Education & Workforce Development
U.S. employers make dent in skills gap
Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup today released the results of its eighth annual Talent Shortage Survey, revealing 39 percent of U.S. employers are having difficulty finding staff with the right skills, down from 49 percent in 2012.
BizTimes Nonprofit Weekly: Northwestern Mutual donates $336,000 to benefit college-bound students
Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. is donating 12 grants worth $336,000 to colleges and universities throughout Wisconsin in an effort to make higher education more affordable for underprivileged students.
ManpowerGroup refines business model
ManpowerGroup, the Milwaukee-based global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions, today announced it is differentiating and evolving its business model to deliver faster, higher quality matches to employers and job seekers.
UW-Madison tops Harvard as most popular business school
U.S. News and World Report has ranked UW-Madison School of Business as the most popular business school in the country, placing it ahead of Harvard’s business school, which has held the title of “most popular” for the last two years.
SCORE to host financial statements workshop
SCORE Southeast Wisconsin Chapter and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority will host a workshop called “Understanding Basic Financial Statements” on Tuesday, May 28, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Port Washington Police Department Community Room, 365 N. Wisconsin St., Port Washington.
Esperanza Unida moves staff and programming to new office
Esperanza Unida, Inc., a Milwaukee-based workforce development nonprofit organization, has relocated its staff members to 611 W. National Ave. due to water damage at its 1329 W. National Ave. site.
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Milwaukee retail workers protest for higher minimum wage
Workers at several fast food restaurants and other retail outlets in Milwaukee walked off the job in protest for a higher minimum wage this morning.
RockTenn to close Milwaukee plant
Norcross, Ga.-based Rock-Tenn Company will close its facility at 2800 W. Custer Ave. in Milwaukee by July 5 and lay off about 69 workers there.
$1 trillion
The total national student loan debt recently topped the $1 trillion mark, a new record high, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Magazine raises Wisconsin’s business climate ranking
Although job creation in Wisconsin has been anemic, the state's business climate continues to improve in the eyes of Chief Executive magazine.
