Visit Detroit At Work for Career Services training and job search

Detroit at Work construction industry recruitment event

Detroit At Work Offers Career Services

As Detroit continues to bounce back from the COVID pandemic, residents are increasingly turning to the city’s workforce agency, Detroit at Work, for help with their careers, education or training, and a wide range of other services. Detroit at Work was launched by Mayor Mike Duggan and the Mayor’s Workforce Development Board in 2017 with a goal of building Detroit’s talent pool, creating opportunities for Detroiters, and giving employers access to a talent pipeline that meets their needs. Through trainings, job search assistance and other career services, Detroit at Work provides Detroiters at all levels with access to a wide variety of job search tools and assistance, training, and a range of supportive services to help take their careers to the next level. At the heart of Detroit at Work are the detroitatwork.com website, and the 9 career centers accessible in all seven council districts located across the city. Career Centers In Detroit at Work career centers, the experienced, professional staff help Detroiters with a wide range of career-related needs from career advisement to assistance with training for a career change or advancement, to help with supportive services such as childcare or transportation. Services are made available free, and tens of thousands of Detroiters get help every year, with many thousands going into new jobs, or paid training, or getting educational qualifications that will allow them to progress within existing jobs or find new ones. And subject to eligibility and availability, Detroit at Work may also be able to provide help with other key barriers faced by Detroiters – things like rent assistance, technology devices, childcare, transportation, fines and fees, and even automobile repair. Detroit at Work Website Over a quarter of a million people visit the Detroit at Work website every year. They visit either to search the thousands of jobs available on a daily basis, or find out about recruitment events or job fairs, or to learn more about some of the vocational training programs available. The website is supported by several Detroit at Work social media channels where job fairs, training courses, recruitment events and other opportunities are shared. In addition, Detroit at Work attends hundreds of community events around the city each year to share information about the services and supports available for Detroit residents. How can Detroit at Work help business owners? If you’re a Detroit business owner, Detroit at Work can partner with you as an external HR consultant, recruiting for the positions you have open, sourcing candidates, and even working with you to arrange recruitment events and training. Every year, Detroit at Work sources thousands of new employees for its business customers, and best of all, the service is free! Even if your business is located is the areas surrounding the city, business support specialists are standing by to give you the help you need in staffing your business. You can connect with Detroit at Work online at detroitatwork.com, or on social media, or by calling (313) 962-WORK.

WHAT CAN YOU FIND AT DETROIT AT WORK?

Ready to work?

Employers are ready to hire! Detroit at Work has thousands of jobs available. You can apply at detroitatwork.com. If you need help applying, our career coaches can help with the process.

Need help with a career path?

Our career coaches can help you find the right job or career. We can help with your resume, training, and let you know when employers are hiring. Call 313-962-WORK (9675) for an appointment.

Training Programs are available in high growth industries

Interested in construction and transportation, healthcare, IT, manufacturing, and/or customer service? We have free training programs for Detroiters who qualify, and adult and youth training programs at Randolph and Breithaupt CTE Centers. Our career coaches can help you find out which is right for you.

Need help getting ready to have a job?

We can help you with a wide range of support. From using a computer, getting help with obtaining a photo ID, writing a resume, GED attainment, to transportation, and more. Information is available online, or from your career coach. Classes to help you prepare for a job

Need help creating a resume or completing online job applications? Get nervous in interviews? We have workshops that can help! All workshops are free and run multiple times every week at our career centers, with many available online!

Get paid to finish your high school diploma

Detroit at Work is partnering with Detroit Public Schools Community District to make adult education programs available at our career centers, so if you want to improve your math or literacy, or to take your GED, there is a program closer to you than ever before. You could also qualify to get paid to complete your High School Diploma. Call us to find out more.

Skills for Life

Skills for Life is a new program offered by Detroit at Work and the City of Detroit that offers comprehensive career development and advancement. Participants can earn their High School Diploma/GED and gain work experience. Skills for Life jobs pay $15/hr and are located throughout Detroit at various sites.

New Courses, Opportunities and Materials Made Available Regularly

At Detroit at Work, your career is our job. We place thousands of Detroit jobseekers into jobs and training every year. Best of all, our services are free. Make an appointment to speak with a career coach today!

