Are we now in the “Big Stay?”

MyPerfectResume surveyed nearly 2,000 Americans, finding that 80% predict 2024 will be the year workers stay with their current employers.

Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list ranked the MEDC’s Talent Action Team No. 4 in Business Services, while Houghton-based Orbion Space Technology ranked No. 7 in the Space category

For the month of March, 2024, Michigan Business Network is spotlighting AP Lazer from Mason, Michigan.

MASON, MI – AP Lazer manufactures laser engraving and laser cutting machines.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – An acquisition was announced today that will bring HR professionals and workforce experts together to offer an array of services to support employers across Michigan in a big way. The team at Kinexus Group announced today that they have officially acquired HR Collaborative, a
west Michigan-based, women-led community of fractional HR professionals, to meet unmet demand and to serve more employers than ever before.

Small business owners thank lawmakers for working to ease tax burdens, support antidiscrimination in the workplace, and promote broad economic growth

Lansing, Mich-– Thursday Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined leaders from President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) to announce new conditional commitments for loans to expand manufacturing and create jobs in Michigan. The announcement included a $544M conditional commitment to Bay City’s SK Siltron to expand manufacturing of critical wafers that are important to electric vehicle electronics, along with $165 million to American Battery Solutions in Lake Orion to expand their assembly facility to create next-generation battery packs that cut carbon emissions and boost EV efficiency.