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Our Mission
To promote West Michigan as a place where business thrives and people want to live and work
Our Mission To promote West Michigan as a place where business - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Our Mission To promote West Michigan as a place where business - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Our Mission To promote West Michigan as a place where business thrives and people want to live and work Attraction Out-bound marketing Collaborative Resume Pack Promotion Connections Programming Website Social Media Education Biggest
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Out-bound marketing Collaborative Promotion Website Social Media Programming Resume Pack
Attraction Education Connections
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✓ Team transition ✓ Completed expansion of website information to cover all 13 counties ✓ Continued expansion of ReThink West Michigan with new statewide collaborations
Biggest Accomplishments in 2018
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All 13 Counties of Region 4 are covered on
- ur website
- Allegan
- Barry
- Ionia
- Kent
- Lake
- Mason
- Mecosta
- Montcalm
- Muskegon
- Newaygo
- Oceana
- Osceola
- Ottawa
Expansion of Website Information
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- Added new county location
Newaygo
- New statewide collaboration for
promotion
Back2Michigan.com
- Highest percentage of out of area
candidates for Grand Rapids event
61%
ReThink West Michigan 2018
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Chicago West Michigan San Francisco Detroit, Lansing, Flint
Top 10 Location Top 20 Location 40,000 users
Los Angeles Seattle Washington D.C. New York City Denver Atlanta Boston Portland Tulsa Indianapolis Columbus Philadelphia
Visitors to our Website - 2018
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Candidates in the Resume Pack
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2,494
Hire Rate
- Significant Others
- Boomerangs
- New to the area
- Currently in West MI & unemployed or recently laid off
57%
Resumes sent
1,412
Candidates accepted full-time offers in West Michigan
Weekly Resume Pack
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Weekly Resume Pack
New volunteer program for Hello West Michigan members* to do the candidate calls that make up the Weekly Resume Pack. *Currently only open to tradition employer members
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8.3
million
impressions
Out-Bound Marketing
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- Statewide talent effort with Michigan House at SXSW in Austin, TX
- New concept for West Michigan Intern Connect
- New retention program pilot with GRPS seniors
- Continued expansion of ReThink event and marketing
On the Horizon for 2019
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Community Impact
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2018 New Members
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Your Investment 80 Other Member Companies A Measurable Community Impact
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Membership Dollars Creating Community Impact
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in-migrants from out of state and international to the MSA (net-gain), 2010 - 2017 This accounts for 37% of our MSA population growth, 2010 - 2017
26,000 37%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Community Impact
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- If you’re not a member, join
- If you are a member
- Attend events
- Promote events (Intern Connect to your interns)
- Incorporate HWM into your recruiting and onboarding process
- Refer candidates in your network
- Share information about Hello West Michigan
/HelloWestMI @hellowestmich @hellowestmich ‘Hello West Michigan’
Call to Action