Education & Workforce Development
Lovell awards $5 million for innovation projects
Marquette University president Michael Lovell today announced the inaugural recipients of the Milwaukee university's innovation fund awards.
GO Riteway to hire 280
Germantown-based GO Riteway Transportation Group plans to hire 280 employees over the next four months.
ManpowerGroup acquires German human resources firm
Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup today announced it plans to acquire German human resource services provider 7S Group for $154.1 million.
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“According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, our nation’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce is crucial to...
Employers bullish about hiring in third quarter
Employers in Wisconsin expect to hire at a bullish pace during the third quarter, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
GPS Education Partners rounds out new leadership team
GPS Education Partners has rounded out its newly formed leadership team with the hiring of Matthias Bollmus as director of finance and operations. President Stephanie Borowski formerly served as chief financial officer.
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U.S. job creation soars to high point for the year
The U.S. economy added 280,000 jobs in May - the strongest month of the year so far — as wages continued to rise and the labor participation rate ticked upward.
Milwaukee Small Business Week offers free workshops
Milwaukee Small Business Week, which began Monday and runs through Friday, offers professional networking, presents business workshops and seminars, and honors Milwaukee’s small businesses.
Medical College to open pharmacy school in 2017 or 2018
The Medical College of Wisconsin announced on Monday that it plans to open a school of pharmacy in existing space at the Wauwatosa campus in the summer of 2017 or 2018.
Anthem to provide free college degrees for employees
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced on Tuesday a new partnership to make an associate’s or bachelor’s degree available at no cost for any of its eligible full-time and part-time associates in Wisconsin through College for America at Southern New Hampshire University. College for America partners with employers to offer a competency-based, online curriculum that is engineered to help associates fit a fully-accredited college degree in the busy lives of working adults.