This week, Andrea Crawford, wind technician at Gratiot Wind, was featured in Roadtrip Nation’s new documentary, “Skill Shift.” The documentary explores how people are finding the education, training, and opportunities they need to succeed in the future of work,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
