How does MAWIB serve employers?
What specific types of services are offered?
Is my business eligible to receive MAWIB business services?
Is there a cost or fee charged for the services?
If my business is not physically located in Milwaukee can I still access the business services you offer?
If I am not looking to hire new workers, are there services available to help with my existing workforce?
How are the Specialty/Career Opportunity centers connected to MAWIB Business Services?
What is MATCH for Employers?
Who is MATCH for?
What is a Sector Initiative?
What Sector Initiatives are MAWIB currently engaged in?
What is an industry cluster?
What is a career ladder?
Why did MAWIB choose these sectors?
What is CareerWorks?
How can employers or job seekers access the services of CareerWorks?
What training does MAWIB sponsor?
Q: How does MAWIB serve employers?
A: MAWIB staffs a team of business services specialists who have a proven record of providing employers with effective and efficient solutions to meet their workforce needs. The business services’ staff utilizes information obtained from employer surveys, economic and labor market research, and advice/council from professional and business associations to develop strategies that focus on workforce solutions that meet the current and future needs of a demand-driven workforce system, as well as:
- support employers in recruitment, applicant screening, pre-employment testing and skill assessments;
- provide innovative technology to evaluate and match job applicants to available positions and quickly identify only the most qualified and mutually-interested candidates for available positions;
- collaborate with local and regional business teams that are connected to provide and deliver an array of workforce development, employment and training services throughout Milwaukee County; and
- develop sector strategies and initiatives that are industry-focused approaches to workforce and economic development.
Q: What specific types of services are offered?
A:
- Human resources assistance including recruiting, screening, and interviewing job seekers
- Retention services
- Forums and workshops coordination
- State-of-the-art job matching tool: MATCH
- Single point of access for workforce development resources
Q: Is my business eligible to receive MAWIB business services?
A: MAWIB can provide services to small, medium and large businesses that are public or private, and for profit or nonprofit.
Q: Is there a cost or fee charged for MAWIB business services?
A: MAWIB has access to a variety of public and private funding sources to help businesses offset costs associated with many workforce services. Some services are totally free and others may have a shared fee applied depending upon extent and duration of the service request.
Q: If my business is not physically located in Milwaukee can I still access the business services you offer?
A: MAWIB can provide services through its workforce delivery network systems to employers and businesses throughout Southeastern Wisconsin.
Q: If I am not looking to hire new workers, are there services available to help with my existing workforce?
A: MAWIB can partner with employers and training vendors to provide workers with needed skills to meet special requirements outlined by the employer through our customized and on-the-job training programs. Employees may also be eligible to receive additional services provided under the Workforce Investment Act that are delivered at the specialty/career opportunity center locations.
Q: How are the Specialty/Career Opportunity Centers connected to MAWIB Business Services?
A: The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) assigns local responsibility for administering WIA services to the Milwaukee Area Workforce Development Board (MAWIB). In collaboration with the City of Milwaukee Mayor’s Office, MAWIB is responsible for the coordination of services to businesses and employers through certified comprehensive one-stop job centers (located under specialty/career opportunity centers) and an extensive network of partners. Certified Comprehensive Centers in Milwaukee are the Northeast and Southeast Comprehensive One-Stop Job Centers.
Q: What is MATCH for Employers?
MATCH is a continuous recruitment exchange that evaluates every candidate for every job, every day. Employers and recruiting agents use MATCH to instantly pinpoint only the most qualified and mutually-interested candidates. MATCH offers job seekers and employers the next generation of employment matching technology with a simple, secure, efficient online solution to connect with each other.
Q: Who is MATCH For?
A: MATCH has been designed specifically for capturing and managing the unemployed, underemployed and gainfully employed through community programs and advancing them to become workforce-ready candidates. MATCH was also designed for all businesses regardless of size or internal hiring resources to quickly and easily create detailed searches for qualified personnel.
Q: What is a Sector Initiative?
A: Sector Initiatives are regional, industry-focused approaches to workforce and economic development. They are structured to accommodate low-income individuals and to bring together key partners to advance the skill level of workers in a specific industry. Sector Initiatives improve access to good jobs and/or increase job quality in ways that strengthen an industry’s workforce.
Q: What Sector Initiatives are MAWIB currently engaged in?
A: One of the sector initiatives MAWIB is engaged in is the Retail/Hospitality/Tourism Sector Project. It is designed to provide workforce solutions for employers in the industry cluster surrounding the Bayshore Town Center area by providing recruitment, screening and training services that are tailored to real employer needs identified by industry research and surveys.
Another sector initiative MAWIB is engaged in is the Healthcare Sector Project. It is designed to work in collaboration with the Milwaukee Area Workforce Funding Alliance and its recently designated healthcare intermediaries to administer specific projects funded to train entry-level and mid-level healthcare workers to develop and enhance opportunities in healthcare career ladders.
Q: What is an industry cluster?
A: An industry cluster is defined as a group of employers in a region closely linked by common product or services, workforce needs, similar technologies, supply chains, or other economic ties.
Q: What is a career ladder?
A: A career ladder is a series of positions, work experiences, and educational benchmarks or credentials that offer occupational and financial advancement within a specified career field or related fields over time.
Q: Why did MAWIB choose these sectors?
MAWIB chose these sectors after reviewing the current and future labor market information for the Milwaukee area, the demographic data of job seekers, and current workforce profiles. In addition, MAWIB conducted a thorough assessment of all available employment training resources. In both sectors research showed they had the greatest percentage of job growth; especially for entry-level and mid-level job seekers who would have the opportunity to strengthen their core job skills through credentialed trainings.
Q: What is CareerWorks?
A: CareerWorks is MAWIB’s strategic partnership model for our sector initiatives. It is designed to identify and implement solutions to “skills gaps” by using new approaches to improve access to better jobs for workers. It also helps businesses find the qualified workforce they need to prosper.
Q: How can employers or job seekers access the services of CareerWorks?
A: Employers and job seekers can contact:
The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board
Business Services Division
2338 N. 27th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53210
414.270.1700
or
CareerWorks at Bayshore Town Center
5800 N. Bayshore Drive
Glendale, WI 53217
414.967.0708
Q: What training does MAWIB sponsor?
A: We have a variety of training types available to individuals who are dislocated workers and/or enrolled in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program:
- ITA trainings: trainings specific to your individual career goals.
- On-the-job training: training that is a shared cost between the employer and MAWIB.
- Sector training: sector-driven training based on needs of multiple employers.
Contact your case manager for more information, or to enroll in the WIA program and/or to receive dislocated worker benefits, visit a specialty/career opportunity center today.
