Another Job Landed!
We all know how difficult job-searching can be these days. Spending hours combing through jobs posting, meticulously editing your resume, attending seemingly endless rounds of interviews, and dealing with rejections–sound familiar? The good news is that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, because when you find that perfect job all your searching will seem validated. Below is a story submitted to us from Jimmy Hurley, a recent graduate... [Read More...]
HookLogic Awarded $9.5M in Funding
HookLogic, the leader in e-commerce media, announced this week that it has been awarded a $9.5 million round of financing from Bain Capital Ventures. HookLogic will use the funding to further develop its unique Software-as-a-Service (Saas) platform and expand its business across the retail, travel and automotive sectors in North America and Europe. HookLogic is headquartered in New York. Its office in Ann Arbor is focused on developing software... [Read More...]
Finding a Good Crop of Employees: NPR Offers Up Close Look at Michigan’s Agriculture Economy
A recent “Changing Gears” series on Michigan Radio explored Michigan’s agriculture economy. In part five of the five part series, SPARK president and CEO Paul Krutko offers that “prospective workers want to take jobs in places where they know there are more jobs.” With his insight, Krutko explains that agriculture talent — and the needs of this population — are no different that the needs of high tech workers... [Read More...]
Michigan’s Getting It Right
“Simply put, Job One is jobs,” said Governor Rick Snyder tonight at his State of the State address. What a refreshing voice for the people of Michigan! Open Source Economic Development ® Michigan Dashboard Metrics-real results for real people Economic growth Health & Education Value for Government Quality of Life Public Safety Pure Michigan Talent, entrepreneurs, employers, universities, funding, incubators = JOBS. Read More →
Thomson Reuters Named Coolest Place to Work in Tough Times
Crain’s Detroit Business recently named Thomson Reuters as one of the Coolest Place to Work in Tough Times. The publication runs Cool Places to Work lists bi-annually; and this year added the ‘tough times’ component given the downturn in the economy over the past year, particularly in Michigan. Continue reading… Read More →
SPARK featured in Crain’s article on future of entrepreneurship and innovation to drive Michigan’s future
November 12, 2009 - Crain’s Detroit Business article on the future of Michigan is entrepreneurship and innovation. “One example is the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative in Grand Rapids. There is also Ann Arbor Spark, Next Energy and quite a few others, and they’re all doing great work but are limited in the scale they can achieve. We need to expand their capacity — almost putting them on steroids — so they can... [Read More...]
Register for Hot Shots: Career Connections, Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Ann Arbor SPARK is holding Hot Shots: Career Connections at Melange (314 S. Main Street) from 5 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 26. Hot Shots is an event for talent seeking opportunities for themselves. Attendees should bring their resume, and come and mingle with growing, innovative companies in a fun and relaxed environment. Register for Hot Shots. Read More →
Ann Arbor Region Job Growth in Innovation-Based Companies
Recent job loss rankings by Forbes may have included Ann Arbor in their listing, but we’re continuing to see job growth in innovation-based companies in our region. In April we had over 50 job postings added to the Ann Arbor SPARK Talent Portal and in the first 5 days of May we’ve already posted 23. Although the manufacturing job base may continue to decline in SE Michigan, the new economy jobs continue to post gains and contribute to offsetting... [Read More...]
