News Release: Fast Forward grant award to train manufacturing workers in South Central Wisconsin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2014 Editor’s Note: This release includes an excerpt from the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) news release issued on May 15, 2014. A Fast Forward manufacturing grant award totaling $74,369 has been issued to help train 132 incumbent employees of Anteco Pharma, CM Global, EVCO, Fisher Barton Specialty Products, McFarlane MFG, Springs […]
News Release: $150,000 Blueprint for Prosperity Grant Awarded to WDBSCW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2014 Contact: Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, 608.249.9001 Editor’s Note: This release includes an excerpt from the Department of Workforce Development news release issued on May 6, 2014. $150,000 Blueprint for Prosperity Grant Awarded to Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin […]
State Representatives tour South Central Wisconsin Job Center
Six Wisconsin State Representatives joined the Workforce Development Board leaders and Job Center partners in a tour of the Dane County Job Center on April 29. Job Center staff briefed Chris Taylor, State Representative for the 76th Assembly District; Mark Miller, Wisconsin State Senator for the 16th District; Andy Jorgensen, State Representative for the 43rd Assembly District, […]
Mature Workforce Summit showcases benefits, solutions to retain and reengage aging workforce
As part of the Mature Workforce Campaign, the Workforce Development Board convened high-level executives and human resource professionals to attend a special summit around the mature workforce on April 24 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. The event, “Responding to a Maturing Workforce: An Employer Summit” brought together an array of experts from the private sector and the workforce […]
First Statewide Business Services Summit convenes hundreds of workforce professionals
Collabor8 2014, the first Statewide Business Services Summit, was held in Madison on April 24-25. The event convened nearly 200 workforce professionals to learn and discuss how to better service Wisconsin businesses. The Wisconsin Workforce Development Association and its Business Services Group hosted and planned the event in partnership with the State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce […]
Wisconsin Public Radio features Middle College as effort to prepare young talent for manufacturing industry
The Middle College initiative was featured in Wisconsin Public Radio’s segment “Wisconsin Manufacturers Struggle To Attract Young People” that aired on April 11, 2014. The feature focuses on initiatives across the state of Wisconsin that are helping attract younger workers to the manufacturing industry. Read the article or listen to the audio below. Click here […]
Dane County program trains unemployed for jobs in the trades
Pat Schramm, director of the Workforce Development Board, cites that “graduates will hit the ground running as they begin the job application process in search of an opportunity to put their newly learned skills to work” in part because of the Foundations for the Trades Academy in the April 4, 2014 Cap Times article. Read […]
News Release: Foundations for the Trades Academy Prepares for Graduation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON–The newest student cohort of Foundations for the Trades Academy is scheduled to graduate on Friday, April 4, 2014 as part of the program’s 3rd annual graduation ceremony. During the 6-week training program conducted by program partners including Construction Training, Inc., Operation Fresh Start and Urban League of Greater Madison, these recruits received both classroom […]
Bricklayers featured in the Trade Up campaign
Bricklayer apprenticeships are this month’s feature in the Trade Up Campaign, an 8-month apprenticeship awareness project geared toward high school students, parents and educators in 16 high school districts in Dane County. The campaign features videos and resources on how to pursue an apprenticeship in the trades. For more on the trade and the campaign, […]
1,200+ attend Regional Job Fair
The annual Dane County Regional Job Fair, hosted by Wisconsin Job Service and partners, surpassed last year’s job fair attendance record at the February 24 event. The event was held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, and drew 1,283 job seekers in a mere 5 hours–breaking last year’s attendance count of 900 job […]