Tomorrow’s the day!
Dozens of area employers and community service organizations are preparing to assist and connect with jobseekers at the Career Life Expo.
The action takes place at Wings Event Center beginning at noon for those with disabilities or who have served in the armed forces. All jobseekers will be welcomed in from 1-4 p.m.
Here’s a list of who you can expect to see there:
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
- Charitable Union
- Community Action
- Disability Network of SWM
- Goodwill Industries of CMH
- Goodwill Industries of SWM
- Gryphon Place
- Housing Resources, Inc.
- Kalamazoo County Pre-K
- Kalamazoo County Veterans Services Office
- Kalamazoo Literacy Council
- Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College
- KYD Network
- Legal Aid of Western MI
- Legal Services of SCM
- Michigan Rehabilitation Services
- Michigan Works! Southwest
- MRC Industries
- Summit Pointe Housing
- United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region
- Urban Alliance
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – Healthcare for Homeless Veterans
EMPLOYERS
- Absolute Homecare & Medical Staffing
- AccessPoint
- Advia Credit Union
- Allied Universal Security Services
- Aquatic Trucking Co.
- Ascension Living Borgess Place
- B&W Charters, Inc.
- Beacon Specialized Living Services
- Bell’s Brewery
- Bowers
- Bronson Healthcare Group
- City of Kalamazoo Department of Public Services
- Clemens Food Group
- Comfort Keepers
- Consumers Credit Union
- DENSO Manufacturing Michigan, Inc.
- Effex Management Solutions
- EG Workforce Solutions
- EPI Marketing Services
- Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
- FEMA Corporation
- FireKeepers Casino Hotel
- Flowserve Corporation
- Foundation for Behavioral Resources
- Ganton Senior Communities
- Geislinger Corporation
- Getman Corporation
- Grace Health
- Green Bay Packaging Inc.
- Greenleaf Hospitality / Wings Event Center
- Heritage Community of Kalamazoo
- Home Goods
- Kalamazoo County Government
- Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
- Kalamazoo Electrical JATC
- Kalamazoo Public Schools
- Kalamazoo RESA
- Kellogg Community Credit Union
- Kellogg Company
- Kelly Services
- KSS Enterprises
- Lippert Components
- Manpower of Lansing MI Inc.
- Medilodge of Westwood
- Michigan Educations Transportation Services
- Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters
- Midwest Communications
- MPI Research
- New Friends Memory Care
- Northwestern Mutual
- OnStaff USA
- Operating Engineers 324
- Park Village Pines
- Parker Hannifin
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Pipeline Painters
- PNC
- Portage Public Schools
- Pride Care Ambulance
- Pro Services
- Ralph Moyle Inc.
- Schupan & Sons, Inc.
- Securitas Security Services, USA
- Sheet Metal Workers Local 7
- Sigma Machine, Inc.
- SouthWest Michigan Building Trades
- SpartanNash
- Speedway
- Stratosphere Quality
- Stryker Corporation
- Summit Polymers Plant 18
- Tri-County Labor Agency
- US Army Recruiting
- US Staffing Agency
- Visiting Angels- Kalamazoo
- Weber Specialties Company
- West Michigan Construction Alliance
- WKW Bowers Manufacturing
- WM Building Trades
- WSI
- Xcel Staffing, Inc.
- XL Machine Company, inc.
MORE INFO
Need transportation? Free transportation is available from Michigan Works! service centers in Kalamazoo (1601 S. Burdick St., pickup 12:30 p.m., drop-off 3:15 p.m.) and Battle Creek (200 W. Van Buren St., pickup 11:30 a.m., drop-off 4:15 p.m.).
Have questions? Questions about the Expo can be directed to Michigan Works! Southwest, (269) 383-2536 or careerservices@miworkssw.org.
Sponsors of the Career Life Expo include United Way, Michigan Works! Southwest, Wings Event Center, AmeriFirst Home Mortgage, and Midwest Communications.
