Education & Workforce Development

President Barack Obama today signed an executive order for a federal jobs training program at an appearance in Waukesha.

A new tenant has created a system for training water managers at Milwaukee’s Global Water Center.

A day after he urged U.S. employers to “give America a raise,” President Barack Obama is on his way to Milwaukee today.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. has announced it will close its plants in Marengo, Iowa and Pomona, Calif. and eliminate about 200 jobs.

Deborah Fugenschuh has been appointed executive director of Professional Dimensions, a Milwaukee membership organization that promotes the professional and personal growth of women.

Our Next Generation, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that promotes the academic and character development of children living in central city neighborhoods, is in need of at least 25 volunteers to fill tutoring and mentoring roles in its Homework Club.

AT&T is hosting a job fair in Milwaukee on Saturday to fill 54 open premises technician positions.

Mount Mary University president Eileen Schwalbach, Ph.D. announced the creation of new positions for several members of her leadership team to align their areas of expertise with the institution's Creative Campus Initiative.

Mount Mary University president Eileen Schwalbach, Ph.D. announced the creation of new positions for several members of her leadership team to align their areas of expertise with the institution's Creative Campus Initiative.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup today unveiled a white paper calling for employers to remain flexible and agile in response to unpredictable macroeconomic forces, and that the only way to achieve this is through strategic simplification.