Collaborating with state and local workforce and higher educational partners, Flint & Genesee offers world class workforce training programs that ensure your workforce is job ready.

FGEA’s Talent Connection program can facilitate workforce recruitment and training services and connect employers with the resources needed to train, recruit and retain a skilled labor force.

The Jobs Ready Michigan program was created by the Michigan Strategic Fund to meet the talent needs of companies that are expanding or relocating to Michigan. The program is designed to be flexible and responsive to the specific talent needs of companies and to address the costs associated with recruiting and training individuals for occupations that are high-wage, high-skill, or high-demand.

The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity offers the Going PROTalent Fund, which makes awards to employers to assist in training, developing and retaining current and newly hired employees.

The local workforce program, GST MichiganWorks!, offers many services to employers and job seekers.

Other hiring assistance for employers:

• Fidelity Bonding Program
• Foreign Labor Certification Office
• Job/Career Fairs
• Post Jobs/Search Resumes on Pure Michigan Talent Connect
• Talent Development Liaisons (TDLs)
• Veterans’ Services
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit