Lapeer County – Gladis began working in healthcare in 2016, transitioning from a maintenance position to a Registered Medical Assistant. Healthcare offered her a more rewarding career path, a better work schedule, and increased opportunities. She has a young family but wanted to pursue better opportunities and knew that furthering her education in healthcare would […]
Category: Program Success Stories
Huron County – Cole was a Junior at Elkton/Pigeon/Bay Port (Laker) High School and was eligible for GST Michigan Works! Summer Youth Employment Program – Young Professionals. With assistance from the Transition Specialist at the Huron Area Technical Center, he interviewed for a summer job at Thumb Broadcasting (WLEW Radio). Thumb Broadcasting was interested in […]
Huron County – Alicia came into the Huron County office of GST Michigan Works! in January, asking about funding in the medical field. She hadn’t worked in a while and was ready to return to the workforce. She was interested in pursuing a career as a Phlebotomist or Medical Assistant and was having a hard […]
GST Michigan Works! is very pleased to have partnered with Advanced Auto Trends (AAT) for many years, including STTF and Going Pro Talent Fund applications. We have assisted them with On-the-Job Training contracts, Incumbent Worker Training projects, and Youth Work Experience. AAT has consistently supported our Manufacturing Forums, Advisory Councils and more. It has been […]
Urgent Design and Manufacturing needed skilled employees that could read part prints correctly to reduce the need and cost of retooling. The need also arose for maintenance training for employees in that department to reduce down time of lasers, allow employees to be more effective, and increase part output. GST Michigan Works! in Lapeer encouraged […]
J & S Tire and Service is a small automotive repair shop in Owosso employing five people. The owner, Steve Gill, would like to employ more because the business is always booked with repairs. The problem is there are not enough available technicians to fill the need. Knowing this, Steve took a different approach by […]
Lapeer – Local manufacturer, Lapeer Plating + Plastics, works with the GST Michigan Works! Lapeer Service Center to locate employees through hiring events and referrals from collected resumes. The need to fill openings is on-going and when the opportunity to provide a chance for a recent graduate to test manufacturing as a paid employee through […]
Domico Med-Device is a medical device manufacturer with over 40 years of history in Genesee County. The company was founded in 1975 and has since gone through several owners, most recently the Fenton location was subject to a divestiture in June 2018 from the larger company it was once a part of (TIDI Products). The […]
Great Lakes Fusion is a “family” of companies consisting of five different divisions. These are Great Lakes Fusion, Great Lakes Excavating, Great Lakes Rental, Great Lakes Fabrication, and Great Lakes Concrete. The company has been growing and diversifying over the last number of years which leads to the need for more staff and training. Great […]
MI Gravel is a family-owned business located in the Thumb Area. The work there is not a sit-down, clean, non-physical type of job, it’s quite the opposite and certainly not for everyone. Because of the unique environment, it can be an added challenge to attract and retain employees in this field of employment. A Career […]