Impact-Upskilling

by Laura Schmidt, Chief Talent Development Officer … Technology is rapidly transforming traditional, essential industries through the embedding of technology into products and processes.  This trend of “every business as a tech business” has accelerated the need for...

Submitted by Jennifer Turnquist, Dev10 … The Tech Talent Gap Wisconsin has more job vacancies than people to fill them. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce found that 75% of employers reported difficulties in finding employees.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)...

Submitted by Renee Becker-Blau, Talent Development Associate, MKE Tech Coalition …. An employer’s most valuable assets are their people. When talent is hard to find, how do employers discover non-traditional talent? As part of the 2020 Summerfest Tech day in...

Submitted by Sarah A. Dollhausen-Clark, Executive Director, i.c.stars |* Milwaukee … i.c.stars has activated a technology community of change agents to power social and economic freedom.  After 20 years in Chicago, i.c.stars expanded as part of our national enterprise...

Virtual Informational Meeting for Referring Agencies 11/18/20, 3-4 p.m. CST Governor Tony Evers has proclaimed November 8-14, 2020 as Apprenticeship Week in Wisconsin, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Labor’s 6th annual National Apprenticeship Week....

Content sponsored by Coalition for iHeart Media ReSkill MKE Campaign The demand for a tech-skilled workforce is sky-high; the MKE Tech Hub Coalition is focused on increasing access to tech and tech-enabled/adjacent roles to meet this demand. These jobs pay more on...

Submitted by Laura Schmidt, chief talent development officer; The MKE Tech Coalition was recently awarded $385K in Wisconsin Fast Forward funding to subsidize the related instruction costs for employers making a commitment to hire registered software analyst/developer...