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Workforce
Your business can be confident it will find a talented workforce in the Lakeshore area. The Lakeshore area workforce has a history of seeking win-win relationships with employers. Many employers have helped foster this relationship by offering quality work environments, advancement opportunities and performance-based financial rewards. These benefits have created an attitude of cooperation between employer and employees not found in other parts of the country.
Business Community
Our workforce has helped a number of companies grow to exceptional levels. Firms such as Gentex, Prince (now Johnson Controls), Donnelly (now Magna Donnelly), Haworth, Herman Miller, Howard Miller, Request Foods, ODL, US Filter (now a Siemens company), Bil Mar (now Sara Lee) and Tiara Yachts, were all founded here by local entrepreneurs. The supportive and skilled workforce enabled these entrepreneurs to grow exponentially. The can-do spirit of the lakeshore workforce is highlighted by the extensive cross-training and minimal job classifications within area firms.
Wage by Occupation
Typically, wages in the Lakeshore area are less than the national average compared by occupation. The lower cost of living in the area allows for employees to get more value from their paychecks compared to other parts of the country. Wage by Occupation Summary.pdf
Workforce Availability
One of the community’s top manufacturing companies offers this recent experience, proving the area's workforce is conducive to growing businesses:
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400 new production positions filled in 2005 (75% with two years of tech training or four year degree)
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4,000 online applications
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1,000 people interviewed
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Less than 2% of those people filling jobs failed a drug screen test
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Enjoys 98% scheduled time
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Less than 2% absenteeism
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Less than 10% turnover of hourly staff; less than 4% turnover of salaried staff
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