Contact a Business Liaison

A Northwest Michigan WORKS! Business Services Team member is an employer's first point of contact with the Michigan WORKS! system. The Business Services Team provides the following services, and more:
 

• Assistance developing and posting job openings on Pure Michigan Talent Connect

• Employee recruitment, screening and referral

• Workforce training and skills upgrading, including Skilled Trades Training Fund grants

• Workshops on topics of interest to businesses, brought to you by the Employer Training Council

• Outplacement services to dislocated workers

• Connection to services provided by Small Business Development Center, the Procurement Technical Assistance Center, the Global Trade Alliance of Northern Michigan, and other economic development partners

• Professional community involvement and networking

• Develop United States Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeships

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Business Services Team

 

Rob Dickinson, Business Services Coordinator
(231) 929-5053

rob.dickinson@networksnorthwest.org

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon Laraway-Gordon, Business Services Specialist

Business Liaison for Benzie County
(231) 922-3757

sharon.gordon@networksnorthwest.org

 

 

 

 

Evelyn Szpliet, Apprenticeship Success Coordinator
(231) 723-2535

evelyn.szpliet@networksnorthwest.org

 

 

 

 

 

Michelle Socha, Business Liaison

Leelanau and Grand Traverse Counties
(231) 620-8170

michelle.socha@networksnorthwest.org

 

 

 

 

Robert Best, Business Liaison

Wexford and Missaukee Counties
(231) 620-5175

robert.best@networksnorthwest.org

 

 

 

 

Jessie Mitchell

Antrim, Grand Traverse, and Kalkaska Counties
(231) 620-8175

jessie.mitchell@networksnorthwest.org

 

 

 

 

Dave Droste

Emmet and Charlevoix Counties
(231) 709-1419

dave.droste@networksnorthwest.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northwest Michigan Works! is Supported by the State of Michigan and is a proud partner of the American Job Center Network.