Construction programs, a mobile job van for Milwaukee’s men and a 16-week IT program are some of the employment opportunities available.
Economic Development
Economic Development
Causey’s Career Corner: Your new place for job tips, motivation and career advice
Looking for a job or a new career? Here is information on job fairs, resource and job-training events.
Causey’s Career Corner: Your new place for job tips, motivation and career advice
Welcome to Causey’s Career Corner, a place where I will share stories of those who have taken a nontraditional approach to employment or an unusual career path. I will also list employment information such as job fairs, resource fairs and job training events.
‘You don’t have to walk through two football fields to find what you’re looking for’: How to support entrepreneurs of color this weekend
Check out this weekend’s Black Friday and Small Business Saturday events that bring together vendors and creatives of color.
Program gives small businesses and entrepreneurs a helping hand (and money)
Making big things happen for small businesses is one of the goals of Brew City Match, which is helping to change the economic landscape in several Milwaukee neighborhoods.
‘A teachable moment’: 5 takeaways from Strauss Brands’ decision not to move slaughterhouse to Century City
We ask community leaders and residents their thoughts on the decision not to relocate a slaughterhouse to Century City.
OPINION: A ‘development that’s not community centered from the start is a failure from the start’
The Strauss saga is a failure all around and a perfect example of how and why Wisconsin is 10 years behind where it should be.
OPINION: The loss of Strauss Brands is a win for Century City residents
Clearly, the neighbors of Century City, who had long hoped for the revitalization that was promised with the birth of the business park in 2009, did not see the proposed slaughterhouse as the type of investment they could embrace, nor did they see the presence of it as a benefit.
NNS Video: Training program connects those who have been incarcerated to lucrative jobs
The UMOS TechHire program, a federally funded initiative to provide accelerated training in technology fields and other skilled trades, offers those who have been incarcerated a second chance.
‘You can make a new start’: Job-training program offers those who’ve been incarcerated a lucrative new career
A training program at MATC offers formerly incarcerated men the opportunity to work in a high-wage industry.
