by Robin Runyan | Nov 15, 2021 | Education & Employment, Our People, People
National Apprenticeship Week is an opportunity to share the many reasons why apprenticeships are a great way to get into a well-paying career. Apprenticeships provide a critical talent pipeline into careers where there is a great need, like in the energy industry. An...
by Bill Blaul | Aug 31, 2018 | Education & Employment, Energizing Youth, People, Progress
Generations of skilled tradespeople built the Motor City, put the world on wheels, and created the American middle class. In recent decades though, interest in skilled trades careers has diminished among youth and young adults nationwide along with vocational...
by Stephen Tait | Mar 21, 2018 | Energizing Youth
Jarrod Hosking is a welder. But he recently found out he’s a pretty good artist, too. The 19-year-old Newaygo resident used his welding torch, some pipes and a bit of inspiration from Michigan’s logging history to create a piece of metallic art to win the first...
by Stephen Tait | Oct 3, 2017 | Our People
Sometimes, employee recruiting outreach manager Alicia Harris’s life is like that Johnny Cash song “Everywhere”: she’s been to Kalamazoo, Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ann Arbor, Minnesota, Cobo Center, Warren, Ypsilanti, Grand Rapids, Detroit. She’s an...
by Stephen Tait | Jul 6, 2017 | Our People, Your Neighborhood
While kids across the country enjoyed their summer vacations, more than 50 DTE Energy volunteers and skilled laborers from local contracting companies kicked off a major renovation effort at Detroit’s Randolph School. DTE Energy, in cooperation with the Detroit...
