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More Michigan Municipalities Looking to Fill Town Drunk Positions

There are currently 31 Michigan municipalities looking to fill the position of town drunk, up from 22 just a year ago. "Many of them are...

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Detroit Urban Farm Growing Doughnut Sprinkles for Artisan Shops

Since urban farms took hold in Detroit around 15 years ago, most have focused on growing crops for the health-conscious – sprouts, kale, chard,...

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Eight Innovative New Companies in Detroit’s TechTown Now Hiring

Over 2000 positions are available at eight new tech-centric companies scheduled to open this summer in Detroit’s TechTown.  These are the start-ups and what they’ll be doing: Jellistic: Makes shopping easier for end-consumers by providing access to websites featuring items that end-consumers are most likely to shop for Spontification: Develops strategies...
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Death Visits the Company, Gets a Job

The first day on a new job is always a challenge. There's a lot to learn, and it's important not to get discouraged.

CEO Announces Precedent

Bucking a growing trend among companies that fear setting precedents for legal, financial and philosophical reasons, Tanbury International announced this week that it has tentatively set one. CEO Marcia Wormley declined to identify the precedent, other than to say it is “precedent-setting.” “We invested significant resources and researched the issue for...

CEO Resigns After “Hats Off to Everyone!” Tweet Goes Viral

Patrick Waterston, CEO of PlumRankTwelve, resigned on Monday following an offensive tweet that was shared over 280 million times.  At 10:12 AM he tweeted a congratulatory message to the rotation-based company’s 1200 employees: @PWatersPlum:  Hats off to everyone at PlumRankTwelve for exceeding parameters 189 quarters in a row.  You did...

Phone App SSSSssss Closes on $55 Million in VC Funding

Detroit-based phone app SSSSssss – which connects people who want to flatten someone’s tires with people who are willing to flatten them – has closed on $55 million in pre-seed funding from venture capitalist Millsap’s VC of Cartaret, New Jersey. SSSSssss founder and CEO Jennifer Spitzlin says her group had...

Weekly Work/Life Balance Reports Mandated at 30,000 US Companies

Employees with a healthy work/life balance have long been perceived as more valuable than their unbalanced peers - usually invited onto more task forces and getting smiled at more often by the CEO. But how does a company know employees are actually achieving this balance – and not just saying...

Recall Milestone Approaching

With the recall of an additional eight million vehicles last week, General Motors is on the brink of achieving a major milestone in automotive history: More of its vehicles under recall than not. When that day arrives, according to sources, the automaker will start sending out non-recall notices to customers...

Bad Treatment at Bulk Warehouse

Q: I just finished my weekly shopping at Ed's Club, the bulk merchandise warehouse. As usual, the people who work there treated me like dirt – one guy stocking shelves just rolled his eyes when I asked where the peanut butter was, and the cashier snapped at me...

Detroit’s First Artisan CPA Firm to Launch in Corktown on November 1

Like most major cities, Detroit has its share of artisan businesses – breweries, clothiers, paper-clip makers, and thousands more. As of next month, it will boast its first artisan CPA Firm: Hewlett Artisan Certified Public Accounting. “The artisan movement is about more than making things,” says firm founder Jennifer Hewlett. “It’s...

Lifelike ScareBosses Keep Employees on Their Toes

PROXITOL - developers of the popular Stand-In Parent - announced this week that its long-awaited ScareBoss will be mass marketed staring in January of 2022. The mannequin-like figures, made of synthetic bylenol plastic, are customized to look just like the actual boss. They can be leaned against a file cabinet...

Wisconsin CEO Sued After Appropriating Staffer’s Signature Greeting for Himself

A popular employee at Milwaukee’s Lamernoy Genistics is taking its CEO to court over the right to keep using a friendly greeting he says he invented and has been using for over 20 years.   Says analyst Max Torrey:  “I go up to people, put one hand on their left...

Four Mistakes That May Be Impeding Your Job Search

If you’ve been on a number of job interviews and you still haven’t been hired, you might be doing something wrong - or more than one thing wrong.  According to the American Bureau of Job Placement, these are the top four mistakes that often disqualify candidates from being hired: ...