Detroit’s Workforce

Detroit in Transition – A plan to move Detroit Forward (Part 4 of 8)

The city also eliminated its workforce department, which is now the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation (DESC), a non-profit focused on retraining the city's unemployed.  However, the mayor should identify and advocate for the resources to support workforce development and perhaps create both temporary and permanent outplacement centers for those who are laid off and can be triaged into areas such as health care and other emerging industries.

Detroit's skyline and SW Detroit, from the MGM Parking Garage

Detroit's skyline and SW Detroit, from the MGM Parking Garage

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