Michigan Jobs & Career Portal Offers Exciting New Features for
Job Seekers, Parents, Students, Educators & Employers

NOVEMBER 14, 2007 - The Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth has unveiled a new and improved Michigan Jobs & Career Portal (www.michigan.gov/careers). The website, first launched in 2003, continues to grow and add new resources including: 

• virtual tours of the website to walk visitors through the site's features; 
• virtual campus tours of Michigan colleges and universities; 
• educational initiatives supported by major corporation (i.e. Ford, GM, Microsoft, Intel); 
• healthcare job openings by facility (i.e. hospital, clinic, HMO); 
• teacher and faculty job openings by school district; 
• a web page of financial resources; 
• 40 new job and career fairs posted monthly; 
• and more than 100,000 Michigan job openings, extracted from online job boards.

Approximately 150,000 people visit the website each month.

"The award-winning Michigan Jobs & Career Portal has been enormously popular with students, parents, teachers, job-seekers and employers so we are constantly making enhancements to have all of the tools and resources they need in a one-stop shop," said DLEG Director Keith W. Cooley.

Popular tools on the website include: 

• Search for jobs 
• Explore careers 
• Learn about new and emerging occupations 
• Find out how to start a business 
• Find workers  Financial aid and scholarships 
• Locate businesses

For assistance with the website, call the Michigan Jobs & Career Portal Help desk at M-F 8-5pm, at 1-888-253-6855 or e-mail Careerhelp@michigan.gov.

Read more Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth press releases.