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Michigan’s Industry Cluster Approach (MICA) creates a framework in which many employers within a single industry jointly engage with the workforce system to identify their talent demand and challenges. In this approach, talent issues may be handled more efficiently through multi-company, industry-focused employment and training programs. Michigan Works! West Central's current collaboratives focus on key industry clusters in our six-county region: Health Care and Public Safety.

In addition to recruitment, placement, training and retention activities and services, activities of MICA include:

• Identification of occupational demand and vacancies.
• Assessment of underlying recruitment and training issues related to broader skills mismatches and gaps.
• Determination of hiring projections and training needs of employers.
• Re-design of educational programs to directly respond to the industry-identified demand and curriculum to address occupational skill requirements.
• Locating or developing curriculum when relevant training programs are not available.
• Identification of emerging occupations and technology and accompanying skill needs.
• Industry and career promotion activities directed to K-12 and higher education, providing teachers, career counselors, parents and students information and incentive to pursue a career in the industry cluster.

For more information about each of our industry-led collaboratives, click on the icons on the right. For general MICA information, click here.