Local Michigan Works! Agencies oversee a wide variety of programs designed to help employers find skilled workers and to help job seekers find satisfying careers. The programs are also designed to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry into the labor force and help individuals who face serious barriers to employment to obtain the assistance necessary to get and keep a job.
THESE SERVICES INCLUDE:
Michigan's Talent Bank:
Which provides an easily accessible Internet-based labor exchange for employers and job seekers and includes both employer job listings and worker resumes. Michigan's Talent Bank is available to all Michigan residents, regardless of employment status.
Employer Services:
Which include labor exchange services, recruitment assistance, screening, referrals, job postings and, where appropriate, testing services.
Self-Serve Resource Rooms:
Which give employers and job seekers access to local and state labor market information, job seeking assistance such as resume writing, career information, including required skills and education and training as well as information about employment prospects in an industry.
Adult Programs:
Including assessment, career counseling, job search assistance, supportive services, and occupational skills training.
Youth Services:
Including many of the same services as adult programs, as well as career preparation, school to career transition, pre-employment and work maturity skills and support services, work experience, and remedial education.
Training Programs and Readjustment Services for Dislocated Workers:
Including rapid response, skills training, and basic readjustment services.
Federally Administered Programs:
Including programs focusing on target populations such as Veterans, Native Americans, and Migrant Workers.
Welfare Reform Programs:
Including Jobs Educations and Training (JET), Food Assistance, Employment and Training, Non Custodial Parents, and Non Cash Recipients which provide job search assistance and training and appropriate supportive services to Department of Human Services participants referred by the Department of Human Services.
