Employer Resources
How We Help Employers
Michigan Works! West Central offers free services to local and regional employers. We specialize in helping you recruit and retain the best employee for the position. These services include:
- Crafting accurate job descriptions
- Posting descriptions online to Pure Michigan Talent Connect
- Enticing candidates with the necessary skills and qualifications for the position(s) your organization is looking to fill
- Looking over resumes
- Meeting, organizing, and directing applicants to your establishment
- Securing interview spaces
- USDOL Apprenticeship options
- Conducting pre-employment testing through WorkKeys
GOING PRO TALENT FUND (FORMERLY STTF)
The Going PRO Talent Fund is a grant to help cover the costs for trades profession training. This fund used to be provided through annual appropriation bills, but new legislation codified this program into the state, allowing MI companies the ability to receive the funding they need for talent, productivity and employee retention without having to reapply every year.
Since its inception, the program has greatly benefited smaller companies, as more than half of the funds have gone to companies with fewer than 100 employees and about 38 percent have been directed to organizations with 500 or less on staff. Michigan Works! West Central has been very involved in these efforts by securing more than $2 million for more than 50 companies across our six-county region. That has directly resulted in more than 2,000 workers and funding for 57 USDOL registered apprenticeships.
To learn more about the Going PRO Talent Fund and how to apply, click here.
To see a listing of past winners in our area and examples of eligible training, click here.
US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS
In order to counter competitiveness within global and domestic markets, the US Department of Labor (USDOL) has created a registered apprenticeship program designed to recruit, train, and retain candidates. We represent your company as your main contact to USDOL and can often assist with funding.
Benefits include:
- Improvements to retention and productivity
- Targeted/structured training
- “Grow your own” talent pipeline
- Talented, skilled workforce
- 100% employer driven
Employers can receive up to $3,000 per apprentice. Get in touch with us today for more information.
Contact our Business Services Team
Does your business need help with training? Would you like to learn more about apprenticeships, participating in the Going PRO Talent Fund, MiCareerQuest or are you looking to expand?
Contact our Business Services Team today to see how the programs and services at Michigan Works! West Central can help your business thrive!
Contact Our Team of Business Services Specialists
Chad Marr | Mecosta & Newaygo Counties | (231) 679-8746 | cmarr@mwwc.org
Kimberly Tagliareni | Mason & Oceana Counties | (231) 679-8787 | ktagliareni@mwwc.org
Kevin Welch | Lake & Osceola Counties | (231) 679-6035 | kwelch@mwwc.org
Apprenticeship Success Specialist
Julie Sanders | (231) 287-1956 |
jsanders@mwwc.org
