Yoopers are Getting Hired through Application Drives

A man sits at a table and fills out an application at an application drive.

You may have seen our roving RV around the Upper Peninsula more than usual lately. No, we aren’t taking an extended summer vacation. It’s been acting as our rolling billboard at our recent application drives. What’s an application drive, you ask? Sit back, relax, and let us explain.

Upper Peninsula Smartzones Partner Together to Host Return North Professional Careers Fair

A banner for the Return North professional career fair.

MTEC SmartZone, Innovate Marquette SmartZone, and Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation are gearing up to host the fifth annual Return North Professional Careers Fair. Return North, presented by TriMedia Environmental & Engineering, is aimed at attracting alumni, former residents and friends of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan back to the region.

How to Attract Talent in the UP

Two people sit at a table across from each other for a face-to-face interview.

The issue is that the people who should be seeing their job posting aren’t seeing their job posting. This can be a simple fix. Check out some of the ways we suggest that employers advertise their open positions below.

Will Slouching Lose You a Job?

Two people sit at a table. One is writing on a notepad.

Posture isn’t the only non-verbal communication you should focus on, though. In this post, we’ll go over the dos and don’ts of body language in a professional interview.

Getting Back into the Workforce

Tim Hyde sits in front of a UPMW background while conducting an interview.

Upper Peninsula Michigan Works’ Tim Hyde sat down with Elizabeth from TV 6 to discuss what job seekers need to know when returning to the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.