With the job market wide open in southwest Michigan and employers having trouble filing available positions, Michigan Works is planning a webinar for this month to help employers find better ways of attracting talent and retaining the staff they have. Kinexus Group Senior Director Dan Peat tells WSJM News the one-hour recruitment session will feature representatives of Michigan Works, HR firms, and the Manufacturing Growth Alliance.
“They’re going to share some of the best practices that they’ve seen or observed or helped companies with, and we’re also going to be sharing some other real world examples of what’s going on in a little bit more of a Q&A at the end of the webinar,” Peat said.
Peat says there’s a “Great Resignation” coming among those who kept working during the worst of the pandemic.
“There’s going to be a lot of people who are saying, ‘OK, I rode out this storm and maybe I’ve reevaluated what I want to get out of my real job, and what I’m getting or what I think I’m going to get after COVID doesn’t really align anymore.”
Peat says companies are making adjustments in order to keep on board the staff that they do have while trying to fill vacancies. The Michigan Works recruitment webinar for employers is set for 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. July 29. You can register online.
