Crafting High Quality Products With Fun Along the Way FIRST & 42 has scouted around Southwest Michigan to find workplaces that know how to make work both fulfilling and fun for employees. We are letting out the cheers for our Wonderful Workplace winners with...
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Southwest Michigan Jobless Rates Continue Downward Trend
Seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates continued their downward fall in all 17 Michigan major labor market areas during October 2020, according to data released from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB). “Regional jobless rates...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: CSM Group
A Family of Uncompromising Leaders FIRST & 42 is featuring the winners of our 2020 Wonderful Workplaces competition with stories about amazing organizational cultures and human resources practices that truly stand out in our region. Today we are celebrating CSM...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Champion: Workforce Strategies, Inc.
Empowering Others To Live Their Best Lives Driven by culture and talent, Workforce Strategies, Inc. (WSI) was founded in 2001 and has been giving the recruitment and staffing industry a good name ever since. Whether you’re a business researching new staffing partners,...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: Honor Credit Union
People Helping People FIRST & 42 has scouted around Southwest Michigan to find workplaces that know how to make work both fulfilling and fun for employees. Honor Credit Union (HCU), a member-owned financial institution, received the distinction of being a...
2020 Wonderful Workplaces Winner: TowerPinkster
Celebrating Curiosity through Culture and Design TowerPinkster, a firm of architects and engineers committed to design integrity, quality, and environmental responsibility, is a FIRST & 42 2020 Wonderful Workplaces winner. Its doors opened in 1953 with just six...
Hats off To the 2020 Wonderful Workplaces Champions
15 regional companies shined bright this year in the Wonderful Workplaces competition powered by FIRST & 42, earning them the title of 2020 Wonderful Workplaces Champion. FIRST & 42 scouted around Southwest Michigan to find workplaces that know how to make...
Samson’s Haircare Cuts Through the Competition To Win Catalyst University’s Makers’ Mart Title
The votes have been counted and the winner of the sixth annual Makers’ Mart competition has been named! On Friday, December 4, 2020, Samson’s Haircare earned the coveted Makers’ Mart title at Catalyst University, a three-day leadership event hosted by Southwest...
Meet the 2020 Makers’ Mart Finalists
VOTE HERE! There is nothing small about the impact that small business has on our community. Over the past nine months, we have seen small businesses throughout our region and state put their skills to the test to innovate and reinvent to better support customer...
Let’s Take a Pause to Save Lives
Tonight, Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued a new emergency order to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect our families, frontline workers, and small businesses from the virus. This order takes effect this...
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Latest4 Flutes Machining Helps Power American Defense
Inside 4 Flutes Machining in Vicksburg, the work is precise, technical and deeply connected to...










