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Eastern Michigan University’s College of Business, or the COB, has seen success with its new Professional Development Digital Badge program. It started due to high demand from students. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

Much of southeastern Michigan, including Ann Arbor, is suffering from a brain drain with a decrease in the number of young people with skills for high-wage jobs remaining in the area. Some groups are working to change that. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

After serving thirty-five years of a life sentence, the only thing Leroy Harris wanted to do was teach children how to avoid making the same kinds of mistakes. But he didn't have the confidence to set his goals in motion. He later turned to occupational therapy through the Ypsilanti-based organization “Life After Incarceration: Transition & Reentry,” or LAITR (sounds like “later”). Today, Leroy is not only starting his own business to help troubled youth but also sits on LAITR's board of directors. Leroy shared his story with Concentrate Media's Rylee Barnsdale.

Washtenaw Community College is hosting its annual Fall Career and Internship Fair this week with a wide array of businesses looking for new employees. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

The Washtenaw Intermediate School District has extended their application deadline for a position on the board of trustees to this Friday. WEMU's Ana Longoria has details.

County positions are open to those with a variety of education and experience. WEMU's Taylor Bowie has more.

Depending on career path or job choice, women are still playing catch-up in the American workforce. The inequity is not just in job-to-job comparisons but also in access to employment opportunity. Creating that opportunity is what the organization “Dress for Success Michigan" is all about. WEMU's David Fair talks with its communications liaison, Alexy Rudolph, about how futures are being changed to reverse historical inequities.

There’s a new Michigan marketing campaign aimed at bringing more workers into the state and reversing decades of sluggish growth. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan Medicine is continuing its efforts to address critical staffing issues across the organization. WEMU’s Taylor Pinson has more.

A national coffee chain that makes a point of employing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is opening in Ann Arbor this summer. And, tomorrow, they’ll begin recruitment for their special workers. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran explains.