ANN ARBOR - Duo Security announced this week that is has opened an office in London as part of an expansion into Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Leading operations for the region will be is Henry Seddon, who has been named vice president of the EMEA region. Seddon brings a wealth of industry experience
LANSING - Michigan would see at least 1,000 new jobs, a more diversified economy and a level playing field encouraging data centers to invest in the state if exemptions for certain personal property from sales, use and property taxes are passed by the Legislature, a representative of Switch, a company looking to create its eastern
DETROIT - Southeast Michigan employment levels continued to rise in the third quarter, according to the latest labor market report compiled by the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan. The WIN report showed 15,000 people got jobs in the third quarter, and now 38,205 more people are working in the region than in the third
FERNDALE – Robert McGee, executive director of the Engineering Society of Detroit, talks about the shortage of engineering and technology jobs. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-9-robert-mcgee-esd?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
Technology Century NOVI – M2 TechCast, an Internet radio show on the PodcastDetroit Network, will broadcast live Monday Nov. 16 from the Engineering Society of Detroit Job Fair, where more than 50 major employers will be seeking to fill well over 2,000 primarily IT jobs. Show co-hosts, Mike Brennan, Editor and Publisher of
ANN ARBOR - LLamasoft will host a career day November 19 where attendees can learn more about careers and culture at the rapidly-growing, supply-chain software provider. Members of its various teams will be available to discuss recent projects with career-seekers and answer questions. Attendees are encouraged to bring a copy of their resume from 4
PLYMOUTH – If you want to handle questions from Comcast customers, the cable company has more than 300 jobs at its call centers in Ann Arbor, Plymouth and Sterling Heights. Comcast also has openings at its service centers and in technical operations and marketing. All told, nearly 400 positions are available. Jobs with good benefits.
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
TROY - Billhighway has brought on Millennial talent with three new interns for Fall 2015. Paige Kooiker will be holding the role of a Graphic Design Intern for the Marketing Team, Amanda VanFleteren will support the Finance Team in an intern role, and Kelsey Ryan will join them as the Team Member Success Intern. Kooiker graduated
HOLLAND - The Holland plant of Korean battery manufacturer LG Chem says it has doubled its workforce to more than 300 employees since its first commercial shipments of automotive batteries 23 months ago. LG Chem and General Motors also announced this week a partnership across multiple GM lines for hybrid and electric vehicles. “The conversation
