WWDA names Joel Nilsestuen as new Executive Director
For Immediate Release December 18, 2014 Contact: Joel Nilsestuen, Executive Director New Leadership at the Wisconsin Workforce Development Association MADISON—Joel Nilsestuen joins the Wisconsin Workforce Development Association (WWDA) today as its Executive Director. “We are very pleased to have Joel join us at the WWDA. Workforce issues are key to our region’s success and a strong statewide […]
Workforce Development Board Offers Construction Training Academy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2015 Workforce Development Board Offers Construction Training Academy MADISON—The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin is offering its Foundations for the Trades Academy, a comprehensive training program for those interested in careers in the construction trades industry, beginning in February 2015. The program uses an industry-recognized approach to learning […]
WDBSCW amongst winners of Agricultural Fast Forward Training Grants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2014 Contact: Jackie Hall, 608.249.9001 or jhall@wdbscw.org MADISON—The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW) is amongst the Round 3 winners of worker training grants from the Department of Workforce Development’s Wisconsin Fast Forward (WFF) initiative. The WDBSCW, in partnership with its sister organization, Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board, and the […]
The Workforce Development Board is Hiring!
The Workforce Development Board is seeking candidates for its available communications internship position. Applicants must have the creativity and drive to help support our organization’s communication and marketing goals. During this paid internship, the Communications Intern will team up with the Manager of Quality & Communications to help tell our story and create awareness of our work through multiple […]
Foundational Construction Training Program Graduates Newest Class
September 26, 2014 Contact: Jackie Hall, jhall@wdbscw.org or 608.249.9001 Foundational Construction Training Program Graduates Newest Class MADISON—The local construction industry can turn to new talent for its available job openings as the Foundations for the Trades Academy graduated its newest cohort of students today. The program is one of the region’s workforce development initiatives that focuses on developing […]
In the News: Middle College prepares students for success
September 22, 2014 Editor’s Note: News article reposted from the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen’s September 22, 2014 article by Terri Pederson: http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/local/article_af1069b4-f873-5a22-92ba-2285669dee96.html Middle College prepares students for success BEAVER DAM—Students are benefiting from a program at Moraine Park Technical College that allows them to take manufacturing classes while they are still in high school. Middle College […]
News Release: September is Workforce Development Month, WWDA Events Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2014 Editor’s Note: Press release issued by the Wisconsin Workforce Development Association Contact: Sue Gleason, Interim Executive Director, 608.249.9001 Preparing Your Future Workforce – In September and Year Round MADISON, WI—Wisconsin’s 11 workforce boards cover the entire state, serving over 25,000 job seekers every year and developing over 15,000 business relationships […]
News Release: Workforce Development Board Announces Recent Hires
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2014 Workforce Development Board Announces Recent Hires MADISON, WI — The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW), a private, not-for-profit firm focused on developing innovative and demand-driven workforce solutions to serve business and workers, is excited to announce multiple new hires to its team. Dan Perrine Dan Perrine […]
Area Manufacturing Employees, Companies Benefit from Fast Forward Grant
Contact: Jackie Hall, 608.249.9001 LODI, WI—Columbia County manufacturer, Anteco Pharma, welcomed State representatives to its facility on August 7 to highlight its participation in new worker trainings supported by a Wisconsin Fast Forward grant award. The award will help six area manufacturers, including Anteco Pharma, in offering customized training from Madison College to more than […]
President Signs Bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act into Law
July 22, 2014 Washington, D.C.—President Obama signed into law the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) on July 22, 2014. This bipartisan legislation was created to improve our nations workforce development system and help get Americans back to work as quickly as possible. The WIOA does this by streamlining the workforce development system, giving the […]