for Michigan, the state’s business roundtable, is asking: What does the New Michigan look like to you?  In an online contest going on right now, BLM is offering $1,000 in total prizes to Michigan residents who upload a photo, film a short video, or [...]

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Tagged as: Business Leaders for Michigan, contest, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, New Michigan

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Michigan: From auto capital to fashion capital

February 14, 2012 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Milan… Paris… New York… Detroit? Michigan might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of fashion. As the automotive capital of the world, we know a thing or two about production – but the gritty world of auto manufacturing seems light years away from the glamorous world of fashion. Not [...]

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Tagged as: cynthia lamaide, denise ilitch, detroit fashion, fashion, fotoula lambros, joe faris, michigan garment industry, montee tayion holland

Initiative challenges tomorrow’s leaders to participate in Detroit’s revitalization

January 27, 2012 Events

The Collaborative Group, a Michigan-based nonprofit dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship, has launched and is accepting applications for Challenge Detroit, an urban revitalization project for one of the most significant cities in the world. Challenge Detroit is a national initiative focused on revitalizing Detroit by attracting innovative leaders to bring their intellectual capital and talents to [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Events, Jobs, talent

LiveWorkDetroit! Cross Sectors: The New Detroit

January 26, 2012 Great Companies

By Yuliya Harris This past Saturday over 200 students from University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University as well as countless other universities gathered at the LiveWorkDetroit! Cross Sectors event at the Westin Book Cadillac in downtown Detroit. This event focused on highlighting the recent astounding growth within the city through the business, [...]

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Michigan planning 1st virtual career fair for IT, tech talent

January 24, 2012 Events

Michigan, one of the first states in the nation to make attracting and developing talent for existing job needs a major priority, will host the first state-sponsored virtual career fair Feb. 15 to connect talented IT and high tech professionals with employers. MiVirtualCareerFair: IT and High Tech will provide a platform for Michigan businesses to [...]

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Tagged as: Events, high tech jobs, Job Fair, Jobs, talent, tech jobs

Michigan companies participate in White House forum

January 12, 2012 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michigan business leaders who have brought jobs back or decided to make significant investments in the United States participated in a forum hosted by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. on January 11.  The forum, called “Insourcing American Jobs,” brought together business owners who shifted work back to the United [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, talent, tech jobs

Ready for a job you love? Consider Michigan Shifting Gears

December 15, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

They felt like consolation prizes, facing rejection, unmet needs and constrained relationships. So they each risked peeking through a new door and now enjoy lives that seemed unimaginable just months earlier.  Just ask Cathy Lewis, now talent acquisition consultant for Fifth Third Bank in Southfield. She worked at Comerica Bank until her position was moved [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Jobs, Shifting Gears, talent, training

Michigan Shifting Gears Winter 2012 offers career transition training

December 5, 2011 Events

Space is still available for seasoned business professionals looking to shift their skills into new job opportunities through Michigan Shifting Gears Winter 2012, a career transition development program offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). “As Michigan transitions into the new economy, many highly skilled and experienced individuals across the state are struggling to [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Jobs, talent

LiveWorkDetroit! is on a mission to connect young talent with employers and Detroit!

November 18, 2011 Events

By Michelle Elder Detroit is reinventing herself and I can hardly contain my excitement, which is why I LiveWorkDetroit! Physically, Detroit doesn’t even look like herself five years ago and in another 5 years….or 5 months, she won’t be the same. Once M1 Rail lines are laid down, look out, world! Young people are moving [...]

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