Wolverine Technical Staffing sees 20% job growth
Wolverine Technical Staffing is one of those companies that can serve as a bellwether for Michigan’s new economy.The 25-year-old firm helps place knowledge workers in IT jobs. The company has watched the number of IT job openings jump 20 percent over the last year. “We’re just seeing more job opportunities,” says Caroline Wessel, general manager of Wolverine Technical Staffing. “Our clients have more openings than we can fill.”Wolverine Technical Staffing has also seen its client list expand by 20 percent in the same time period, allowing it to grow its staff to 11 people in Ann Arbor, plus 50-100 independent contractors in the field. It sees 2011 panning out the same way, which should allow the company to add another 1-2 positions.”We have really expanded our client base,” Wessel says. She adds that many of those clients are having a hard time filling those positions because the workforce hasn’t caught up with the elevated skill set demanded by these companies. Source: Caroline Wessel, general manager of Wolverine Technical StaffingWriter: Jon ZemkeRead more about Metro Detroit’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
Wolverine Technical Staffing is one of those companies that can serve as a bellwether for Michigan’s new economy.
The 25-year-old firm helps place knowledge workers in IT jobs. The company has watched the number of IT job openings jump 20 percent over the last year. “We’re just seeing more job opportunities,” says Caroline Wessel, general manager of Wolverine Technical Staffing. “Our clients have more openings than we can fill.”
Wolverine Technical Staffing has also seen its client list expand by 20 percent in the same time period, allowing it to grow its staff to 11 people in Ann Arbor, plus 50-100 independent contractors in the field. It sees 2011 panning out the same way, which should allow the company to add another 1-2 positions.
“We have really expanded our client base,” Wessel says. She adds that many of those clients are having a hard time filling those positions because the workforce hasn’t caught up with the elevated skill set demanded by these companies.
Source: Caroline Wessel, general manager of Wolverine Technical Staffing
Writer: Jon Zemke
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