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Passport to Summer: Hudsonville Ice Cream, DNR & Pure Michigan partner to promote Michigan

January 11, 2012 Great Companies

It may be 25 degrees with lake effect snow in the forecast, but three Michigan organizations are partnering together to promote the abundance of resources available to both Michigan visitors and residents. Holland, Michigan-based Hudsonville Ice Cream is partnering with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Pure Michigan to launch an integrated campaign that [...]

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State honors Quality Dairy’s Lisa Benson for veterans’ service

January 6, 2012 Economic Development

LANSING, Mich. — The state’s Veteran’s Services Division today honored Lisa Benson, HR Recruiter for Lansing-based Quality Dairy Company, for outstanding efforts to help veterans find employment, making the company one of mid-Michigan’s top “vet-friendly” employers. “We are in the business of helping Michigan’s returning heroes find jobs, and we can only do that with [...]

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Cloud Computing Solutions Firm Finds a Great Fit in Michigan

January 5, 2012 Great Companies

Early last year, the new East Lansing office of Force by Design, based in San Francisco, opened its doors. Since then, the company has been taking advantage of the IT talent found in Michigan to grow and help bring jobs and business to the area. The company now has six full time employees in Michigan, [...]

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Tagged as: economic development partnerships

Michigan’s new competitive business taxes take effect Sunday

December 28, 2011 Economic Development

With the new year approaching and a new Corporate Income Tax scheduled to replace the unpopular and confusing Michigan Business Tax on Jan. 1, 2012, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley just signed 20 bills into law, including several pieces of cleanup legislation needed to clarify and properly implement the new, dramatically simplified tax. Most notable among the [...]

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Tagged as: Corporate Income Tax, Economic Growth, Gov. Rick Snyder, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, michigan business tax

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 agriculture, already an economic powerhouse, can step up to next level with some big plays

December 14, 2011 Agri-Business

By JIM BYRUM, Michigan Agri-Business Association, and member of the Agricultural Leaders of Michigan In the past decade, Michigan agriculture grew nearly 60 percent. That’s a pretty rapid clip. At a time when many sectors of Michigan’s economy were pulling back, agriculture was our state’s fastest growing industry, with farmers and agricultural businesses expanding, investing [...]

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ONE CLICK, THOUSANDS OF JOBS

December 6, 2011 Talent Enhancement

We’re excited to introduce you to Pure Michigan Talent Connect, the state of Michigan’s new web-based talent matchmaking site and central hub for talent, employers and educators announced on Dec. 1 by Governor Snyder. Nearly 80,000 current jobs are featured on the site along with career exploration tools. The site allows job seekers the ability to create [...]

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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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Pure Michigan Business Connect swells; Fifth Third Bank adds $5 billion

November 18, 2011 Great Companies

The state’s Pure Michigan Business Connect program has more than doubled in less than six months with an additional $5 billion in loan access for Michigan-based companies offered through Fifth Third Bank, Gov. Rick Snyder has announced. The governor also welcomed several new partners to the initiative. The bank’s commitment more than doubles the original [...]

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Tagged as: economic development partnerships, Events, Pure Michigan Business Connect, Resources

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