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• Thank You Michigan Works!

  • Employer Success Stories
  • PATH – Partnership. Accountability. Training. Hope.

  I began this program on April 28, 2014.  I wasn’t very happy about it because i had been "here" before. I knew this was…

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• Maximizing Her Full Potential

  • Employer Success Stories
  • WIOA

  Barbara Barreto is a resilient, motivated, intelligent, hardworking individual. It's because of these distinctive traits that she has endured, overcome obstacles and challenges, and…

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• Jones Chemicals, Inc. Commits to Hiring Vets

  • Employer Success Stories
  • WIOA

  Jones Chemicals, Inc. (JCI) is the largest re-packager of Chlorine and one of the largest Industrial Bleach manufacturers in the world. Donald Skidmore Jr,…

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• Training Lands Her A Dream Job

  • Employer Success Stories
  • WIOA

  Shirley Solgot had been unemployed for two years after being laid-off from a position in the financial services industry when she attended the orientation…

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• Michigan Works! was willing to do whatever it would take to help Lauren succeed!

  • Employer Success Stories
  • Youth (WIOA)

  Lauren Fragel enrolled in SEMCA Michigan Works! WIA Youth Program in June of 2004 as a sophomore at Grosse Pointe North High School. While…

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• William’s Path to Success

  • Youth (WIOA)

  In the summer of 2009, William Watson participated in the Michigan Works Summer Paid Work Experience Program (PWE). He was assigned to work at…

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• Credential Makes the Difference in Re-Employment

  • Employer Success Stories
  • Dislocated Worker

  Training and a new credential helped James Adams build a new, successful career with TRW Automotive. James Adams came to the Southgate Michigan Works…

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• Eric Galyon, Overcoming Barriers

  • Youth (WIOA)

  Eric Galyon has been a participant in the Wayne WIA Youth Program since August 2011. Upon entry to the program, Eric was dealing with…

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• A New Career in Information Technology

  • Employer Success Stories

  Wayne Michigan Works Service Center client, Ron Goff, was laid off due to the decline in the economy. Ron Goff had a background in…

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