SER Metro-Detroit, Jobs for Progress, Inc . is a multi-service community-based corporation of
recognized competence, demonstrated effectiveness, and well established history of 35 years,
providing effective educational training and employment programs, activities and associated services
for residents and employers of Metropolitan Detroit.
Since 1971, SER has consistently maintained a high performance record in the skills training and
placement of consumers into unsubsidized employment in the private sector and in providing
employers with a diverse, qualified workforce. The means by which our mission of cultivating a
qualified, skilled and adaptable workforce for metropolitan Detroit and the global economy is reflected
in our name:
SER: Service, Employment, and Redevelopment.
SER works to give each consumer of services the resources needed to create a life of self-sufficiency
and self-fulfillment. SER's program mix includes: literacy and education, job readiness skills training,
occupational skills training, worker retraining and readjustment, job seeker and employer services,
welfare reform programming, economic and community development, employment, and extensive
youth programming. The services delivery system includes the active participation of the public and
private sectors, education, and government.
SER's staff of over 250 committed individuals is a major asset to those whom we serve, as is the
network of business partners, human services agencies, faith-based organizations, workforce
development partners, educators, employers, state and government agencies and other stakeholders.
SER has grown from a small clerical program in Southwest Detroit to a multi-service, multi-state
corporation that operates a comprehensive services delivery system serving any individual and
employer seeking service.
SER is an equal opportunity employer, which administers recruitment, employment, transfer, training
and promotion practices without discrimination based on height, political opinion or affiliation, weight,
race, gender, religion, age, national origin, martial status, or unrelated handicap.
SER Metro is an equal opportunity employer funded in part by the Michigan Department of Career
Development and the Detroit Workforce Development Department. Equal Opportunity
Employer/Program Auxiliary aids and services available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
recognized competence, demonstrated effectiveness, and well established history of 35 years,
providing effective educational training and employment programs, activities and associated services
for residents and employers of Metropolitan Detroit.
Since 1971, SER has consistently maintained a high performance record in the skills training and
placement of consumers into unsubsidized employment in the private sector and in providing
employers with a diverse, qualified workforce. The means by which our mission of cultivating a
qualified, skilled and adaptable workforce for metropolitan Detroit and the global economy is reflected
in our name:
SER: Service, Employment, and Redevelopment.
SER works to give each consumer of services the resources needed to create a life of self-sufficiency
and self-fulfillment. SER's program mix includes: literacy and education, job readiness skills training,
occupational skills training, worker retraining and readjustment, job seeker and employer services,
welfare reform programming, economic and community development, employment, and extensive
youth programming. The services delivery system includes the active participation of the public and
private sectors, education, and government.
SER's staff of over 250 committed individuals is a major asset to those whom we serve, as is the
network of business partners, human services agencies, faith-based organizations, workforce
development partners, educators, employers, state and government agencies and other stakeholders.
SER has grown from a small clerical program in Southwest Detroit to a multi-service, multi-state
corporation that operates a comprehensive services delivery system serving any individual and
employer seeking service.
SER is an equal opportunity employer, which administers recruitment, employment, transfer, training
and promotion practices without discrimination based on height, political opinion or affiliation, weight,
race, gender, religion, age, national origin, martial status, or unrelated handicap.
SER Metro is an equal opportunity employer funded in part by the Michigan Department of Career
Development and the Detroit Workforce Development Department. Equal Opportunity
Employer/Program Auxiliary aids and services available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
About Us
Events
Join Us October 2008
for SER’s Annual Amigos de SER
Business Recognition Luncheon
click here for more info.
Contact Us
Main Office (One-Stop Career Center)
phone: 313.846.2240
fax: 313.846.2247
Annex Office (Jobs, Education and
Training (JET) Program)
phone: 313.846.2240
fax: 313.945.1566
info@sermetro.org
Join Us October 2008
for SER’s Annual Amigos de SER
Business Recognition Luncheon
click here for more info.
Contact Us
Main Office (One-Stop Career Center)
phone: 313.846.2240
fax: 313.846.2247
Annex Office (Jobs, Education and
Training (JET) Program)
phone: 313.846.2240
fax: 313.945.1566
info@sermetro.org
Metro - Detroit
SER
SER
Jobs for Progress, Inc.
