Workforce

CURRENT NEWS

• Annual Report. 2009. 2008. South Central Michigan Works.

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

•  Community Needs Assessments. 2010. 2008.  Community Action Agency. 2005.

• 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.

• 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. 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. Summer 2010. Winter 2009. "Nationally, household employment fell in 2009 by 3.8 percent, about half the pace of the Michigan decline. However, from December 2009–May 2010, Michigan employment growth of 2.1 percent has outpaced U.S. gains (+1.2 percent)."
  

• Michigan Knowledge Economy Index. 2004.

• National Study of Employers. 2009.  2008.  Family and Work Institute.

• 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.

• 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 Worforce. 2009. 2008. South Central Michigan Works. Jackson-Hillsdale-Lenawee 2007 insert.

• Third Annual Progress Report. 2010. Michigan Future. 

• Workforce education. National Institute for Literacy.