The Michigan Job Search blog at MLive.com is reporting that 10,000 tickets will be free on a first-come basis starting at 9 a.m. Saturday Nov. 21 for the MAC Championship football game on Friday Dec. 4 for the jobless, military and United Auto Workers members.
A snippet with the rules:
Organizers will give out 10,000 free tickets [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Monroe, Mich.
The Project Connect community information expo will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 18 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, parish hall, 937 E. Third St., Monroe, Mich., immediately before the God Works! Family Soup Kitchen dinner.
It is free and open to all [...]

This article is on page 7A of today’s edition of The Monroe Evening News and is for the former employees of the Holcim plant in Dundee, Mich.
Former workers for Holcim (US) Inc. at Dundee, Mich., have been deemed eligible for training and benefits under the federal Trade Adjustment Act.
It means they can get weekly income [...]

Here’s another freebie for the unemployed: The Medical Weight Loss Clinics in Michigan and Ohio are offering free 10 weeks of its service starting Thursday to anyone who can prove he or she is unemployed.
This is a first, come, first-served offer, limit 25 clients per clinic. The locations include Detroit, Dearborn, Ann Arbor and Toledo.
More [...]

CNN has a gallery called Freebies for the Jobless that features businesses across the country who are reaching out to the unemployed.
Now, keep in mind this is a hit and miss situation. Whether such an opportunity is available in YOUR neighborhood depends on whether a business, non-profit group or local government agency has decided to [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Flat Rock, Mich.:
Flat Rock Public Library, 25200 Gibraltar Rd., Flat Rock, Mich., will hold a resume class from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday Nov. 7.
This class will focus on resume do’s and don’t’s, four types of resumes, and tips for employment sites on the web.
The class [...]

This article is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich., and is on page 6A of today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News:
A free, non-credit course on construction is being offered to unemployed persons at Monroe County Community College, 1555 S. Raisinville Rd., Monroe, Mich.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s 10-Hour Construction Outreach [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Toledo, Ohio:
The Northwest Ohio Veterans Job Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday Nov. 19 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza / Amtrak Central Union Terminal, 415 Emerald Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
More than 60 employers and community organizations are participating.
All U.S. [...]

Are you a crafter or vendor with a home-based business? A lot of people do that either as a spinoff from their hobby, or to bring in a bit more income when the day job salary isn’t enough.
The fall and holiday craft and vendor show schedules for Monroe County, Mich., are arriving so fast at [...]

There was a clip on a local TV station this week that followed up on a formerly unemployed woman who recently landed a job.
Some of you have seen it. I did. The follow-up report makes it easy to assume that the posting of a video resume is what got her the job.
That’s a little too [...]