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UPPER PENINSULA EMPLOYERS RECEIVE $1,154,724 IN GOING PRO TALENT FUNDS

ESCANABA (December 2018)—  The UPward Talent Council Michigan Works! is pleased to announce that Upper Peninsula employers have received funding in total of $1,154,724 from the Going PRO Talent Fund. Last year, Upper Peninsula employers received $685,097 in funding.

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LAKE SHORE SYSTEMS NAMED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Pictured from left to right: Dan Bruso, VP of Operations; Josh Anttonen; Karen Luce; Pam Meneghini; Nick Fornett; Charles Munk, Director of Human Resources; Scott Cameron, Director of Quality; and Erika Justus, Michigan Works!. 
 
 

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UPWARD AT TV6

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Michigan Works! workforce services manager Tom Puskarich discusses what benefits employers and job-seekers gain in an apprenticeship.

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UPWARD AT FINANCIAL REALITY FAIR

Pictured: Jennifer Rodgers, Talent Specialist    
 
 
 

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UPWARD AT COMMUNITY CONNECT

Pictured: Sarah Micheau, Talent Specialist  
 
 
 

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MARQUETTE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MOCK INTERVIEWS

Marquette (November 7 2018)—  Fifty students from Marquette Senior High School's (MSHS) Health Occupations class participated in mock interviews at the Marquette County Michigan Works! Service Center today.

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SUCCESS STORY: HIRED ON THE SPOT

MANISTIQUE (2018) — Elise Miotke, the mother of four small children, was a tutor working only four hours a week and attending Bay De Noc Community College when she decided to come to Michigan Works! for assistance.

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UPWARD AT HIGH SCHOOL CAREER FAIR

Pictured from left to right: Mandy Lindstrom, Talent Specialist; Darren Widder, Training Specialist
 
 

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INDUSTRIAL TRADES CAREER DAY IN NEWBERRY

Students participating in bricklaying demonstrations
 
Photo Credit: Steve Gordon
 
 

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UPWARD AT SCHOOLCRAFT COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR

 
 
 
 
 

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UPWARD JOINS NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AT FALL FEST

Pictured from left to right:  Ashley Hernandez, Talent Specialist; Chris Kangas, Talent Specialist   
 
 
 

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UPWARD JOINS NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY CAREER FAIR

Pictured from left to right:
Felicia Rineck, Talent Specialist; Meagan Staton, Talent/JMG Specialist
 
 
 

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UPWARD and Partners Promote CTE at Heavy Metal Tour

 
 

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State Policy, Talent Leaders Honor UPWARD Talent Council Michigan Works! Workforce Development Results

Pictured from left to right:

Mark Massicotte, Vicki Schwab, William L. Raymond, State Representative Sara Cambensy, State Senator Tom Casperson, State Representative Beau LaFave, Luke Siebert

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Great Lakes Foods - 2017 Marinette/Menominee Employer of the Year

Pictured from left to right:
Jill Badker, Advertising Manager
Jenny Short, Community Relations Leader, Wisconsin Public Service, Michigan Works! Representative
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Workshop training yields employability certifications

From left: Erika Justus, Ryan Lobeck, Julie Burie, Dalton Lamb, Dakota DeClark and Jonathan Ringel. Not pictured is Barb Reisner, program developer.

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Copper Country Talent Tour

Michigan Works! and the Copper Country Intermediate School District are building the pipeline of future workers in the Upper Peninsula.  On April 20, 2017, Certified Nursing Assistant classes participated in local Talent Tours to learn more about jobs in the healthcare field.

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Hiawatha Communications Incorporated - 2017 Alger County Employer of the Year

James P. Brogan, President & CEO, Hiawatha Communications Incorporated; Katherine A.

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High school students compete in CTE Skills Challenge Day

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Around 150 high school students from across the U.P. filled the halls of Northern Michigan University’s Jacobetti Complex Friday.

They were competing in the U.P. CTE Skills Challenge Day.

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4th Annual Keweenaw Job Fair held at the Finnish American Heritage Center

April 4, 2017 – Finlandia University collaborated with the UPWARD Talent Council Michigan Works! to bring jobseekers the 4th annual Keweenaw Job Fair. This year’s fair was held at the Finnish American Heritage Center in downtown Hancock.

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