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Employers Skills Needs in Wisconsin – Work ethic is the most important
Wisconsin and the nation are struggling with how to address persistent unemployment and an economy recovering too slowly from the Great Recession of 2008. While economists point to a host of reasons for sluggish growth, including low aggregate demand, outsourcing, spending cuts, and so on, some argue a principal culprit is the “skills gap.” Based … Continue reading
Wisconsin / The Skills Gap Myth: only a few occupations may see a skills shortage in coming years find
Researchers say Wisconsin has more educated workers than jobs A second economic study shows that Wisconsin’s sluggish economy isn’t being plagued by a skills gap between job openings and job seekers. The team of researchers from UW-Madison, working on behalf of the nonpartisan Wisconsin Legislative Council, found that “only a few occupations may see a … Continue reading
Wisconsin / Study finds no Skills Gap
Wisconsin’s labor market shows no evidence of an existing or impending general “skills gaps,” according to a new analysis by a team of graduate students at UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs. The students analyzed the supply and demand for labor by building projections for both overall levels of educational attainment and specific occupations … Continue reading
Wisconsin / One in five state business leaders eyes layoffs in next 6 months
Wisconsin business leaders say the state is headed in the right direction, yet one in five plans to cut staff in the next six months, the largest percentage in more than three years, according to a semi-annual survey conducted by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce. Twenty percent said they plan layoffs in the first half of … Continue reading
Wisconsin / Skills gap / Boosting job training funds ?
If Wisconsin wants to make a dent in the skills gap, the state will have to make some serious investments in job training, advocates discussed at a luncheon in Brookfield Thursday. Wisconsin is perhaps the only state that doesn’t put any “meaningful dollars” into job training, and the roughly $370 million in federal job training … Continue reading
Wisconsin – Backlog stalls unemployment benefit checks
More than 9,000 Wisconsin residents have not received any unemployment benefits for several weeks because of a backlog at the state Department of Workforce Development. The department’s backlog consists of 9,357 claims dating to late July. It could take as long as March to clear it up because each claim has to be reviewed and … Continue reading
Wisconsin – Total job growth was just 1.1 percent because of government job losses
Another report also released Thursday by Walker’s Department of Workforce Development showed the state lost 6,000 private sector jobs in July and the unemployment rate increased from 7 percent to 7.3 percent. The divergent reports are derived from different surveys covering different periods of time. The quarterly report, covering January through March, is based on … Continue reading
Wisconsin – Hologic – 130 employees to go
Hologic will let go of 130 employees as it closes its a Wisconsin manufacturing facility over the next 24 months, a measure the company warned employees of prior to the $3.7 billion merger with Gen-Probe… via Layoffs: Hologic confirms cuts following $3.7B Gen-Probe merger | MassDevice – Medical Device Industry News.
Wisconsin | 4,300 private sector jobs lost
Wisconsin lost 4,300 private sector jobs in March, the state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday, bad news for Gov. Scott Walker as he nears a June 5 recall election. Since Walker took office, the state has added just 5,900 private sector jobs — far from the 250,000 Walker promised to deliver by the end … Continue reading
Wisconsin leads Midwest in layoffs, unemployment
Despite signs of recovery over the last year, Wisconsin is one of the leading states in layoffs and unemployment claims, according to the most recent federal statistics. Only five other states — California, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida — had more layoffs than Wisconsin during January of this year, according to the a … Continue reading
Appleton Papers to cut 330 jobs in West Carrollton – Dayton Business Journal
Appleton Papers Inc. plans end paper production in West Carrollton and cut 330 jobs. The Wisconsin-based company announced Thursday it reached a tentative 15-year deal worth $3 billion to buy its uncoated base paper from Domtar Corp. Appleton plans to continue operating a thermal paper coating operation locally, which employs about 100 and launched at … Continue reading
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