Yearly Archives: 2020

Comparing monthly and quarterly LMI and real-time data reveals slow but steady improvements in May and June. During the second quarter of 2020, the labor force and employment figures both fell in southeast Michigan. Major shifts in the labor market due to the COVID-19 crisis are reflected in this quarter’s report, and gradual reopening and...

New website helps Michigan workers easily connect to online certification and degree programs including free training and work readiness tools LANSING, Mich. – The Coronavirus crisis has created record unemployment across the country and a complicated employment landscape in Michigan. Now more than ever, Michigan workers who possess advanced skills will be better positioned to...

Metro Detroit’s tourism and hospitality employment prior to the COVID-19 pandemic reached record levels in 2020 and it was ranked as one of the largest industries in the region and statewide, the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau said today. A study by the Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN) and commissioned by the DMCVB in February,...

The Workforce Intelligence Network will provide employer and workforce system engagement for the Operation Next implementation, working directly with small and medium manufacturers and the individuals who can benefit from the training offered. Funding through CARES Act supports 250 workers in Detroit. LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense-supported national manufacturing innovation institute, today announced it...

For the week ending June 13, 2020 the State of Michigan saw initial unemployment insurance claims decline when compared to the prior week, with 19,552 initial claims filed. This reflects a decrease of 8,284 initial claims, or a decline of 29.8 percent, from the week prior (week ending June 6, 2020). Following several weeks of...

For the week ending May 30, 2020, the State of Michigan saw initial unemployment insurance claims decline when compared to the prior week, with 41,035 initial claims filed. This reflects a decrease of 23,539 initial claims, or 36.5 percent, from the week prior (May 23, 2020). Following several weeks of both initial claim stabilization and...

For the week ending May 23, 2020, the State of Michigan saw initial unemployment insurance claims remain steady when compared to the prior week, with 57,714 initial claims filed. This reflects a minor increase of 999 initial claims from the week prior (May 16, 2020). Following three weeks of significant initial claim decreases and three...

The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, per Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) data released in May, in the State of Michigan jumped to 23.8 percent for the month of April, an increase of 19.8 percentage points from March 2020.[1] To put another way, nearly a quarter of the state’s labor force is currently out of work....

With grant funding from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, The Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan (WIN) has released an update to its 2017 Cybersecurity Skills Gap Analysis report, which analyzes changes in the emerging technologies talent system and examines occupations that most heavily rely on cybersecurity skills. Understanding the complexity of the talent...

For the week ending May 9, 2020, the State of Michigan experienced another dip in initial unemployment insurance claims when compared to the prior week, with 47,438 initial claims filed. This reflects a decrease of 19,961 initial claims, or 29.6 percent, from the week prior (May 2, 2020). This is Michigan’s fifth consecutive week of...