SOUTHFIELD – Michigan’s best hiring event for engineering and technical talent is just two weeks away. The Engineering Society of Detroit's annual Fall Engineering & Technology Job Fair is scheduled for Nov. 16 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. For job seekers, the Job Fair promises hundreds of openings in all forms of engineering
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan has launched SBAM Connectivity, powered by benepay Technologies. The new member-only benefit helps small business owners manage payroll, time and attendance, employee benefit administration, as well as compliance with the Affordable Care Act, ERISA and other human resources regulations. “With SBAM Connectivity, our members can select from
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon Nov. 16 on social responsibility in the supply chain and other topics for its November membership meeting at Grand Rapids Public Museum. Featured speakers are Sean Ansett, principal of At Stake Advisors, and Dale Robertson, President and CEO of the Grand Rapids Public
LANSING – The Bureau of Elections staff in a report to the Board of State Canvassers said Protecting Michigan Taxpayers came up short of the necessary signatures to put its voter-initiated act repealing the prevailing wage before the Michigan Legislature. The report, released Monday, said only 301 of the 509 signatures in the sample pulled
LANSING - The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is launching a program to connect employers with foreign-born professionals, particularly in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. The Michigan International Talent Solutions program, created by the Michigan Office for New Americans within LARA, plans to offer customized job search training to skilled and permanently
LOS ANGELES – CBS Television Studios announced Monday that it will bring Star Trek back to weekly life with a new series in 2017. The show is scheduled to debut in 2017, so it will just miss the 2016 celebrations of the franchise's 50th anniversary. It will air with a premiere episode on CBS and
KALAMAZOO - In a world concerned about the dwindling supply and skyrocketing prices of rare elements used to make semiconductors, an international team of scientists and engineers has demonstrated that a new material made from more abundant elements can be “tuned” to take their place for solar cell applications. The findings of the team’s work,
GRAND RAPIDS - If you want to build a successful mobile app, several Michigan groups are hosting a bootcamp on December 3 aimed at helping you do just that. The Michigan Small Business Development Center, the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, Logic Solutions and Automation Alley are partnering to host a “How to Build a
HILLVIEW, Kentucky - It was a case that gripped the nation. Or at least Kentucky. Last July William Merideth said he saw a drone flying over his old Kentucky home. He believed it was spying on his 16-year-old daughter who was sunbathing in the garden. So he took out his shotgun and blasted the drone
DETROIT – Current Motor Company, a privately held electric motorcycle and solar charging station maker, won the second annual Michigan MobiPrize competition Thursday and a cash prize of $5,000, plus mentorship and networking opportunities. In addition to electric motorcycle and solar charging station applications, Current Motor has developed a mini-fleet-in-a-box technology comprised of four electric
