Despite the state and national economic climate, Michigan State University (MSU) graduates are among the preferred talent pool for new and growing Michigan tech industries.
According to excerpts from the article:
“The recent graduate is the more malleable one that can adjust themselves to whatever the opportunity is,” said Kelley Bishop, executive director of MSU Career Services & Placement.
Bishop said industries such as information technology and green careers are growing in Michigan.
“There are companies that are on the up in this state,” Bishop said. “In fact, we have a number of them that are right here in the Greater Lansing area. There are signs of growth in certain areas. It tends to be in places students have never looked before.”
To locate growing industries, students need to be entrepreneurial and willing to help small companies grow, Bishop said.
Bernie Porn, president of Lansing-based political research firm EPIC-MRA polling, said these new companies will be key in Michigan’s economic growth. Michigan has relied too heavily on one industry for too long, he said.
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