A new report found that those looking for jobs in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin could benefit from training for middle-skill positions. Visit http://milwaukee.jobing.com to learn more about Milwaukee jobs.
The report – from The Joyce Foundation, Ford Foundation and Milwaukee Area Workforce Funding Alliance – suggests that the State of Wisconsin should invest in more training to prepare workers who will be needed for about 500,000 new and replacement jobs expected to open by 2016. Those jobs will require education beyond high school but short of a four-year college degree.
The report further suggests the state could gain a competitive advantage in economic recovery if businesses and policy-makers use the current national recession as a time to provide skills training for workers capable of filling the expected available positions.