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SUMMARY:Employment Imperative: Tacking Workforce Challenges
DESCRIPTION:If you've noticed challenges with hiring employees in the last few years\, you are not alone. Businesses across the state of Wisconsin have struggled with recruitment and hiring in a wide range of industries\, and a variety of environmental\, historical\, and economic factors have lead us to these challenges.\n\n\n\nIn this session\, we'll translate regional data into your day-to-day by understanding how long-term trends are impacting the current labor market and how one local business is responding.\n\n\n\nAs part of the University of Wisconsin-Extension Center for Community and Economic Development\, Matt Kures specializes in researching regional economic analysis\, labor force\, socioeconomic impact analysis\, and industry sector competitiveness. For this presentation\, Matt will focus on precipitating factors and impacts\, such as: labor-force participation\, employment by industry\, population demographics and migration\, automation/computerization\, and more.\n\nFrom there\, Todd Spencer\, V.P. of Human Resources at TriEnda Corporation will share his corporate perspective\, including challenges he has seen as an employer\, how employee recruitment has shifted since the start of the pandemic\, addressing employee motivation and company culture\, and more.\n\n	1:30-1:40 Steve Sobiek\, Director\, Business Development & Planning for the City of Portage\n	1:40-2:45 Matt Kures\, Community Development Institute at the UW-Madison\, Division of Extension\n\n\n\n	2:45-3:15 Todd Spencer\, V.P. of Human Resources at TriEnda Corporation\n	3:15-3:30 Q&A\n\nThis event was developed by the Innovation Champions Group (ICG) with Columbia\, Sauk\, and Marquette Counties in mind\; however\, any Wisconsin business is welcome to attend.\n\n\nRegistration\n\nSchedule & location: 1:30-3:30 pm CST live virtual event via Zoom\n\nDate: November 9\, 2021\n\nFee: No cost\n\nCLICK TO REGISTER\n\nThis session is being co-hosted by: City of Portage Business Development and Planning Dept
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">If you&rsquo\;ve noticed challenges with hiring employees in the last few years\, you are not alone. Businesses across the state of Wisconsin have struggled with recruitment and hiring in a wide range of industries\, and a variety of environmental\, historical\, and economic factors have lead us to these challenges.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">In this session\, we&rsquo\;ll translate regional data into your day-to-day by understanding how long-term trends are impacting the current labor market and how one local business is responding.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">As part of the University of Wisconsin-Extension Center for Community and Economic Development\, Matt Kures specializes in researching regional economic analysis\, labor force\, socioeconomic impact analysis\, and industry sector competitiveness. For this presentation\, Matt will focus on precipitating factors and impacts\, such as: labor-force participation\, employment by industry\, population demographics and migration\, automation/computerization\, and more.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">From there\, Todd Spencer\, V.P. of Human Resources at TriEnda Corporation will share his corporate perspective\, including challenges he has seen as an employer\, how employee recruitment has shifted since the start of the pandemic\, addressing employee motivation and company culture\, and more.</span></span></span>\n<ul>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:#F7F7F7\;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">1:30-1:40</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;Steve Sobiek\, Director\, Business Development &amp\; Planning for the City of Portage</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:#F7F7F7\;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">1:40-2:45</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;Matt Kures\, Community Development Institute at the UW-Madison\, Division of Extension</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:#F7F7F7\;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">2:45-3:15</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;Todd Spencer\, V.P. of Human Resources at TriEnda Corporation</span></span></li>\n	<li style="color:black\;background:#F7F7F7\;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">3:15-3:30</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;Q&amp\;A</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">This event was developed by the Innovation Champions Group (ICG) with Columbia\, Sauk\, and Marquette Counties in mind\; however\, any Wisconsin business is welcome to attend.</span></span></span></strong></em>\n\n<div style="border:none\;border-bottom:solid #BCBCBC 1.0pt\;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in\;background:#F7F7F7\;">\n<h2 style="background:#F7F7F7\;border:none\;padding:0in\;font-size:1.8125rem\;padding:0.3rem\;"><span style="color:#54565B\;"><span style="font-family:tahoma\,sans-serif\;">Registration</span></span></h2>\n</div>\n<strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Schedule &amp\; location:</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;1:30-3:30 pm CST live virtual event via Zoom</span></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Date:</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;November 9\, 2021</span></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Fee:</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;No cost</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><a href="https://centerex.wisconsinsbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=13410052" style="font-size:0.775rem\;padding:0.6rem\;display:inline-block\;border-radius:0px\;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-transform:uppercase\;border:solid #C5050C 1.5pt\;padding:0in\;background:#C5050C\;"><span style="color:white\;"><span style="font-family:helvetica\,sans-serif\;">CLICK TO REGISTER</span></span></span></strong></a></span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:georgia\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">This session is being co-hosted by: City of Portage Business Development and Planning Dept</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;
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