March 8, 2007

Luring labor to region is tough

In the wake of Comerica's announcement that it will move its headquarters from Michigan to Texas, the newspaper interviewed several Metro Detroit experts about how to attract job candidates to the state. Randy Paschke, chair of the Accounting Department in the School of Business Administration, said that when he needs to hire someone, he looks for a candidate with ties to the area. "It's hard to get somebody and say, 'You've never been to Michigan, come to Detroit,'" he said. One person he hired is associate professor Santanu Mitra. He has family in Novi and said that he had no reservations about moving to the Detroit area.

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