Career Exploration StoryMap

The MiSTEM Career Exploration StoryMap is a spatial tool that combines interactive maps, text, and other multimedia content for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) career awareness, exploration, and development for students, parents, adult job seekers, and the community. The StoryMap will function as a statewide database and tool to visualize and access workforce data in a unique and useful way. 

Designed to communicate the physical location of business partners and industry clusters in Michigan, users will have the tools to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities to make better career decisions as students and adults prepare for higher education, credentialing, and the workforce.   

The map will highlight:

• high-wage and in-demand careers 
• apprenticeship and internship opportunities
• industry cluster data

The career outlook publication for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan provides multiple lists of in-demand occupations through 2030 by education and training requirements, and highlights the most in-demand STEM occupations for each of Michigan's Prosperity Regions.

The Michigan Hot 50 Jobs highlights high-demand, high-wage careers that show a favorable mix of long-term job growth, projected annual job openings, and median wages through 2030.

Pure Michigan Talent Connect is a launch pad for new jobs, careers and talent. It is a tool connecting Michigan’s job seekers and employers and serves as a central hub linking all public and private stakeholders who support Michigan’s workforce. Pure Michigan Talent Connect serves as the State’s labor exchange system.

The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Employment & Training (LEO-E&T) and partners are proud offer an online career planning tool to help increase the number of Michigan residents with high-quality, in-demand degrees and credentials by providing information to students to make informed choices about educational and career options. Pathfinder presents current Michigan labor market information, longitudinal wage data and institutional data and metrics.

Professions that are listed for STEM Occupations on O’NET require education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

The O*NET Program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Valid data are essential to understanding the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce and U.S. economy. From this information, applications are developed to facilitate the development and maintenance of a skilled workforce.