Flipping common wisdom about metro Detroit on its ear: the problem isn't too few engineering jobs. It's too few engineers.
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Fifty-one companies, from Bosch to Hyundai to DTE Energy, looked to fill almost 3,500 positions. For the first time in a long time, engineers like Nancy Miron no longer were scared. The 54-year-old left Michigan during the recession for a job in Kentucky, only to be laid off there. She still owns a home in Royal Oak.
"The market is better than it was several years ago," she said. "I'm not worried."
Even so, a shortage of highly skilled workers is threatening to stall newfound growth for business and the state economy, even as millions across the country are looking for work.
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