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.
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!.
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Michigan Works! workforce services manager Tom Puskarich discusses what benefits employers and job-seekers gain in an apprenticeship.
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.
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.
Mark Massicotte, Vicki Schwab, William L. Raymond, State Representative Sara Cambensy, State Senator Tom Casperson, State Representative Beau LaFave, Luke Siebert
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.
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.
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.