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WDA 6 - Workforce News Bulletin

Darren Wild & Brenda Cichontop 

Pictured are NTC Welding/Metallurgy Instructor Darren Wild (left) and WIA Dislocated Worker Program participant Brenda Cichon (right). Brenda enrolled in the non-traditional occupational program of welding after losing her job of 13 years at a central Wisconsin window company.  Her husband, John, also lost his job at the same time.  In her program at NTC, she learned all different kinds of welding, blueprint reading, metallurgy, and automated classes.  Brenda says she really hopes more women enter the welding profession in the future.  Brenda claims, "There is no such thing as a 'man's world' anymore; it is a woman's/man's world, and I love it."  Read more about Brenda and what she's doing now.

WDA 6 - Monthly Workforce News Bulletin  

Welcome to the North Central WI Workforce Development Board's February - 2011 issue of Workforce News Bulletin.  
 
Inside Issue:    

Angela OkonangelaNCWWDB Announces New Hire Angela Okon to Coach Pilot Offender Re-Entry Program - Angela Okon has joined NCWWDB as the new Windows to Work (W2W) Re-Entry Coach. W2W is a re-entry program to help offenders successfully transition from incarceration back to their communities. Okon will be working with clients six to nine months prior to being released into Wood County. Go here to read entire announcement.
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Diane WeilersageNCWWDB Welcomes SAGE Coordinator Diane Weiler - SAGE is Wisconsin's Sector Alliance for the Green Economy grant, a three-year project funded by the United States Department of Labor.  As the new NCWWDB SAGE Coordinator, Weiler will coordinate and support eligible apprentices into the "green" apprenticeship training program.  She will also establish and support a regional energy industry sector with businesses and partner agencies identifying current and future training needs relating to the energy sector.  Get more information here.   Back to top 

WDA 6emsiNCWWDB's Area Aging Quicker than State -

By Your EMSI "Desktop Economist", John Cokl

In projected demographics through the year 2015 residents in our area will have aged quicker than the state of Wisconsin as a whole. This will most likely have been a result of factors such as, emigration, but it is unlikely to include factors such as, time manipulations via wormholes. Using EMSI "your desktop economist" software, I was able to view demographic projections for our WDA and the state as a whole and compare that raw data.  If you don't like scouring raw data and would much rather look at the information in chart form, we have that for you too. According to this data, in 2015, 35% of residents living in NCWWDB will be 55 years old or older, while only 29% of the residents living in the state of Wisconsin will be in that age range in 2015. (see the pie charts)  If pie charts aren't your thing, you're in luck!  I also made a line graph to show the disparity between our north central area and Wisconsin (aggregate) in regards to gains and losses of age groups during the 2010-2015 time frame. (see the line graph)

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NewPage Whiting MillnewpagePlanned Transition Center to Help NewPage Workers - Last December, NewPage announced the closing of its Whiting mill which will be affecting 360 workers. The local WIA Dislocated Worker program responded immediately and plans were put into place to  communicate to the workers about available services and benefits to assist in their transition. NCWWDB along with LETC are currently establishing a 'transition center' located in Stevens Point for the affected workforce residing there. A location for the transition center has just been secured and plans are to open the center by the end of February. Read entire article here.  Back to top

food manufacturing science programWIPgrantWith a Wisconsin Industry Partnership Grant for $206,820 - Dislocated manufacturing workers and other WIA eligible workers will receive skills assessments through the WorkKeys system, complete modules in Manufacturing Skills Standard Certification (MSSC), receive instruction leading to a certificate in Food Manufacturing Science (see curriculum) and receive assistance to connect to potential employment opportunities and career pathway advancement.  Partners in this initiative include NCWWDB; MSTC; LETC; and Community Foundation of South Wood County as the coordination organization of Workforce Central; and the Workforce Central Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Peer Council consisting of  Ocean Spray Cranberries; Urban Processing, LLC; NewPage Corp.; Fey Printing; ERCO Worldwide; Corenso North America; McCain Foods, USA; and Energy Composites Corp.  Learn more about the workforce partnerships that aligned strategies and resources to provide this coordinated training to unemployed workers here.   Back to top
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WDA 6
Statistics Report
  
December 2010, Wisconsin unemployment rate - 7.0% (unadjusted); 7.5% (seasonally adjusted)
 
 December 2010 unemployment rate for our nine-county  NCWWDB area:  7.7% (unadjusted); the highest being Vilas with 11.0% unemployment
 (2nd highest in the state)
 and the lowest being Portage with 5.8%
(62nd highest in the state)
 
There were 7 *WARN notices given in WDA 6 during the period of  
January 1, 2010 thru December 31, 2010. 

*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.  
 
trainingreportWIA Training Report
For the Program Year 2010 that started July 1, 2010, NCWWDB has served 248 Youth, 380 Adults, and 960 Dislocated Workers with WIA Title 1 funded programs.  
 
  To date, 79 Adults have been awarded an Opportunity Grant .  The Opportunity Grant Program has been extended into 201l. 
Contact Jane Spencer at
 715-422-4701 or at jspencer@ncwwdb.org
for more information. 

 

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February 2011
WDA 6 Job Center Resource Calendar  
 Job Center Resource Calendar
  Check out what's being offered in your Job Center during February! 
 Click here to view calendar
  
Spring Job Fairs

Wausau Area Job Fair 2011

Wed. April 13, 2011
9 am - 2 pm
Northcentral Technical College 

 1000 W. Campus Drive
Wausau, WI
For more information contact
Helene Gobel at 715-261-8734

 

Central WI Job Fair 2011 Wed. April 27, 2011
10 am - 2 pm

Mid-State Technical College

500 32nd Street North

Wisconsin Rapids, WI

For more information contact

Corey Anfinson - 715-422-5000 

 

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pEOpLE iN crisIS
 Increase Awareness of the Impacts of Poverty Workshop Thursday, March 17, 2011
 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Northcentral Technical College
1000 W. Campus Drive
Wausau, WI

Cost is $30 regular registration, $20 for students.  Cost includes presentation, refreshments, lunch, and CEUs. 

Registration Deadline
March 4, 2011
For more information go to:  http://www.nc-ahec.org/ 

& click on Upcoming Events

 

Training Offered

For New & Prospective Board Members Featured Topic:  What's involved in serving on a Board - questions a new or prospective board member should ask before joining a board, basic board roles and responsibilities; the board/staff partnership; & understanding boardroom dynamics.  

Wed. February 23, 2011

4:00 pm
Registration & Hors d'oeuvres

4:30  - 6:30 pm - Program

Hotel Mead - Riverside B

Cost $15.00

Please click here to download the flyer with additional details and registration form.

 

 

 

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