We Are: Customer Centered – Integrity Driven – Dedicated to Excellence – Equity Focused – Collaborators – Innovative Problem Solvers What We Do: Prepare a qualified workforce to meet the current and emerging needs of business and industry, through data driven decision making. How We Will Succeed: Fostering collaborative partnerships and empowering a compassionate, respectful, and knowledgeable team dedicated to continuous improvement. Why We Exist: To create meaningful transformation in the people, businesses, and communities we serve.
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How does your workplace create an inclusive space for individuals with disabilities? Let us know in the comments below! #inclusivespace #disabilities #michiganworkssouthwest #accommodations #hiring #disabilityemployment
A disability is a physical and/or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Disabilities, though culturally and historically judged as a bad thing, are a normal part of life and are like other characteristics of an individual, such as race, ethnicity, religion, and gender. Michigan Works! Southwest strives to better serve individuals in Southwest Michigan through the work of our Disability Awareness Resource Team (DART), which informs, promotes, and advises the Michigan Works! Southwest Workforce Development Board on strategies to support career pathways, training, and employment options for individuals with disabilities, including youth, so Michigan Works! Southwest customers may gain and retain employment. To learn more about disability resources, check out DART's "At Your Desktop Trainings" https://loom.ly/5xFXtk8 #dart #michiganworks #southwestmichigan #disabilityawareness #workforcedevelopment #developmentboard #careerpathway #disability
With the assistance of Michigan Works! Southwest's Disability Awareness Resource Team, service center staff are equipped to better serve and empower individuals with disabilities by focusing on each customer's specific abilities so they can reach their full potential and employment goals! Stop by a Michigan Works! Southwest service center today to learn about the employment and training opportunities available near you! #fullpotential #disabilityawareness #careerdevelopment #empower
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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Michigan Works! Association CEO Ryan Hundt writes about the importance of ensuring individuals with disabilities are empowered in the workplace. Check it out:
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)! This year's theme is "Access to Good Jobs for All," which supports the U.S. Department of Labor's emphasis on equal opportunities for good jobs. To learn more about NDEAM and how you can get involved, visit: https://loom.ly/6uRJWUg #disabilityemployment #equalopportunity
Meet Emma Robbins, a Michigan Works! Southwest Shining Star! Emma brings core expertise to the Adult & Dislocated Worker team at Michigan Works! Southwest, which is an inspiration for her coworkers. She continually demonstrates patience, sincerity, and dedication to her teammates and to customers, and has an excellent eye for detail. She is known to be an active listener in any situation and is described as a role model as she brings positivity in all its true sense with her everywhere she goes. Thank you, Emma, for your hard work and commitment to the Michigan Works! Southwest mission and to the customers we serve. Michigan Works! Southwest is grateful to have you on our team and proud to call you a Shining Star!
Michigan Works! Southwest is excited to congratulate John Kerr, a senior manager of Government Affairs at DENSO, as the 2024 Michigan Works! Volunteer of the Year! This award celebrates John’s outstanding contributions and ongoing support of the workforce development system, particularly with not just one, but two local Michigan Works! Agencies. Michigan Works! Southwest is honored to partner with John and DENSO!
Jakki Bungart-Bibb along with other women workforce leaders, Jennifer Llewellyn, Carrie Rosingana, and Dana L. Williams, hit it out of the park during their Wonder Women in Workforce workshop at the 2024 Michigan Works! Annual Conference! During this workshop these leaders provided honest, vulnerable, empowering, and thoughtful discussion about the unique opportunities (and challenges!) for women in leadership in workforce development. Their workshop session was filled to capacity and feedback from attendees was that this topic should be an annual conference feature! Thank you, Jakki, Jennifer, Carrie, and Dana for sharing your experiences and for the leadership you provide to your teams each day! #MWCON24