Southfield Michigan Works service center relocated to the Lawrence Technological University Enterprise Center in mid-July, making it the first center to be integrated within a university. The new office is located at 21415 Civic Center Drive, Suite 116.

The Lawrence Technological University Enterprise Center is also home to the LTU Collaboratory, a hands-on resource center that fosters business growth. The Michigan Works office offers workshops for both job seekers and businesses to help the community understand their options beyond traditional employment, creating a one-stop shop for job seekers and entrepreneurs.

To further help job seekers, Southfield Michigan Works recently entered a partnership with Cisco Net Academy to offer free access to self-paced computer courses in a variety of technical areas, including cyber security, IT essentials, mobility, entrepreneurship and more. These training courses allow beginner to intermediate technical users to explore and become more familiar with the world of Information Technology. For more information and to register in person for the Cisco Net Academy, visit Southfield Michigan Works.

The career center move was made possible in part by funding from the City's Centrepolis SmartZone. The $3.6 million Southfield Centrepolis SmartZone space is also located adjacent to LTU’s Southfield campus—along I-696, Inkster, and 11 mile—and spans across five acres. Centrepolis not only creates an educational arena where start-up businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs can learn how to take their ideas to the next level, it creates more retail, business, and residential opportunities in the heart of Southfield.

Southfield Michigan Works is one of eight locations in Oakland County designed to help both job seekers and businesses. For the job seeker, Southfield Michigan Works provides career management and job search assistance, labor market information, information about upcoming job fairs, as well as weekly workshops to assist job seekers with every aspect of their search. Business services include talent recruitment, labor market information and training support.

For more information, call Southfield Michigan Works at 1-248-796-4580.