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Why Workplace Wellbeing Is More Important Than Ever

Among the many historic workplace disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the more unexpected might have been a growing willingness to discuss mental and...

Speaker for June 4 Event Sees ROI in Wellness

Even as the initial shock of COVID-19 has diminished, employers and their teams continue to face challenges, stress and disruptions in their lives and the...

Growing talent gap plagues Michigan businesses

Post-pandemic, the number of help-wanted signs and online job postings have soared; it seems a crisis has arisen overnight. The need for talent in Michigan,...

January Jobs Report Shows Growth, but Openings Still Outnumber Jobseekers

On January 21st the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest data from its monthly Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), which contains...

Waves of retirements are coming, these industries are at risk

As illustrated in our latest report, Insights for the New Talent Landscape, the workforce is aging and retirements have jumped 113 percent since the COVID-19...

2020 ALICE Report: Who’s Struggling in West Michigan

Throughout West Michigan, as with the rest of the nation, there are many households who struggle to afford their basic necessities despite having one or...

Job Postings Trends Show Continued Growth in West Michigan

National Job Trends While it’s difficult to pinpoint which sectors will experience the fastest recovery following the coronavirus outbreak, the disparate pace of economic recovery...

Protecting Your Virtual Workspace

Following the COVID lockdowns and closures, virtual workspaces have become the norm. Today, there is no doubt that digital literacy skills are part and parcel...

Unemployment Advances in December, a First since April

Michigan’s Unemployment Rate Advances in December Reversing the trend of the past seven months, Michigan’s unemployment rate advanced by 1.0 percent in December to stand...

Job Demand in West Michigan is on the Rebound

While it’s difficult to pinpoint which sectors will experience the fastest recovery following the coronavirus outbreak, the disparate pace of economic recovery across industries depends...