Higher pay. Better benefits. Partnerships with colleges and recruiters. Easier paths to certification. Paid training. Those are just some of the ways Northeast Michigan employers have worked to overcome a shortage of qualified employees who match the expectations of the jobs available. All of ...
ALPENA — Few business sectors in the Alpena area have escaped an ongoing employee shortage that negatively impacts production, pushes prices higher, and strains health and public safety services, local officials and proprietors said. From nurses, lawyers, school bus drivers, waiters and ...
ollaborations and on-the-job training offer local solutions to a nursing shortage distressing hospitals nationwide. Like many health care centers, MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena and its patients got walloped by the COVID-19 pandemic as hospital staff last year sickened and had to stay home, ...
ALPENA — Nursing offers the perfect life for a busy mom who loves where she lives, an Alpena native said. Chanda Zbytowski, an Alpena health care worker with 21 years of nursing experience, recently shifted to a new job introducing other nurses to their careers caring for Alpena ...
ALPENA — In his experiences making hiring decisions as a school administrator, Justin Gluesing can recall times when a teaching vacancy would bring in dozens of resumes from interested applicants. “I would have to schedule an afternoon to go over to Central Office to review the ...
ALPENA — Just a few short years ago, Trevor Roznowski walked the halls of Alpena High School as a student. Now, at 23 years old, Roznowski is back at Alpena High in a different role, molding young minds as a mathematics teacher. It wasn’t the path Roznowski necessarily envisioned when he ...