Troy, MI – Job Fair Giant will host the Get Hired! Michigan Job Expo on August 27th featuring over 750 available positions participating companies have immediate openings statewide.

Employers with opportunities in Engineering, Information Technology, Skilled Trades, Seasonal, Manufacturing, Production, Industrial, General Labor, Customer Services, Retail, Management, Restaurant, Accounting, Banking, Office Support, Clerical, Data Entry, Call Center, Installation, Technical, Machining, Electrical, Mortgage, Financial Planning, Insurance, Education, Truck Driving, Real Estate, Nursing, Rehabilitation, Human Services, and other career fields are available at the Oakland County Job Expo.More

Letter to the Editor from Mark Hagerty, President, Michigan Solar Solutions

The Michigan Senate is going to be debating a revision in Michigan’s energy plan.  An expressed concern is customers who have installed solar electric power and are enrolled in the states Net Metering plan and are subsidized by the rest of us.  Another expressed concern is smaller solar arrays are not cost effective and it takes larger utility size solar arrays to make it cost effective.

These concerns come right out of the utility companies play book which they have perfected in states like Arizona and Hawaii over the last several years.

Here is the other side of the story;More

While many believe the cars are the stars this weekend along M-1 from Detroit to Pontiac, the Pinnacle Group displayed some of their own “Motown moves” Thursday evening in an up-and-coming revamped downtown Pontiac. The event at Lafayette Market provided the perfect setting for members and guests to enjoy great food and drink, listen to some awesome jazz provided by the Hasting Street Band and hear the Pinnacle Directors differentiate their group from all other networking groups in our area. Last nights attendees included municipal dignitaries such as State Representative Henry Yanez, Assistant Attorney General Mike Goetz, and Assistant Executive Director of Oakland County, Matt Gibb, as well as retired Piston Don Reid, who now sits as Executive Director of Extraordinary Ventures and Sharon Blumeno, Executive of Business Development for Automation Alley.More

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development today announced that certification cost share assistance will be available to eligible Michigan organic producers and handlers.More

Automation Alley, Michigan’s largest technology business association, added 26 organizations to its membership roster during the months of June and July.More