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Study: Michigan ranks 3rd for tech jobs gains in 2017
An annual analysis of the nation’s tech industry released Tuesday by CompTIA found Michigan added 13,160 net new tech jobs in 2017, third only to California and Texas, and ranked Michigan ninth overall in net tech employment. […]
DESC Offices and Career Centers Closed for Good Friday
DESC offices and Detroit at Work Career Centers will be closed in observance of Good Friday on Friday, March 30. […]
Duggan: Way forward runs through Detroit’s schools
Moving well beyond addressing basic city services he was tasked with to begin his first term, Mayor Mike Duggan is focusing his second on fixing some of the longstanding issues holding back Detroit: a broken school system, a lack of developed talent and neighborhoods forgotten in the city’s resurgence. […]
Romona Irvin #MyJobStory
Romona Irvin is one of the first graduates of the ‘Detroit at Work’ Healthcare program. A partnership between the City of Detroit, Oakland University School of Nursing and Focus: HOPE, ‘Detroit at Work’ is training Detroiters for careers in the healthcare industry. […]
Detroit wins Bloomberg Philanthropies grant, to compete for $5 million
The city of Detroit is launching a new career mentorship program at five of its high schools after winning $100,000 from the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge and earning a spot as one of 35 “champion cities” competing for up to $5 million in grants. […]