Education & Workforce Development

Gov. Scott Walker yesterday signed Senate Bill 333 into law. The bill provides for a Transitional Jobs Program that would bolster resources for job seekers in areas with high unemployment and child poverty rates.

The City of Milwaukee's 168th Birthday Party will celebrate “6 Degrees of Milwaukee: Connected for 168 Years.”

The Milwaukee 7 has surpassed its own benchmarks for new jobs, total payroll and average wages more than one year early, based on goals determined in 2010.

Employers in the Milwaukee metropolitan market expect to hire at a “moderate” pace during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development will provide grants to manufacturing companies for worker training through the Wisconsin Fast Forward program. Applications are due today.

FaB (Food and Beverage) Milwaukee, the regional food and beverage industry cluster network formed by the Milwaukee 7 economic development group and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce in 2012, aims to provide a central resource for information, job candidates and a network of potential partners within the food and beverage industry.

“For 80 years, Runzheimer International has enabled thousands of companies of all sizes to increase the effectiveness of their most important resources….mobile workers. The strategic importance of employee mobility continues to grow. A well-managed workforce program helps organizations address the needs of mobile workers by providing the technology, processes and procedures necessary to effectively conduct business outside the walls of a traditional office.

As the last few months have made abundantly clear, getting it right in the world of health care technology can prove to be quite the challenge.

Marquette University’s College of Business Administration will host a free public screening of the award-winning documentary “Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve” on Wednesday, December 4 at 5 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium, 1506 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee.

I see the tides turning. Leaders in organizations are having conversations about Gen Y. Not just complaining about them; rather trying to get a handle on the issues that have become a new reality in organizations. They're grappling.