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lawyers and engineers in the former
the prospects looking for jobs, and
Soviet Union who found themselves
working with the business communi-
working
in a factory in the United
ty, exchanging our resources."
States. Once they learned the lan-
That was how Jack Simon of
guage, they left for better jobs.
TecArt Industries, Inc., became
"They (the Russian immigrants)
involved. The president of the Farm-
are our best employees, even though
ington Hills-based plastics manufac-
we are talking about minimum-wage
turing company best known for their
shop labor," said Berg, who recently
point-of-purchase signs and displays,
hired another Russian immigrant,
helping
resettled
heard about JVS
Valentin Blyakhman.
immigrants and called the agency. "I
JVS has placed many former Russ-
ended up with Galina on the other
ian engineers at Troy-based Hawtal
end of the phone," said Simon, "and
Whiting, Inc..Heidi Zwar is training
I asked her who she had available?
coordinator for the firm, which pri-
She brought over Vladimir and Sima
marily supplies manpower to General
Rozenblat and we hired them both."
Motors. Zwar said she heard about
At the same time, TecArt also
JVS
from a consultant, Judy God-
hired a third Russian immigrant
dard,
who gave her Sarkisian's name.
Aleksandr
Mizioznikov
JVS.
through
"I heard they (JVS) had excess
has worked for the firm for five years
engineers who wanted to stay work-
alongside Rozenblat.
ing as engineers, and not work in a
Sima worked at TecArt for several
pizza shop," said Zwar. "These are
years, but had to leave because of a
highly educated, hard workers. We
health problem. Until recently,-she
retrain them into designers who have
worked as an accountant, but now
the necessary backgrounds to become
she is helping to care for a new
assimilated into the automobile
grandchild.
industry."
At TecArt, Vladimir Rozenblat is
Since spring 1997, Hawtal Whit-
responsible for quality control and
ing has trained more than 30 former
the assembly of electric signs. He
Russian engi-
trains new
Photos by Krista Husa
neers hired
employees and
through JVS.
suggests better
Zwar, who
ways to make
functions as
the company's
liaison between
products. Many
JVS and the
of his ideas have
recruiters, calls
been incorporat-
her relationship
ed into TecArt's
with
JVS "ben-
production
eficial
for both,
process.
sides."
Rozenblat's
Naomi Ashel
work ethic has
is manager of
paid off far
administration
beyond being his
at PPOM, the
being named a
managed health
JVS Employee of
care provider.
the Year. He now
Her manager of
owns his own
enrollment,
home in South-
Carol Davis of
field, and owns a
Westland, was
new car as well.
another of the
Vladimir Rozenblat is happily living the
Even though he
American
Dream.
four
JVS
was an engineer,
Employees
of
a home and an
the
Year
honored
at
the
"Strictly
automobile were unattainable goals in
Business" luncheon.
Russia.
"Carol Davis was the first person I
Carol Berg, TecArt's vice president,
hired through JVS," said Ashel. "Ten
said Rozenblat was not the first JVS
years ago, JVS called me and recorn-
referral hired by her firm. "We had
mended Davis, who was then in thei
other employees through JVS before
Displaced Homemakers Program
he came. We constantly use JVS as a
(since renamed Women to Work, and
source for employees."
revamped under the direction of
Berg said a number of the Russian
Laura
Sachs Kohn).
refugees have used TecArt as a career
"Carol, who had been working as a
stepping stone. Many were doctors,