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Welcome to Talent
Connect 2012! In this new year we're launching innovative
strategies to help you find the talent you’ll need in the coming months and
beyond. Learn about the State of Michigan’s first-ever
virtual career fair targeting IT and high-tech job seekers. We’ve kept the
cost low to allow any Michigan employer looking for high-tech talent to recruit job seekers from around the country without ever leaving their office. And Shifting Code is a new, short-term program to train IT professionals in in-demand programming languages.
New in this issue: We Hire
Heroes, stories of Michigan employers who hire the brave men and women who have served our country. If your company recruits and employs returning veterans, we want to recognize your efforts. E-mail us at veteransservices@michigan.gov and tell us how hiring a veteran has benefited your business.
Cheers,
Amy Cell
Senior Vice
President, Talent Enhancement
Michigan Economic Development
Corporation
Employer Resources
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Sign up now to find top IT and high-tech talent,
virtually
The online, virtual platform will give you an opportunity to:
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- Connect and interact with talent from anywhere in the country,
avoiding the time and expense of traditional career fairs.
- Build a virtual booth to engage job seekers and display up to 100
high-tech and IT openings.
- Interact directly with candidates and other employers in the
Networking Lounge.
- Share informational videos about your business in the Auditorium.
Employers will receive a standard ($500) or premium
($750) booth in the Virtual Exhibit Hall which can be easily customized with
company branding, logos, graphics, video, and details such as company history
or employee benefits. After the event,
exhibitors will receive in-depth analytics including candidate resumes,
applications, chat transcripts, and booth visit data. Learn
more about MiVirtualCareerFair here.
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Help bring top talent back home to Michigan
On February 8th & 9th, Michigan employers are invited
to take part in the Pure Michigan Opportunity
Career Fair and MichAGAIN event in Orlando, Florida, targeting engineers, IT professionals, and
project managers recently laid off from jobs with NASA. The MichAGAIN event will showcase Michigan’s
thriving IT, engineering and defense industries, allowing Michigan employers to recruit talented ex-pats with hard-to-find skills who are interested in coming back to Michigan.
To
register for either event, click here.
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Shifting Code: IT training
designed with employers in mind
Shifting
Code is the state’s new initiative to make sure Michigan employers have the tech talent they
need to thrive and expand. The
program
offers skilled IT job seekers the opportunity to get additional, short-term training in high-demand
software programming languages. Ann
Arbor SPARK will host the first cohort of students who will train in Drupal.
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We will announce Shifting Code training
opportunities throughout the state in the coming year, each focused on
specific IT skills needed by local employers. If you’re a Michigan employer looking for job seekers with specific programming skills, or if you would like to sponsor a project or mentor a student, we want to hear
from you!
Your opinion could be worth a cool $100!
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is seeking volunteers for a focus group on a new Michigan career
website for both employers and job seekers. The focus group will be held in Lansing on Tuesday, February 7 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. If you're interested in participating, click here
to let us know. We'll select up to 15 people to take part. If you are chosen, we
will contact you by phone or email with further details. Participants will
receive a $100 gift card!
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Michigan Tech to host career fair on February 21
featuring engineering and IT talent
Michigan Tech
University graduates some of the top engineering and IT students
in the country. On February 21, you’ll
have the opportunity to recruit talented Michigan Tech graduates for your open
positions at Michigan Tech’s bi-annual Career Fair. To register or learn
more, go to www.career.mtu.edu.
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Attention Michigan employers: win lunch with Governor Snyder!
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If you're a Michigan employer, your
pledge to participate in the Talent Connect program could win you lunch with
Governor Snyder. Three employers and three job seekers will be chosen for
a special meal with the Governor where you’ll share your
ideas for reinventing Michigan. Winning employers also will receive iPad 2s.
Contest ends January 31, 2012. To enter,
submit your pledge to participate in Talent Connect.
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Hire a vet!
MiTalent.org features tools, resources for employers and veterans
MiTalent.org,
the state’s website designed to match employers with talented job seekers,
features a special section devoted to veterans and the employers who hire them.
Learn about federal and state incentives
for hiring a vet, veteran-specific job fairs and hiring opportunities, and a
list of more than 60 Veterans’ Services Representatives around the state who
are ready to help you find and hire a talented vet. The site also offers resources for the veterans
on your payroll who may need help with some of the specific challenges they
face. Click here for the Veterans section of
Pure Michigan Talent Connect.
We Hire Heroes
Quality Dairy Company, Lansing
Lisa Benson, HR
Recruiter for Quality Dairy, on the benefits of hiring veterans:
"Veterans possess a strong work ethic,
self motivation, and they understand the need for strict adherence to standards
– characteristics that make them excellent employees at Quality Dairy. The state’s Veterans’ Services Division staff
listens to our needs and responds with talented veterans for the jobs we have
to fill.
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