"The West Michigan workforce long has been touted as one of the area's key resources. Now a survey echoes that perception, showing the area has a higher-rated workforce than other parts of the U.S.
"A whopping 59 percent of local executives rated the 'quality of the workforce' in this area at the highest two points on a seven-point scale. Nationally, workforces were only rated that high by 31 percent of companies on a national survey," Lakeshore Advantage Business Services Director Bruce Adair said.
"This verifies what people have always said about the West Michigan labor market. We've got a strong work ethic and people here are industrious."
Adair surveyed 81 West Michigan corporate leaders and compared their answers with results from a 2008 national survey of 25,000 executives on an array of topics, including workforce quality.
Adair's comparison found 13 percent of company leaders nationally rated their workforce in the two lowest categories. No West Michigan company gave its workers that low a rating."
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