313-962-WORK (9675) detroitatwork.com

Powered by Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation, a Michigan Works! Agency. Equal opportunity employer/program. Supported by the State of Michigan, Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. Proud partner of the American Job Center network. Auxiliary aids and services available upon request to individuals with disabilities or language needs. 1-800-285-WORK. TTY: 711.

New Skilled Trades Facility Brings State-of-the-Art Training Center to Detroit

The Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights’ new training center opened its doors in northwest Detroit earlier this year

By: Sherri Kolade “There is never a bad time to consider a career in skilled trades.” With about 250,000 workers statewide in skilled trades – and Michigan’s skilled trades workforce ranking in the top 10 nationally according to Michigan Business – Steve Purchase, communications director for Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights (MRCC), might be onto something when describing a career path in this growing industry. And statistics also agree. Highly trained skilled trades professionals are in high demand across Michigan, and experts anticipate the current shortage of such workers to continue well into the next decade. Skilled trades professionals such as carpenters and millwrights account for more than 500,000 jobs in Michigan. This booming field is one Detroit is especially benefiting from as a new facility, MRCC’s new training center, opened its doors in northwest Detroit in January. The 145,000-square-foot training center is home to state-of-the-art classrooms, training areas and some of the most advanced methods and tools in the industry. The new center will train up to 1,500 students a year and play a pivotal role in reaching the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Sixty by 30 goal to have 60 percent of working-age Michiganders earn a skills certificate or postsecondary degree by 2030. The large facility houses classrooms and training areas for hands-on experiences and real-world simulations. Students will study and train in an apprenticeship program designed and taught by the carpenters and millwrights union, which currently has over 14,000 members across the state. Enrollment in the apprenticeship program is free, and students incur no debt for their education. Those who join MRCC’s apprenticeships also get good wages, healthcare and pension benefits while they learn. The center will train up to 1,500 students a year. Purchase told the Michigan Chronicle that the training center held a grand opening in June and it will allow many locals to join the workforce. “With all of the historic investment in infrastructure, silicon plants in the private sector [that will] grow Michigan’s economy – none of that work happens without adequate skilled trades and the skilled trades workforce is incredibly important ... for the health and future of Michigan’s economy ... that can meet the demands of ahead of us.” During the facility’s summer grand opening, Whitmer joined labor leaders and local elected officials for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the training center located in northwest Detroit. “As a proud, pro-union governor to my core, I am thrilled to celebrate the opening of the MRCC’s state-of-the-art center in Detroit that will train up to 1,500 Michiganders and help them land good-paying, high-skill union jobs,” said Whitmer. “Michiganders rely on carpenters, millwrights, floor layers, piledrivers and all our skilled trades to build the infrastructure that powers Michigan’s economy. Their hard work is the reason that since I took office through the end of this year, we will fix over 16,000 lane miles of road and 1,200 bridges, build or refurbish nearly 12,000 affordable housing units and replace tens of thousands of lead service lines. With their partnership, I have acted to center working people in all the work that we do. Together, we reinstated the prevailing wage, cracked down on payroll fraud, expanded opportunities for people to land good-paying union jobs and continued delivering on the kitchen-table issues that matter most to working families. When working families succeed, we all succeed.” “The opening of this state-of-the-art training center right here in Detroit shows the commitment of carpenters and millwrights to preparing the best construction professionals and creating good-paying Michigan jobs,” said MRCC executive secretary-treasurer Tom Lutz. “This new training center – built without any taxpayer dollars – represents a gateway to a promising future for countless men and women willing to learn and work hard in a rewarding, good-paying career. By locating our training center in a Detroit neighborhood, carpenters and millwrights are committed to supporting our communities, opening doors of opportunities for everyone and doing our part to move Michigan forward.” The MRCC is a partner in Detroit’s job creation program and has pledged to triple the number of Detroit residents in the union’s apprenticeship program by ensuring that over the next decade 25 percent of all incoming first-year apprentices are Detroit residents. MRCC and its contractor partners fund all aspects of the apprenticeship program, including the construction of the new center. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh said that skilled laborers are in and bring a needed resurgence to the economy. “The leadership of the carpenters and millwrights will help the United States and the State of Michigan continue to build the critical infrastructure we need to be competitive in a global economy,” Walsh said. “America needs well-trained, well-educated skilled trades professionals today and for years to come, and the carpenters and millwrights’ training center is the pipeline to good-paying and rewarding careers in construction that will always be in demand.” The training center is located at 11687 American Ave. in Detroit. For more information visit buildmifuture.com.