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We believe there are three tenets that make up a comprehensive workforce development strategy: developing our future workforce through partnerships with educational institutions, attracting new talent to our area and retaining and skilling up our existing workforce.

We work to develop our future workforce by connecting K-12 and post-secondary institutions with businesses in order to expose students to all the career opportunities in Waukesha County and the region.

1. Expose students to career opportunities in Waukesha County by hosting the Manufacturing the Future Expo, the Discover Health Care Expo, Mini Business World, Kids Building Wisconsin-Waukesha, Schools2Skills tours and more.
2. Expand Careers Uncovered to bring educators into businesses to tour, interact with business leadership and enhance the Academic & Career Planning process.
3. Launch the Workforce Readiness Dashboard for Waukesha County school districts to assess K-12 workforce skills development.
4. Host quarterly superintendent/president roundtables to connect educational leaders with local business leaders.
5. Create a program to educate parents about career pathways available for their children to pursue after high school graduation.
6. Promote youth apprenticeship, dual enrollment and internship opportunities with local businesses.
7. Pilot a program to connect K-12 guidance counselors and post-secondary institutions to discuss degrees, programs and/or certifications that exist for  in-demand industries.
8. Strengthen and support each school district’s model to partner with their local businesses.
9. Develop an equipment evaluation tool to determine Waukesha County schools’ manufacturing and technical education equipment needs.
10. Form a health care speaker’s bureau to streamline the process for school districts to request health care professional speakers for their classrooms.
11. Support the Milwaukee 7’s “GROW HERE” campaign by encouraging businesses and educational institutions to participate in career-based learning  experiences.

Workforce Readiness Dashboards

The Alliance, the Center for Growth and Waukesha County schools are focused on making sure our high school graduates are prepared for all the opportunities that exist for them after high school, whether that involves going straight to a higher education institution or joining the workforce right away.

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