workforce

Economy

Michigan's jobless rate dips again, total workforce rises

Steve Carmody

Michigan’s unemployment rate declined by one tenth of one percentage point last month.Michigan’s April unemployment rate was 8.4%, down seven tenths of a…

Economist expects Grand Rapids economy will continue to grow, slowly, in 2012

Lindsey Smith

The Grand Rapids economy grew faster than predicted this year and economic forecasters say growth will continue into 2012.George Erickcek is an economist…

Politics & Government

Workforce training: Connecting people to jobs

Today, Governor Rick Snyder unveiled his plan for talent development.The goal is to more closely align workers with available jobs.In this week's…

At least 35 companies looking to fill manufacturing positions were at a career fair at Grand Rapids Community College Monday.

Manufacturing "not dead yet; not at all" in West Michigan

Lindsey Smith

At least 35 West Michigan companies are looking to fill manufacturing jobs. The companies were scouting out new workers at a manufacturing job fair in…

Many teens work their first job in a fast food venue

What we learn from the work we do as teenagers

Kyle Norris

This summer Michigan teenagers faced an employment rate of 30% which meant that 84,000 teenagers who wanted to work were un-able to find jobs.Teen…