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[caption id="attachment_22827" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: Kettering University[/caption] While many people know that Kettering University is home to the Michigan Small Business Development Center, not everyone is as aware of the school’s Business Administration department. Gabrielle Hoag, a Kettering senior majoring in business administration, aims to change this through her research thesis, “Entrepreneurship Needs: An Outreach Project to Benefit the… Read More 

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by Chastity Pratt Dawsey Bridge Magazine Last year, Lamont Allen was one of the 10,000 people in the Flint area without a job. Worse, he had low job skills, a prison record and no car. Forty miles south, at least 800 manufacturing jobs were waiting, unfilled in Livingston County. Then, in December, business, nonprofit and transportation officials came up with a… Read More 

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August 31, 2016 See what’s happening in and around Flint & Genesee for the Labor Day weekend. On Friday, Sept. 2, the Flint Firebirds face-off against the Wind­sor Spitfires in a pre-season game. The Firebirds are part of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and represent a continuation of Flint’s rich hockey tradition. On Saturday, Sept. 3, the Flint River Watershed… Read More 

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August 31, 2016 By: John DiLorenzo, CEO, Michigan Planners The formula seems pretty cut and dry, doesn’t it? Good benefits + decent pay = a lifelong employee. However, in today’s competitive economy, candidates consider several factors before joining a company, including flexible work hours, drive time, work environment and advancement opportunities.  What are today’s employers doing to keep up with… Read More 

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Job Seekers Encouraged to Attend Free ‘Career Edge’ Training Before Event (FLINT, Mich. – Aug. 23, 2016) Local employers looking to fill full- and part-time positions will meet with job seekers during the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce Job Fair on Sept. 23 at Baker College of Flint. The FGCC Job Fair is free and open to the public, who… Read More