[caption id="attachment_53254" align="alignleft" width="288"] Great Lakes Stainless employee Kirk Toedebusch laser etches a logo into a copper cover for a door.[/caption] In March, when the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold in the United States, businesses were ordered to shutter unless essential and residents quarantined as a...
A cold and blustery day wreaked havoc on recruiters, who filed into the Hagerty Center carrying cumbersome displays and props for the 14th annual job fair hosted by Northwestern Michigan College in early March. There, a range of employers were hopeful that the job fair would...
One financial advisor manages more than $600 million in investments for his wealthy northern Michigan clients. Another handles a celebrity's stock portfolio, among others. Though there is no public, empirical data available ranking financial advisors by dollars under management, many sources like WealthMinder consistently point...
As a rookie recruiter, Chris Rigan learned a hard lesson after a candidate he had referred showed up to the interview in slippers. The candidate interviewing for a quality assurance engineering job at a manufacturing company, she was qualified for the position ...
[caption id="attachment_27159" align="alignleft" width="300"] PB&J Marketing co-owners Karl Bastian and his wife Maria Perez-Bastian look over some of their recent work. (Photo: Todd VanSickle)[/caption] Meat, potholes and penguins have had Traverse City buzzing since PB&J Marketing launched Maxbauer's Meat Market's eye-catching billboard and marketing campaign several...
Jennifer Stoll has two sons in their early 20s who are on the autism spectrum. She knew when they were young boys that their neurodiversity would create challenges for them when the time came to enter the workforce. “I started preparing them when they were younger...
Sleepy northern Michigan is a misnomer when it comes to the courtroom. Cases involving OxyContin, Roundup, and controversial downstate attorney Geoffrey Fieger all have local connections, some with potentially big legal consequences. The rise of high-profile cases could be linked to a sea change of the local...
Bryan Boettcher was about to upgrade his 2001 Saturn sedan when he found out his job was getting downsized. “Immediately, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going to be making this purchase. Am I going to be okay?’” Boettcher said. But the father of two...
