Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced that the MI Opportunity Partnership concluded its successful three years on a high note. The program connected more than 124,599 workers with jobs since the Governor introduced the three-year initiative in 2005.

While the MI Opportunity Partnership has concluded, employers will still be able to expect the same high level of customer assistance they received through the initiative in addition to continued help with finding and hiring skilled workers. Displaced and underemployed workers who are interested in getting training for high demand jobs can now do so through No Worker Left Behind, which Governor Granholm launched on August 1, 2007. In the program’s first six months, more than 18,000 Michiganders were placed in training for jobs in in-demand occupations and emerging industries or entrepreneurial endeavors.

To learn more about No Worker Left Behind, visit the NWLB web site at www.michigan.gov/nwlb.

The MI Opportunity Partnership was a collaboration of the State of Michigan with employers from business and industry; health care and the skilled trades; organized labor; community colleges and universities; associations; and Michigan Regional Skills Alliances. The Michigan Works! agencies played a key role, responding to employer pledges and connecting job seekers to training and education programs. We thank all of our partners for helping us exceed our goals!

The MI Opportunity Partnership web site
will expire in summer of 2008.