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A Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development official is taking over as executive director of Employ Milwaukee after its former chief was indicted for soliciting a bribe last year.
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Read More »Employ Milwaukee CEO Willie Wade indicted in strip club bribery scheme
The Milwaukee workforce chief Willie Wade is faced with federal wire-fraud charges over allegations that he solicited a $30,000 bribe to push through plans for a downtown Milwaukee strip club while he was a city alderman in 2017.
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Read More »WADE-ING IN: Former alderman tackles labor shortage at Employ Milwaukee
As the top official at Employ Milwaukee, Willie Wade has come to see that fighting the Milwaukee area's protracted labor shortage has as much to do with changing employers' attitudes as it does employees'.
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Read More »Milwaukee Mayor Barrett taps Willie Wade to lead jobs agency Employ Milwaukee
Willie Wade has been nominated to lead the workforce-development agency Employ Milwaukee.
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Read More »Employ Milwaukee’s Buford departs amid growing worker demand
The president and CEO of Employ Milwaukee,the largest workforce board in the state, is stepping down for a new job.
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Read More »Milwaukee to lead new regional workforce development group
Milwaukee will be among a dozen Midwest communities joining forces to set up a first-of-its-kind regional workforce-development board.
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Read More »For Employ Milwaukee, recruiting skilled labor only half the mission
We’ve all heard it: Milwaukee is in the middle of a building boom. The construction industry needs workers. City residents, especially those living in poorer neighborhoods, need jobs. Seems like a simple problem to solve.
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Read More »Employ Milwaukee connects jobseekers with industry’s needs
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Read More »Milwaukee workforce group planning construction-readiness training, placement services
Trying to bolster the supply of skilled tradespeople who can work on large construction projects in Milwaukee, a local workforce-development organization is seeking help from independent groups that can provide training and job placement.
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