ANN ARBOR - The summer vacation season curtailed people?s calendars and my travels over the last month. Nonetheless, we begin this report much like we ended the previous month?meeting with state legislators. Representatives from Novartis, Amgen, and BIO along with their contract lobbyists and myself met with Rep. Ken Yonker (R-Caledonia), sponsor of HB 5598.
LIVONIA ? Accounting students who can?t find jobs after graduating from Davenport University will get up to three additional semesters worth of free tuition to use towards a second major. Davenport University announced this new benefit this week. The Employment Guarantee program fine print requires that eligible students maintain a 3.0 grade point average in
DETROIT - September 15th & 16th, Techonomy brings its unique curated conference back to Detroit to explore how tech is changing our lives, our work, and our cities. It starts at 6pm Sept. 15th with a networking reception at the historic Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts. The 16th at Wayne State University
LANSING - A survey presented at the National Conference of State Legislatures determined that overall, small business owners felt reasonable, well-enforced licensing is a bigger issue than tax code due to the fact that their competitors who are not necessarily playing by the rules would have an unfair advantage. "Licensing is such a big thing
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio, the state?s Life Sciences trade association, has posed four new jobs in its career center ? VP Clinical Development & Medical Director, Manager Business Development, Metrology Technician, and Process Engineer. Vice President, Clinical Development & Medical Director Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. - Ann Arbor Esperion seeks to recruit a highly qualified individual
NEWTON, MA. - Total compensation is up, and one-third of IT organizations are looking to make new hires, according to the TechTarget 2013 information security salary survey. Are you paid what you're worth? Results from our TechTarget 2013 annual salary and careers survey, which looked at IT security professionals and IT personnel who spend their
NEWTON, MA - The 2013 Global Information Security Workforce Survey indicates that demand for information security professionals was expected to increase by 12 percent in the Americas in the next 12 months, with an estimate of 164,000 new IT security related jobs. While many companies have trouble filling their IT security pipelines with skilled security
EAST LANSING - Advancing the science that recognizes people by their face, fingerprints, gait, and voice - and protecting the privacy of those images - have earned an international award for a faculty member in the Michigan State University College of Engineering. Arun Ross, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at MSU, will
DETROIT - Seventy-one percent of chief information officers said they prioritize skills and experience over college degrees when making hiring decisions, a new survey reports. Another 12 percent said they place a little weight on the prestige of a job seeker?s university when evaluating applicants; only 5 percent are heavily influenced by an impressive alma
TROY - Billhighway has hired Kathryn Lazarski, a senior at Oakland University, for its marketing team. Lazarski brings strong writing, public relations, marketing, and leadership skills to her role at Billhighway. She serves as the social media chairperson of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and the public relations chair of Oakland University?s Greek Council. As marketing