Education & Workforce Development

The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board and Mayor Tom Barrett will host a job fair at Serb Hall, 5101 W. Oklahoma Ave., on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 8 to 11 a.m.

Corporate boards in Wisconsin are moving in the right direction with efforts to increase racial/ethnic and gender diversity, but more work is needed, according to a Board Diversity report released Monday by the Greater Milwaukee Committee in conjunction with Milwaukee Women inc.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development announced that the preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent in September, down from 5.7 percent in August and at its lowest since October 2008.

SHARP Literacy Inc., a Milwaukee-based nonprofit that promotes reading, writing and researching by engaging students in visual arts, welcomed LeVar Burton as the keynote speaker at its 2014 A Novel Event luncheon. Burton, an Emmy Award-winning actor, producer, director and author, is perhaps most famous for hosting and producing PBS’ “Reading Rainbow” educational TV program for more than 20 years. The luncheon was held at the Pfister Hotel and drew about 600 attendees. BizTimes Media served as the media sponsor.

Corporate boards in Wisconsin are moving in the right direction with efforts to increase racial/ethnic and gender diversity, but more work is needed, according to a Board Diversity report released Monday by the Greater Milwaukee Committee in conjunction with Milwaukee Women inc.

The Walworth County Manufacturing Job Fair 2014 will be held on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva St. in Delavan.

The academic achievement of K-12 students in southeastern Wisconsin’s public schools trails achievement at the state level, with Milwaukee Public Schools among the districts struggling most, according to a report released today by the Public Policy Forum.

BizTimes Media invites southeastern Wisconsin employers to invest in their next generation of leaders by sending them to the 2014 BizTimes Get Smarter Talent Development Conference.

A new professional group, Momentum Milwaukee, has been formed for women in the first half of their careers.

Wilmot ski hill Wilmot Mountain will host a job fair on Oct. 6 and 7 to fill seasonal positions.