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Jan 19

Detroit’s Untapped Talent

Signs of rejuvenation are clear in Detroit, just one year after emerging from bankruptcy. Over the past decade of working closely with key Detroit workforce providers and employers, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce has seen this turnaround first hand. Since our founding 25 years ago, CSW has been partnering with... read more →
Jan 14

WHY MICHIGAN?

Michigan is positioned to be the global design and manufacturing center for the electrified industries of today and tomorrow. The state has always been a leader in making things and making things work. It’s this innovative spirit that sets Michigan at the forefront of being the Advanced Energy Storage Capital... read more →
Jan 14
Future Vision

FUTURE VISION

TO BE THE GLOBAL DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR POWERING THE ELECTRIFIED INDUSTRIES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW. Our Mission: To promote Michigan as a hub for design, engineering, systems integration, component and materials manufacture, and testing of the technologies that will power a sustainable future. Our Approach: To engage and... read more →
Jan 08

Connecting Credentials Webinar Series

Please join us in continuing the national dialogue on building a learning-centered credentialing system. Between January and March 2016 the Connecting Credentials Initiative is hosting a series of interactive webinars featuring credentialing innovations underway across the country. The purpose of these webinars is to increase understanding of the depth and... read more →
Oct 19

Employing Opportunity Youth

As we approach the end of October, with most families settled into their back-to-school routines, it is a good time for leaders in all sectors to be thinking about ways to address the staggering number of young people – estimated at around 5.5 million between the ages of 16 and... read more →
Sep 28
Sep 23

Getting To Work: Challenges to Upward Mobility

Corporation for a Skilled Workforce’s (CSW) Chairman Larry Good and President Jeannine LaPrad are both speakers at an upcoming conference, focused on ways to increase the opportunity for upward mobility for Michigan residents.  The conference is on Tuesday, October 20th at the Grand Valley State University campus in Grand Rapids,... read more →
Jun 19
Jun 12

Join the National Dialogue on Credentialing

Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) is pleased to join Lumina Foundation and more than 40 other organizations spanning business, labor and education in co-sponsoring a national conversation on ways to transform our nation’s highly fragmented credentialing system into one that is student-centered and learning-based. We are all convinced that... read more →
Jun 08

Preparing the Future Global Workforce

The-Transatlantic Technology and Training Alliance (TA3) is having its Annual Meeting this week in Belfast, Ireland. The business meeting will be preceded by a day-long symposium focused on a variety of issues and policies related to building the future global workforce. The proceedings will be held at the Belfast Metropolitan College... read more →
May 29

Why Career Pathways Actually Matter

By Steve Bennett The term "career pathways" is not new. If you ask anyone who has been around the world of workforce development for any length of time, the concept has been part of the lexicon for several decades. But there is renewed interest in the term over the last... read more →
Apr 23

Fueling the Growth of High-Paying, Clean Jobs in Michigan.

On behalf of the Michigan Advanced Energy Storage Systems Initiative (AESSI), the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce is excited to share this career pathway guide to jobs and education in Michigan’s advanced energy storage system (AES) industry cluster. Using the AES Guide to Careers and Educational Programs, individuals can learn... read more →