Workforce

CURRENT NEWS

Households left behind as productivity surges. March 4, 2010. Associated Press. "Over the past two years, 8.4 million Americans have lost their jobs."

Michigan & US unemployment. 2-year graph. December 2009. Michigan Department of Labor Information.

• Annual Report. 2008. South Central Michigan Works.

• Civilian Labor Force Estimates. January 2009. Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth.

•  Community Assessment. 2008. Community Action Agency.

• Community Report Card. 2008. United Way of Jackson County.

• Commuter Worker Flow. U.S. Census. Statistics on workers traveling out of Jackson County for work and into the county for work.

• Employment Statistics for Michigan. June 2009. Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth.

• The geography of jobs.  Graphic. March 2009. Tipstrategies.com.

• Labor Day Report. 2009. Michigan League for Human Services. Study shows racial gap is widening.

• Labor Market Information. June 2009. Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

• Michigan Adult Learning Report. 2008.

• Michigan & US unemployment. 2-year graph. December 2009. Michigan Department of Labor Information.

• Michigan by the numbers: hard times continue. December 2009. Michigan League of Human Services.

• Michigan Career Outlook through 2014. Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth.

• Michigan Economic and Workforce Indicators. Winter 2009.

• Michigan Knowledge Economy Index. 2004.

• Michigan Unemployment Snapshot. August 2009. Michigan Labor Market Information.

• Monthly Industry Highlights.  November 2009. Michigan Department of Labor Information.

• National Study of Employers. 2008.  Family and Work Institute.

• 1 in 3 Michigan adults cannot read well. 2008. Michigan Adult Learning Report.

• Quarterly Workforce Indicators. U.S. Census.

• The retrenchment of the state employee work force in Michigan.  Paper released August 17, 2009 by Charles L. Ballard, MSU, and Nicole S. Funari, FAA.

• 2nd annual progress report. 2009. Michigan Future.  From when the recession began in December 2007 through January 2009, low education attainment industries (primarily manufacturing, construction, retail and hospitality) have suffered job losses of 3,735,000, while the high education attainment industries have added 163,000 jobs. (High education attainment industries didn’t peak until August 2008 and have since lost 247,000 jobs.)

• South Central Michigan Labor Availability Report. 2005.

• Special Report: A deep dive on Michigan jobs by John Bebow. Posted on www.thecenterformichigan.net on July 16, 2009. Long list  of job categories in Michigan with increased employment figures!

• State of Working Report. October 2008 (revised). Michigan League of Human Services.

• State of the Workforce. 2008. South Central Michigan Works.

• Unemployment benefits will run out for nearly 100,000 in Michigan by December: nearly 1500 in Jackson County. See county statistics. May 12, 2009. Unemployment Insurance Agency.

• Workforce education. National Institute for Literacy.