Mature Job Seekers

• Michigan Shifting Careers
  • Michigan Shifting Gears and the Shifting Code program are career-transition programs designed to help seasoned professionals develop the skills and training to transition into small company work environments (Shifting Gears) or into IT careers (Shifting Code). The programs include an assessment, comprehensive classroom, mentorship, coaching, small business simulation and internships. By the end of this training, the participant is transformed into a more adaptable professional with experiences, knowledge and skills related to their new role.
• Community Ventures
  • Community Ventures is a public-private nonprofit partnership to hire at least 1,000 structurally unemployed residents from distressed neighborhoods. 
• Dislocated Worker
  • The Dislocated Worker program provides workforce investment activities that increase the employment, retention, earnings, and occupational skill level of participants, all of which will improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the economy.
• Plant Closures or Mass Layoffs
  • Michigan's dislocated worker program is designed to provide layoff aversion assistance, rapid response, pre-layoff activities, and linkages to Michigan Works! Service Centers, the Michigan Unemployment Agency, and the Human Resources Development, Inc., Peer to Peer Program.