NOVO 1 Contact Center has 44 open full-time positions for Customer Service Representatives. Employees are well-trained and work in an excellent, professional atmosphere. Wages begin at $9.00/hour plus benefits.

NOVO 1 is a strong proponent of personal growth and these positions come with a great opportunity for advancement and promotion.

Individuals can visit Michigan Works! service centers in person to pick up an application. Michigan Works! service centers include:

The Michigan Works Summer Youth Employment Program is a 2009 summer effort through the American Recov-ery Reinvestment Act to employ qualified youths ages 14 – 24. The federal grant received by all Michigan Works agencies in Michigan provides the wages for the working youths.

Esmeralda Hernandez, 18 of Holland would have been home today sleeping or cleaning the house. In-stead she is working at the Greater Ottawa County United Way as an Administrative Assistant for the summer.

Ms. Hernandez is a participant in the Ottawa County Michigan Works Summer Youth Program, and is placed at the Greater Ottawa County United Way office on Clover Street in Holland.

Ottawa County Michigan Works and Grand Rapids Community College will create a training partnership supporting MEGA Funding recipients, Energetx Composites of Holland, and Integrated Fabric Resource of Zeeland.

Grand Rapids Community College is developing training programs for both Energetx Composites and Integrated Fabric Resource as they begin ramping up production, and in the case of Energetx Composites, moving into a different market.

Ottawa County Michigan Works - Public Web Site Design Input Survey

Ottawa County Michigan Works is in the initial stages of developing a new web site. We want to be more responsive to our job seeking client base and to our business clients.

We are seeking feedback from the public at large in order to better gauge our users which will guide us as we seek to enhance our content.

Michigan Works Youth Program Contacts:

Stephen Santellan, Career Manager, Michigan Works – 616.494.8804, ssantellan@ocmwa.org.
Margie Hughes, Youth Program Manager, Michigan Works – 616.494.8831, mhughes@ocmwa.org.

The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holland will host the Michigan Works Youth Program event, Focus Youth Conference. The conference will be held Thursday, June 11 from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm.

The Focus Youth Conference is open for registration to youths only – ages 14 – 21.

Participants in this year’s Walk For Warmth, held Saturday, February 14 at City On A Hill in Zeeland, represented 13 different schools from all over Ottawa County. Of the approximately 180 walkers, most were students.

Zeeland High School Spanish III and IV classes raised a record number of pledges this year. The ZHS contingent led by Spanish teacher, Becky Purnell, raised over $3400, and provided nearly half of the number of walkers.

The City of Zeeland on Valentine’s Day was host to a very successful fund-raising event called The Walk For Warmth. The Walk was held at City On A Hill Ministries where approximately 180 people representing 12 towns, 13 schools and 16 companies, as well as families coming to walk and contribute, brought in over $6,000 to bolster Ottawa County Community Action Agency’s Utilities Assistance Fund. Including corporate sponsorships the 2009 Walk For Warmth raised a total of $21,000.