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North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
WDA 6 - Workforce News Bulletin |
ARRA Winter Employment Program participant Brina Sullivan, (pictured left) and Northcentral Technical College's Facilities Assistant, Lynn Dahlke, (pictured right) end their employee/employer worksite interview with a handshake during NCWWDB's Job Speed event at NTC.
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WDA 6 - Monthly Workforce News Bulletin
Welcome to the North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board's (NCWWDB's) April 2010 edition of WDA 6's - Workforce News Bulletin. NCWWDB's goal is to provide you with the workforce related information you need - whether you're implementing workforce change, grappling with policy issues, or just looking for relevant events and publications. |
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 Grant will help 2,800 unemployed workers statewide - More help is on the way for displaced workers in Wisconsin. Gov. Doyle recently announced that at least $13.6 million has become available statewide for about 2,800 workers who have lost their jobs due to plant closings and layoffs as part of the National Emergency Grant program. Read entire article here. |
 Hot Jobs! - Health Care *Hot Jobs are high projected job growth occupations that must meet these criteria (1) they must have a median salary above the regional median;(2) the percentage change must be greater than the regional average. Click here for more information. |
| Boiler Operator Training - Power Plant Operating Engineer III - ASOPE Licensing - Instructor Don Smith has 37 years experience in boiler and refrigeration plants and 21 years as an instructor in the Power Engineering program at NWTC in Green Bay. A 5 day training will be held at the Royale Inn in Stevens Point and is offered to incumbent Boiler Operators. ASOPE Licensing contingent on successful completion of exam at end of training. Register by April 15, 2010. Get training flyer here. |
 NCWWDB Awarded Skills Jump Grant - DWD recently announced awarding $39,636 in Skills Jump Start grant funding to NCWWDB and Nicolet Area Technical College in Rhinelander. This grant is geared to help low-wage workers, mainly those without a high school diploma or in need of remedial instruction, build career paths to good jobs in demand occupations.
Read full media release here. |
| NCWWDB's Opportunity Grant Extended - The Opportunity Grant has been extended to December 31, 2010. There have also been a few modifications to the eligibility requirements. Get eligibility information here. |
 2010 Starts Strong with WorkKeys Assessments Offered by NCWWDB - In the first quarter of 2010, North Central WI businesses have taken advantage of the WorkKeys Recruitment & Retention Tools. Click here to read more.
To learn about how WorkKeys has improved recruitment and retention for businesses across the nation click the following link: http://www.act.org/workkeys/case/index.html.
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Visit our WorkKeys Booth at the Wausau Area 2010 Business Expo, at Marathon Park's Multi-Purpose Building, on April 29! |
| WDA 6 Job Center Resource Calendar - One of the NCWWDB's Board approved strategies for 2010 - 2011 is to provide a seamless workforce system that is responsive to the unemployed & underemployed. To help accomplish this, we are now publishing an on-going WDA 6, Job Center resource calendar. Click here to view the WDA 6 Job Center Resource Calendar page for the month of April. | |
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WDA 6
Statistics Report
February 2010, Wisconsin uemployment rate - 9.7 % (unadjusted); 8.7% (seasonally adjusted)
Source DWD
February 2010 unemployment rate for our nine-county NCWWDB area: 10.8% (unadjusted); the highest being Vilas with 13.7% unemployment (4th highest in the state) & the lowest being Portage with 8.4% (61st highest in the state)
Source DWD & WorkNet
There were 3 *WARN notices given in WDA 6 during the period of January 1, 2010 thru March 31, 2010.
Source WorkNet
*WARN is a required communication for those employers with 50 or more employees. Employers with fewer than 50 employees may have laid people off during this time.
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WIA Report
As of 4/2/10, NCWWDB has 369 Youth, 245 Adults, and 1,001 Dislocated Workers enrolled in WIA Title 1- funded programs.
Of the above numbers, there have been 224 Youth, 95 Adults, and 201 Dislocated Workers served by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.
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Save the Dates!
NCWWDB
Sector Strategy Summit May 11, 2010
Labor Law Clinic
North Central Wisconsin
July 14, 2010
Spring Job Fairs
Wausau Job Fair
April 15, 2010
9am - 2pm
Northcentral Tech College
1000 West Campus Drive
Wausau, WI 54401
Central WI Job Fair
April 28, 2010
10am - 2pm
Mid-State Tech College
500 32nd Street North
Wis. Rapids, WI 54494 | |
House Passes Summer Youth, TANF Funding - The House has passed measures that would provide $600m for summer youth and $2.5b for TANF Emergency Fund. Action now needed in Senate. 
