SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - s4story -- SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Nov. 15, 2026 — Michigan's layoff notices are landing all at once. Trinity Health is separating 557 information technology workers in Livonia through Nov. 29, according to its state WARN filing, with the work shifting to an outside technology vendor. Automotive supplier Dakkota Integrated Systems is closing its Detroit plant and cutting 397 jobs after losing its Stellantis contracts. General Motors has cut roughly 500 to 600 IT roles, including at its Warren tech center, CNBC reported.

"Here is the part the headline leaves out: most of that work still exists," said CJ Eason, President of Workforce Development at Hired in Michigan. Known to job seekers as "The Job Doctor" for her no-nonsense, solutions-based approach to job problems, Eason added: "The service desk still has to be staffed. The applications still have to run. The job changed employers — the worker's skills did not expire. You are not starting from zero. You are starting from experience."

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Eason's diagnosis: the biggest mistake after a layoff is panic — retraining for an unfamiliar field or firing off hundreds of generic applications. Her prescription is three steps for the first 30 days. "One — write down the work, not the title: the systems you ran, the problems you solved, the numbers you moved. Two — follow the work to the vendor, the competitors and the neighboring industries hiring your exact experience. Three — get in front of people. A portal application competes with a thousand uploads. A conversation competes with nobody."

The pattern is national, Eason noted: employers across the country are cutting in one division while hiring the same skills in another. "Workers everywhere are being told a whole industry closed on them. It usually didn't — one employer's org chart changed. The worker who understands that starts a month ahead."

Displaced Michigan workers can act on step three this week: Hired in Michigan hosts Michigan's largest job fair event on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Southfield, free for job seekers, where they can meet hiring employers face-to-face. Details: jobfairgiant.com. "Bring a one-page list of your work — not just your title, your proof," Eason said.

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Eason is available for interviews on the Michigan layoff wave and displaced-worker transitions.

About Hired in Michigan: Hired in Michigan is a 501(c)(3) Community Empowerment organization specializing in helping military and military-connected families, in partnership with Spouses Works, the Department of War, and Blue Star Families. It operates jobfairgiant.com, Michigan's largest job fair event, and MichiganHired.com.

Media contact: CJ Eason, President of Workforce Development, Hired in Michigan, jobfairgiant.com · MichiganHired.com, eason@hiredinmichigan.org, 248-237-3600.
http://www.MichiganHired.com