Building the workforce of tomorrow today
Our Board is a business-led policy and oversight organization responsible for creating a comprehensive, community-wide response to the challenges of building a highly skilled workforce and a competitive regional economy. As a convener of community leaders and stakeholders, our board engages in an ongoing strategic planning process to identify strategies, actions and measurements that will create and maintain a healthy and growing economy, equipped with a local workforce that has the knowledge and skills needed by business in a technological and competitive marketplace. The result will be to draw from a vibrant pool of skilled workers enabling business and industry to thrive year-round. In turn, this business vitality creates the potential for higher paying jobs; thus improving the overall regional economy.
UPward Talent Council promotes and addresses the needs of businesses for current and future work-ready talent, in support of a strong and resilient economy.
UPward Talent Council envisions a healthy, resilient and globally competitive regional economy, with a workforce that has the knowledge and skills to strengthen and support business success.
Apprentices and National Apprenticeship Week On November 13, 2019 Jason from Michigan Works! UPward Talent Council traveled to TV6 to discuss apprenticeships and National Apprenticeship Week. To watch the interview with Jason, please follow this link. For more information on apprenticeships, please visit an American Job Center in …
Read MoreUPward Talent Council - Michigan Works! is proud to sponsor MTEC SmartZone's Return North event on November 29th at the Continental Fire Company. Via MTEC SmartZone's Website (https://www.mtecsz.com/): MTEC SmartZone will once again be hosting its Return North event this coming November. Return North is an …
Read MoreDuring National Apprenticeship Week, UPward Talent Council - Michigan Works! employees coordinated a tour of the new Union Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in Negaunee, MI Jobs for Michigan's Graduates (JMG) students. Students took advantage of the opportunity and spoke with career tradespeople about their career …
Read MoreDeJian - IBEW 906 Electrician Apprentice ESCANABA, MI – Sometimes, people struggle to find their niche. Other times, they find what seems to be their destiny. DeJian, an Apprentice with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 906 and B&B Electric, is on his way to becoming a …
Read MoreNovember 11th-17th, 2019 National Apprenticeship Week is a week-long celebration geared towards raising awareness for apprenticeship-based training programs throughout Michigan and the country as a whole. Earn while you learn in an apprenticeship! If you're interested in learning more about apprenticeships and their potential, please visit MiTalent.org/NAW. If …
Read MoreErin - Business Development at IBEW 906 MARQUETTE, MI – Joining an apprenticeship program will take you anywhere you want to go. Just ask Erin, a recently graduated Electrical Apprentice in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Erin, now a Business Development employee with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 906, …
Read MoreOn November 6th, 2019, the Marquette American Job Center hosted 50 students from Marquette Senior High School's Health Occupations class taught by Ronda Manninen. Students spent several weeks preparing for their interviews, came to the event with resumes on hand, and dressed to impress. This …
Read MoreOn November 6th, 2019, Jason, an Employer Specialist from Chippewa County's Michigan Works! office, attended the Business Beyond Borders event at Kewadin Casino in Sault Ste. Marie. The Business Beyond Borders event brings economic developers, including business owners and non-profit entities, from the Twin Saults to …
Read MoreThis story is part of the UPward Talent Council - Michigan Works! Success Story series Jared’s mother had called the Michigan Works! American Job Center to inquire if they assisted with in-school youth employment opportunities. Jared, who had spent the prior summer working with SAIL maintaining …
Read MoreMichigan Works!, in cooperation with the EUPISD, is taking part in a five-week soft skills training course offered to GED students and others looking to increase their skills in the Sault Ste. Marie area. As part of a grant-funded GED attainment program, Michigan Works! staff members …
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