metromode - Job News

Hamtramck has a long Hollywood connection

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Wayne State student marketing firm wins $50,000 grant

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

U.S. Army gives Karmanos Cancer Institute $4.6 million for cancer research

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

GREEN SPACE: Tours, conventions, and other green-minded events coming at you

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the coming weeks, there are a smattering of events of interest to those who are thinking about the health of the planet. Check out this week's edition of Green Space for the details.

BillHighway.net uses money pools to create triple-digit growth

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Billhighway.com is putting groups of people on the easy road to figuring out just who owes how much, and is expecting to hire six more people while doing it.

Zana Network expects to more than double in size helping small biz grow

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Zana Network is already growing fast and it expects to keep up that pace as it plans to add more than 40 new jobs in the next year.

ES3 doubles its size, expects to hire 2-5 more people

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

ES3 is on a quick growth path, doubling in size and expecting to hire another 2-5 people for its Rochester Hills headquarters this year.

Nex3 Communications poised for huge growth in Detroit, Chicago

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Nex3 Communications is poised for some big growth, expecting to sign some big contracts, take in some venture capital and create 25-30 jobs in the next year.

MEDC tax breaks lead to 867 new jobs in Metro Detroit

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

More companies are cashing in on Metro Detroit, using $11.3 million in tax breaks to invest $34 million in expansion and creation of 867 new jobs.

Macomb Community College to offer courses in sustainability

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Macomb Community College has added five classes based on sustainability this fall for continuing ed students.

Standard Medical Systems opening new offices, plans to create 25 new jobs

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Standard Medical Systems is raising the bar as it raises its expectations. The TechTown-based firm plans to double its staff within the next year as it grows.

Ex-Pfizerites turn office closings into promising OtoMedicine start-up

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Pfizer, smizer. OtoMedicine is making moves with ex-employees from the drug maker.

Wayne State study finds new way of reducing risk of heart disease

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

U-D Mercy works to keep more engineers, innovators in Michigan

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rochester's Brand Labs quintuples employee base in less than two years

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Brand Labs is looking to take its brand of e-commerce outsourcing and turn it into jobs in Rochester.

BOSSdev on track for 100 percent growth this year

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

BOSSdev in Troy isn't just growing, it's going completely gangbusters, as the firm prepares for another 100-percent-plus growth year in 2008.

Advisicon looks to go from two to 15 people within two years

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Advisicon's Metro Detroit office is prepared to make a big jump in employee numbers, going from 2 to 15 within two years.

Fisher CoachWorks expects ultra-light hybrid bus to create 1,000 jobs

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Fisher CoachWorks has been reborn, this time as the manufacturer of the Chevy
Volt of hybrid buses.

CerMet Lab plans to grow 10 fold by end of 2009

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CerMet Lab thinks it has a magic answer for better fuel efficiency in cars and better job creation and Michigan.

Interactive Capacity Gateway turns online logistics into Metro Detroit jobs

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Southfield-based Interactive Capacity Gateway creates software that helps other firms manage logistics via the Internet.

GREEN SPACE: The Dream Cruise gets, well, a bit greener

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Dream Cruise is kinda like the antithesis of what Green Space is all about. So this week's edition is about damning with faint praise the small efforts the event is making to 'greenify' itself -- along with pointing out the bad stuff it continues to do.

Caraco's profits soar from pharmaceutical sales, hires hundreds

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Caraco Pharmaceuticals is making mega bucks in the Motor City as the Detroit-based firm continues to add dozens of local jobs.

Pipex Pharmaceuticals hires former Pfizer workers, has three job openings

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Pipex Pharamaceuticals is helping budding drug companies on their journey to FDA approval. Good thing it's staying put to do it, bringing in three more people to Ann Arbor.

ADR expects huge growth in Ann Arbor, looking for 3-4 people

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

ADR is looking to take a few big steps forward this year, and it's starting by hiring 3-4 people.

TradeMaster's growth doubles down, plans to hire as many as 8 people

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

TradeMaster is mastering its trade as it introduces it products to the west of the U.S. and continues its rapid growth.

Start-up SellMyBusiness.com aims for $10 million in first year

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

SellMyBusiness.com is, you guessed it, making it easier for people to buy and sell businesses on the Internet. The Bingham Farms-based firm hopes to hit $10 million in revenue this year.

Adopt-A-Watt establishes an alternative energy presence in Metro Detroit

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Royal Oak company wants to help companies make a statement about the environment. Adopt-A-Watt wants to sell sponsorship of solar-powered streetlights in a similar way the adopt-a-highway program works.

VIOPOINT turns efficiencies for clients into jobs, plans to hire 2-3

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

VIOPOINT focuses on making a businesses information readily available to the right people and is doing it so well its making jobs readily available to the right people. The firm hopes to hire 2-3 people within the next year.

Tipping Point creates jobs while building brands in Rochester, plans to hire 3-4

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rochester-based Tipping Point is creating jobs by helping firms build their brands. The firm has become so successful it expects to hire another 3-4 people this year.

German-based Mackevision to move office to downtown Ferndale

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mackevision may be from Germany but its creating jobs here in its soon-to-be-occupied Ferndale office.