Michigan worker vacancies

Universities have aggressively expanded medical schools with the hope that could curb a looming doctor shortage. Instead, the shortage worsened as newly licensed doctors left Michigan.

More than 1 in 4 Michiganders live in an area with a shortage of health providers. Primary care is among the worst hit.

Restoring pension and retiree health-care benefits will go a long way toward recruiting and retaining more teachers and the employees necessary to provide government services in Michigan.

Michigan has a persistent worker shortage, but many are in fields that workers consider dead dull, according to an MSU study that could close the gap in skills training.

Mandating nurse-to-patient ratios in Michigan hospitals could have dire effects for patients, and it will not solve the workforce shortage.

Some worker shortages hurt more than others, and state leaders are rushing to try to make it easier to fill vacancies from paramedics to special ed teachers.

Child psychiatrists oversee the care and medication of some of the most complex mental health cases. And yet Michigan has only about half the specialists it needs amid a surge in anxiety and depression among young people.

Michigan schools do not have enough special education teachers, leaving many students without the services they need. Higher pay may help, as would lowering barriers for college students to teach in the speciality.

The state is pumping millions of dollars into the education budget to help school districts fill bus driver vacancies. Even so, pay remains a hurdle, so some districts offer gas cards, rideshares and public transport options.

Tired of not finding trained workers, some Michigan businesses are using state funding to grow their own with apprenticeships.

Michigan schools, mental health agencies and hospitals fight over too few social workers. Could relaxed licensing, better pay help?

Michigan is pulling out the stops to get more people in college. But a shortage of high school counselors and advisors trained to explain the application, financial aid and college-going process poses a challenge.

Munson Healthcare, northern Michigan’s largest employer, will be limiting services at rural hospitals while boosting them in Traverse City. Officials cite staff shortages and rising patient demand for virtual options.

In Roscommon County, fewer than 4 in 10 adults are in the workforce. The northern Michigan vacation haven is symptomatic of a statewide worker shortage crisis that has some looking for creative solutions.

Short supply of health care “assistants” and “techs” bottlenecks health care, even in places with plenty of doctors. Here’s what Michigan is trying to do about it.

Health care experts discussed ideas and opportunities to address Michigan’s ongoing medical talent crisis.

With an estimated 9,000 openings around the state, childcare providers are struggling to serve families desperate for care.

Which comes first — job growth or population growth? Unfortunately, Michigan struggles with both.

A critical shortage of Michigan workers is forcing health care employers to rethink recruitment and retention, moving beyond paychecks to consider the benefits different workers value most.

It’s a high-stress job with middling pay. With other jobs aplenty, ambulance services are struggling to find, train and hire paramedics and EMTs, with the gap expected to grow this decade.