Applications opened April 6 for the Ascend Summer Youth Career Readiness program, offering young people across West Michigan the opportunity to gain hands-on work experience, develop job skills and earn …
When Nate Vander Zwaag first connected with West Michigan Works! through a fellow contractor, he was looking for ways to strengthen his company’s workforce. What he found was a long-term …
More than 500 business leaders gathered at The Economic Club of Grand Rapids on February 23 as West Michigan Works! honored six frontline workers with the 2025 Beverly A. Drake …
Michael came to West Michigan Works! with aspirations of joining the healthcare industry as a CNA (certified nurse assistant) — a story just like so many others who visit our service centers. Despite significant barriers, his perseverance proved that it is …
West Michigan Works! has released its 2026 HotJobs! list, highlighting more than 107 in-demand careers across seven high-growth industries: agribusiness, construction, health sciences, hospitality, information technology, manufacturing, and professional and administrative services. This year, …
West Michigan Works! has launched the Career Exploration Events website to help students, their parents and guardians, and teachers easily access upcoming career exploration events across the region. The tool, developed as an initiative of the West Michigan Works! Industry Talent Councils, is designed to be a centralized resource for connecting …
West Michigan Tech Talent (WMTT), a regional industry talent council of West Michigan Works! focused on building and promoting a robust technology talent pipeline, has appointed two new members: Kristy Loughin-Vance, …
West Michigan Works! announced that 100 employers across the region have been awarded $6,417,692.49 in Going PRO Talent Fund (GPTF) training dollars for Cycle 1 2026. This is 26% of the statewide allocation and 22% of …
Dozens of West Michigan tech professionals are celebrating National Computer Science Education Week Dec. 8–17 by volunteering in third- through fifth-grade classrooms to teach the basics of coding and inspire …
What began as a workforce development partnership between Mahle Engine Components USA and West Michigan Works! to address talent retention ultimately became a partnership with Hilite International to keep more than 30 high-skilled people employed and a Muskegon Heights …
