In the News: Working Together 2006

Observer & Eccentric Newspapers
Expo offers Technology Center and Virtual Job Fair

Public and private stakeholders from across southeast Michigan are working together to put on what may be the largest employment and resource expo in the region. Read More

The Detroit News
130-plus employers seek workers at job fair

Participants will meet company officials, learn of training, get access to Internet at Detroit event. Read More

The Arab American News
Virtual Job Fair to provide the tools to succeed

Public and private stakeholders from across southeast Michigan are working together to put on what may be the largest employment and resource expo in the region. The Southeast Michigan Partnership will hold the second Working Together: Southeast Michigan Employment, Training & Family Resource Expo, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., at the Michigan State Fairgrounds & Exposition Center. The event and parking are free. Read More

Detroit Free Press
Thousands of jobs are up for grabs at regional expo

The state's unemployment rate -- among the highest in the nation -- rose to 7.1% last month. But organizers of the expo are encouraged that participants will have all the necessary tools available to help them land a job. Read More

Detroit Free Press
Detroit job fair attracts thousands

Nearly 7,000 people descended upon the Michigan State Fairgrounds in hopes of finding employment at the Working Together: Southeast Michigan Employment, Training & Family Resource Expo job fair in Detroit Wednesday afternoon. Read More

The Detroit News
On the job trail
8,000 swarm career fair in Detroit

Jeneica Curney lost her job as a child care provider in late summer when the children went back to school. Vincent Good quit his job as a customer service manager for a frozen food company this week in search of a more professional career. Carnell Morris is a youth pastor, but he wants to get a second job possibly driving trucks for extra income. Sharita Carter will get laid off at the end of the month, and she wants to have another job lined up before the ax falls. All at a huge Detroit job fair on Wednesday for different reasons, but all wanting the same thing: Work. Read More

Detroit Free Press
EMPLOYMENT EXPO | 8,000 PEDDLE RESUMES: Pursuing a job, any job

On paper, Joel Milliner shouldn't be in need of a job. The 37-year-old Detroiter is a physician, a former surgical resident with St. John Hospital & Medical Center, and a former high school teacher. But in these rough economic times, Milliner is applying for $10-an-hour telemarketing jobs just to make ends meet. Read More

Detroit Free Press
Job expo proves big draw at fairgrounds
7,796 attend 2nd United Way event

Job-hunting has been a difficult process for Terri Mikula. The 47-year-old graphic artist has been underemployed or out of work off and on for nearly four years. Read More