Back in 2010, Hello West Michigan was the only organization of its kind in the country: employer driven and governed by employers. Today, it has become a model organization for others in Maine, South Carolina, Ohio and Lansing. Hello West Michigan has also been recognized as a thought leading organization by Forbes, Crain’s BusinessDetroitand the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). 2020 marks 10 years of HelloWest Michigan’s community impact on the region. A decade of educating, attracting, and connecting people to West Michigan. HelloWestMichigan’s 2020 Annual Meeting will take place on February 27, 2020. Local business leaderswill explainwhytheychoose to invest in regional talent attraction efforts, and individuals who have transplanted to West Michigan will share their experiences. Keep an eye on hellowestmichigan.com and Hello West Michigan’s social media pages throughout 2020 to learn more about how they’re celebrating 10 years of community impact.
• If questionswereasked about acommunity, resources were scattered and incomplete • Minimal emphasis was placed on the employment needs of a trailing significant other or family • If a candidate relocated for a position, there was a good chance they would leave in the first 12 – 18 months. The Chief Information Officers Council (CIOC), a peer roundtable group convened out of The Right Place, recognized these issues and the need for a regional solution. Together with a group of community partners, these forward-thinking employers created the organization now known as Hello West Michigan. In January of 2010, hellowestmichigan.com was launched. Today, the website is known as a regional hub of information for people exploring relocation, containing more than 1,000 linked resources and receiving 40,000 visitors a year, on average.
The year is 2010, and this is what’s going on in the world: • The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) releases its report confirming that the U.S. recession officially ended in June 2009 • The Deepwater Horizon oil spill leaks more than 130 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of threemonths • “Snowmageddon” blankets the east coast with 40 inches of snow in less than a week • The first-generation Apple iPad is released • A catastrophic 7.0 Mw earthquake strikes Haiti 15 miles southwest of the country’s capital Things are a bit different today than they were 10 years ago. Talent attraction was vastly different then, too: • Recruiters sold candidates on jobs and companies, but paid little attention to community
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