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Workforce Development Board, DWD set forum Feb. 15
February 2, 2023Steve Sharp | Watertown Daily Times MADISON – A workforce development forum in Jefferson Feb. 15 will highlight training resources, employment opportunities and local success stories. The Workf...
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Inmate Serving time AFter 5 OWIs Impresses with Commencement Speech
December 21, 2022Samara Kalk Derby | Wisconsin State Journal David Tatro gave a commencement speech at Madison College Tuesday morning that had the two people who spoke after him marveling. One of them was Department...
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‘Started from the Bottom’: Incarcerated Grads Earn Madison College Diplomas
December 21, 2022Kayla Huynh | The Cap Times Following 16 weeks of electrical maintenance and industrial power courses, nine incarcerated students received technical diplomas from Madison College Tuesday morning. The...
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‘Leadership Development Academy’ Graduates Recognized; Opportunities, Inc. Hosts Ceremony
December 20, 2022Kim McDarison | Fort Atkinson Online Thirteen graduates of a “Leadership Development Academy” program developed by the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW), and...
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WorkSmart Smartly Works with Locals to Find Smart Work
October 10, 2022Jonathan Shipley | WiscNews October 7, 2022 Tracy Carbonara needed a job. The Wisconsin Dells resident worked in the restaurant industry for years. She managed a restaurant but lost her job and wasn&...
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Incarcerated Students Graduate from Madison College Carpentry Program
July 27, 2022Juliana Tornabene | NBC 15 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Incarcerated students graduated from Madison College’s carpentry program Tuesday morning. The carpentry program allows jail residents to ...
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Podcast: How Apprenticeship Navigators Can Connect Secondary Students to Registered Adult Apprenticeships
January 24, 2022Wisconsin Transition Improvement Grant Wisconsin’s Registered Adult Apprenticeship (RA) Program now has Apprenticeship Navigators to help guide secondary school youth to engage in the RA progra...
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American Girl Details Impact of Middleton Relocation, Consolidation
January 24, 2022Nick Viviani and Elizabeth Wadas | NBC15 MIDDLETON, Wis. (WMTV) – More than four dozen American Girl workers will be affected by the company’s decision to relocate its corporate office ...
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Changes and Continuity in the Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Under WIOA
January 13, 2022Continue reading “Changes and Continuity in the Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Under WIOA”…...
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Wis. Workforce Development Boards Receive $20 Million to Boost Employment Access
November 16, 2021Juliana Tornabene | NBC 15 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Eleven regions in Wisconsin will receive $20 million in grants to increase access to employment opportunities across the state, Gov. Tony Evers...
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Dane County putting $2 million into Badger Prairie Needs Network expansion, new job training initiative
May 20, 2021Shanzeh Ahmad | Wisconsin State Journal Dane County is set to invest $2 million into expanding Badger Prairie Needs Network’s building and kick-starting a new job training initiative at the Ver...
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Workforce Shortage Challenges Reemerge as Wisconsin Businesses Dig Out of the Pandemic
May 17, 2021Mitchell Schmidt | Wisconsin State Journal Wisconsin’s return to near pre-pandemic unemployment levels has brought with it the reemergence of one of the biggest challenges facing some of the st...
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DWD Announces a New Resource for Wisconsinites: Apprenticeship Navigators
May 14, 2021MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has created five new Apprenticeship Navigator positions to help Wisconsinites find open apprenticeship opportunities. Apprenticeship is a...
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How can California help laid-off retail workers find jobs? This state’s approach may work
May 5, 2021Jeong Park | Sacramento Bee The COVID-19 pandemic was one for the record books for the retail industry. More than 40 major retailers declared bankruptcy, and more than 11,000 stores closed in 2020 ac...
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Wisconsin Program Helps People Find Jobs After Prison
April 26, 2021Employment reduces recidivism, and Wisconsin is taking strides to provide job support for people who have been incarcerated. Nazish Dholakia | Senior Writer At the Oakhill Correctional Institution, a...
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2 online job fairs Wednesday aim to help Wisconsinites unemployed during COVID-19
January 25, 2021Shelley K. Mesch | Wisconsin State Journal A Madison staffing firm and local job centers are hosting job fairs Wednesday highlighting open jobs within dozens of local companies to help area residents...
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Business Groups Say Some Industries Still Dealing With Worker Shortage
December 9, 2020Read the Wisconsin Public Radio article here. Shortage Concerns Come Despite Elevated Unemployment Rate in Wisconsin By Rachael VasquezPublished: Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 5:45am The National Fede...
