HOLLAND - Almost no west Michigan companies plan to decrease their information technology staffs this summer and fall, while nearly a third report they plan to hire more IT professionals, a study released Monday contends. Paragon Recruiting has just released its latest Technology Employment Forecast for the second half of 2006 reported 29 percent of
ANN ARBOR ? Six teams competing in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business plan competition will pitch their companies June 7 to a panel of judges from the Michigan Venture Capital Association for the chance to win $25,000. The selected teams will compete at 6 pm in the Anderson Room of the Michigan Union at
WASHINGTON DC - The federal government has already received enough applications to reach the next fiscal year's cap for the H-1B worker visas so beloved by technology companies. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Thursday that it determined on May 26 - scarcely two months after this year's application window began on April 1-
MACKINAC ISLAND - In a presentation that won an enthusiastic reception from attendees at the Detroit Regional Chamber annual conference, Gov. Jennifer Granholm outlined in greater detail what she called her plan to rejuvenate Michigan's economy by building on the areas alternative energy, life science companies and homeland security industries. The presentation came to a
MACKINAC ISLAND - Health care costs that continue to grow will force more companies to eliminate or constrain health insurance. But several experts at the Detroit Regional Chamber conference said expanding access to health care and convincing Americans they may have to sacrifice some benefits could help controls costs. This sobering assessment came as attendees
MACKINAC CITY - Not just the state but local communities have to aggressively pursue economic development globally, greater Detroit elected leaders said Friday at the Detroit Regional Chamber meeting. Holding their traditional roundtable discussion, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, Macomb County Commission Chair Nancy White
MACKINAC ISLAND - Business and higher education chimed in together Thursday to call for stronger ties between the working and the learning worlds to help Michigan compete in the newly arriving high skill - high wage economy. Outside the standing-room-only presentation at the Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference, a member of the Michigan Education Association collected
MACKINAC ISLAND - A business marketing strategy billed as the largest of any state in the nation, featuring a number of high-tech businesses that located or expanded in the state and proclaiming that Michigan has the "upper hand" for business location and development was introduced to enthusiastic applause at the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce
MACKINAC ISLAND - Help from both the state and federal government is needed to make the auto industry more productive, Tom LaSorda, CEO of the Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler said Thursday, but he also acknowledged that large job growth from the industry is not likely. Few new assembly plants will be built by any manufacturers,
GRAND RAPIDS ? Microsoft Gold Certified Partner CQL has named Christine Sackett as the company?s business development manager. She formerly served in the same role with SARCOM. Sackett will promote strategic growth and business development activities for CQL, which build custom software solutions.p> ?We?re very excited to add such a quality member to our team,?