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MI
Bright
Future
connects
students
and
employers
for jobs
in
Southeast
Michigan
DETROIT,
MI The
Workforce
Intelligence
Network
(WIN)
today
announced
MI
Bright
Future,
an
online-based
collaboration
of
regional
intermediary
school
districts,
post-secondary
education
and
workforce
partners
aimed at
connecting
students
with
in-demand
industries
and
employers.
Using a
web-based
software
called
Career
Cruising
Inspire
(ccInspire),
MI
Bright
Future
provides
in
particular
middle
and high
school
students
portal
access
to
explore
area
companies
and
potential
work-based
learning
opportunities
such as
job
shadowing,
internships
and
company
tours. A
recent
study
found
there is
still a
major
disconnect
with
industry
opportunity
awareness
and job
readiness.
MI
Bright
Future
aims to:
Promote
high-demand
careers
and
educational
pathways
for K-12
students
throughout
the
region.
Provide
a safe,
virtual
place
for
local
companies
and
students
to
interact.
Involve
thousands
of
regional
employers
to help
students
learn
firsthand
about
viable
career
options
and
career
development
opportunities.
Develop
a policy
platform
to help
stimulate
K-12
career
exploration
and
educational
attainment
through
job
readiness,
exposure
and
awareness.
The MI
Bright
Future
partners
want to
strengthen
the
connective
tissue
between
schools
and
businesses
by
providing
them
with a
platform
to
directly
connect
with one
another.
Employers
can then
help to
guide
students
toward
interesting,
high-demand
and
lucrative
careers,
said
Lisa
Katz,
WIN
executive
director.
It has
been
demonstrated
elsewhere
that
when an
understanding
of true
career
opportunity
exists,
dropout
rates
decrease
and
academic
success
increases.
Initial
corporate
partners
and
members
of the
employee
advisory
group
include:
Alpha
USA
CVS
Health
DTE
Energy
Future
Tool
GalaxE.Solutions
International
Brotherhood
of
Electrical
Workers
(IBEW)
PTI
Plastics
Tech
Shop
For more
information
on how
to
become a
MI
Bright
future
member
or
sponsor,
please
visit
www.mibrightfuture.org.
ABOUT
MI
BRIGHT
FUTURE
MI
Bright
Future
is a
dedicated
group of
K-12
education,
higher
education,
workforce
development,
and
employer
partners
who are
working
to bring
a
technology
called
Career
Cruising
Inspire
(ccInspire)
to
Southeast
Michigan
schools.
ccInspire
is a
software
enhancement
to
Career
Cruising,
the
technology
schools
in the
region
are
already
using to
create
Educational
Development
Plans,
which
are
required
by the
Michigan
Department
of
Education.
ccInspire
is a
community-development
platform
that
makes it
easy for
students
and
educators
to learn
about
and
connect
with
local
employers
and
community
mentors.
Through
e-mentoring,
message
boards,
and
company
profiles,
ccInspire
connects
whats
happening
in
todays
classroom
with
current
and
projected
needs
among
local
employers.
The MI
Bright
Future
partnership
is
currently
in the
counties
of
Livingston,
Macomb,
Oakland,
and St.
Clair
and is
expected
to reach
close to
169,000
students
at full
launch.
Current
partners
include
Workforce
Intelligence
Network,
Oakland
Schools,
Macomb
Intermediate
School
District,
Macomb
Community
College,
Schoolcraft
College,
Henry
Ford
College,
Career
Cruising,
Livingston
County
Michigan
Works!,
Oakland
Community
College,
Career
Jump
Start,
Detroit
Regional
Chamber,
Southeast
Michigan
Community
Alliance,
and
Macomb-St.
Clair
Michigan
Works.
ABOUT
WORKFORCE
INTELLIGENCE
NETWORK
OF
SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN
The
Workforce
Intelligence
Network
of
Southeast
Michigan
(WIN) is
a
collaborative
effort
between
nine
community
colleges
and
seven
Michigan
Works!
Agencies,
in
partnership
with
numerous
other
organizations,
to
create a
comprehensive
and
cohesive
workforce
development
system
in
Southeast
Michigan
that
provides
employers
with the
talent
they
need for
success.
WIN
covers a
9-county
area,
including
Genesee,
Livingston,
Macomb,
Monroe,
Oakland,
Shiawassee,
St.
Clair,
Washtenaw
and
Wayne.
WIN was
founded
with the
support
of the
New
Economy
Initiative
for
Southeast
Michigan
and
publicly
launched
in
November
2011.
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