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Where Can Out-of-Work Wisconsinites Find Jobs?
November 4, 2020Where Can Out-Of-Work Wisconsinites Find Jobs? Heavy Truck Drivers, Nurses Are the Positions with Most Online Job Listings in Wisconsin By Rachael VasquezPublished: Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 5:45am ...
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More than 100 Workers Laid Off in Sun Prairie Following Sale of Kollege Town Sports
February 28, 2020A Sun Prairie company will lay off 109 workers this spring after its parent company sold the business, according to a state layoff announcement. Kollege Town Sports, 1763 N. Bristol St., which is par...
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Local and state organizations trying to help retail workers find new jobs
July 25, 2019As big box stores like Shopko and Toys “R” Us are closing, organizations at local job centers are trying to help displaced retail workers find new jobs. The Workforce Development Board of...
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Laid off workers invited to specialized career events
July 24, 2019The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW), in partnership with the WorkSmart Network and Wisconsin Job Service, is hosting a transferable skills workshop on July 29 followed...
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Grant to address healthcare worker shortage
July 24, 2019A Fast Forward grant totaling almost $386,000 has been issued to help the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW) and UW Health address critical healthcare workforce needs in ...
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Green County cheese maker deals with employee churn
July 24, 2019In her almost 30 years working in human resources, Wendy Cuevas has never experienced the kind of difficulty hiring workers as she has today. At Monroe-based Klondike Cheese, where Cuevas is human re...
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Students explore healthcare careers in summer internships at UW Health
July 24, 2019From cardiovascular technologist to medical coder, 73 local students are exploring healthcare careers through internships at UW Health this summer. The paid internships aim to confirm students’...
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Academy offers quick way to gain computer skills
April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 Article written by the Watertown Daily Times. Even if the job doesn’t involve using a computer, today’s applicants need computer skills to get that position. Job seekers often find the...
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Twenty-two Inmates Honored at Windows to Work Graduation
April 7, 2017April 6, 2017 MADISON, Wisc. – April 6, 2017 – Twenty-two inmates at the Dane County Jail celebrated their graduation of the Windows to Work program on Wednesday, April 5. This 7-week course is desig...
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WDBSCW to partner with Madison Schools with $400K Joyce Foundation grant
April 18, 2016Madison Schools and Partners Awarded National Grant for Personalized Learning High School Pathways Helps Students Create Roadmap to Success MADISON / April 15, 2016–The Madison School District,...
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RFP for WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Services Now Available
March 22, 2016The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW) announces the availability of grant funds and requests proposals to provide workforce development services under the provisions of ...
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Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) Local Plan now available for public comment
March 2, 2016The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires each workforce development board (WDB) to develop and submit, in partnership with the local chief elected official, a comprehensive four-y...
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Middle College Student Recognized with MBA Award
February 29, 2016The Dodge County Manufacturing Business Alliance held its first awards breakfast at the Juneau Community Center on February 25. Those receiving awards included Beaver Dam High School senior Raven Sal...
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In the News: School Spotlight: Middle College Provides Another Pathway to College
May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 Article by Pamela Cotant for the Wisconsin State Journal School Spotlight: Middle College Provides Another Pathway to College Middle College — a program designed for students to earn hig...
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In the News: Middle College Brings Learning to Life
May 8, 2015Article written by Madison Metropolitan School District, May 2015 Middle College Brings Learning to Life MADISON—Lunch just ended and La Follette High School junior Eric Hotchkiss is leaving campus f...
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The Workforce Development Board is Hiring!
November 24, 2014The 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 comm...
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In the News: Middle College prepares students for success
September 22, 2014September 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_af...
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News Release: Workforce Development Board Announces Recent Hires
September 11, 2014FOR 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...
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The Workforce Development Board of SC WI is hiring!
July 14, 2014We’re seeking new team members! The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW), located in Madison, Wisconsin, is a nonprofit organization comprised of members committed to...
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Construction Company Hopes Training Program Will Produce New Hires
June 3, 2014A $75,000 Fast Forward grant awarded to the Workforce Development Board and 10 Wisconsin companies will focus efforts to “attract workers who hadn’t considered construction careers before under...
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State Representatives tour South Central Wisconsin Job Center
May 1, 2014Six 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, ...
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Mature Workforce Summit showcases benefits, solutions to retain and reengage aging workforce
April 30, 2014As 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 Apr...
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Dane County program trains unemployed for jobs in the trades
April 4, 2014Pat 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 le...