Ann Arbor’s ProQuest doubles staff
The people at ProQuest have become old pros at creating jobs in Ann Arbor.Excerpt:The company that is ProQuest today hasn’t changed its business philosophy since it was started in Ann Arbor 71 years ago.Back then the company focused on commercializing microfilm into a product. Today is focuses on offering specialized information from journal articles, dissertations, and newspaper stories (it has agreements with The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press) electronically. They sell it to researchers at every level, from grade school to commercial.”The last two years we have grown substantially,” says Elliot Forsyth, senior vice president of human resources for ProQuest. “We have literally doubled in size. A lot of that has been through acquisitions and strategic investments back in the business.”Read the rest of the story here.
The people at ProQuest have become old pros at creating jobs in Ann Arbor.
Excerpt:
The company that is ProQuest today hasn’t changed its business philosophy since it was started in Ann Arbor 71 years ago.
Back then the company focused on commercializing microfilm into a product. Today is focuses on offering specialized information from journal articles, dissertations, and newspaper stories (it has agreements with The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press) electronically. They sell it to researchers at every level, from grade school to commercial.
“The last two years we have grown substantially,” says Elliot Forsyth, senior vice president of human resources for ProQuest. “We have literally doubled in size. A lot of that has been through acquisitions and strategic investments back in the business.”
Read the rest of the story here.
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