"This is a unique opportunity to shine a national spotlight on how higher education, community leaders and businesses in Michigan are effectively bridging what has now come to be known as the skills ga..."
"In Michigan, the unemployment rate is near 9 percent, and yet we hear from entrepreneurs every day that Michigan is open for business."
"let me say that again, effectively using hard-working taxpayer dollars"
"The SKILLS Act would consolidate and streamline our workforce development processes to make them more efficient"
"I believe the SKILLS Act was a significant step to help Michigan's job seekers."
"we need to continue on the path of working to reform our federal policies that enable job creation for a healthy economy."
"So it is not many, many one-off conversations, we believe that would be a big step forward to help us all move forward to understand what the skill gaps are, what the talent gaps are, what the attriti..."
"Thank you for this opportunity to discuss how we have been working with our partners to address our employment needs."
"I think it is important for not only the institution to understand what the businesses and industries need, but it is important for the businesses and industries to understand what the universities ar..."
"We are working as a large group of six counties to put together information and try to attract people and help them understand that Michigan is a great place to do business."
"Government should be a partner, but it shouldn't be the employer."
"your bill goes a long way in addressing the redundancies, the burdens of having multiple layers of overlapping job-training programs"