MiCareerQuest is annual event held in the Spring and it offers 8,000+ area students the opportunity to connect with employers in four growing industries in…
Many companies, especially in industries like tech and finance, struggle to increase the number of minorities and women in their ranks—even while consciously trying to…
Despite the ever-growing business case for diversity, roughly 85% of board members and executives are white men. Harvard Business Review conducted three studies to examine…
The Vocational Village is a first-of-its-kind skilled trades training program that aims to provide a positive learning community for prisoners who are serious about completing…
West Michigan employers should take advantage of the opportunity to hire returning citizens and reconsider restrictive policies they have against hiring people with criminal histories….
EuzenConnect helps employers find diverse, motivated, and work-ready talent. They use a multi-lingual, text-based communication process to ensure even the 50% of our residents that…
EY provides an example of how to implement professional networks within an organization. EY professional networks are organizations formed around a shared set of interests,…
Team Member Resource Groups (TMRG) are groups of team members who share a common interest to help support the business. They can be used to…
The purpose of this report is to educate TalentFirst member companies and the West Michigan employer community on effective strategies used by local companies to…