Workforce

Enduring the Process Each member of a company’s workforce has goals he or she is looking to achieve in their career path. To achieve goals in a career path, every employee needs to endure a process to achieve the goal. While in the process, the employee will learn valuable lessons essential for the next step…

Leadership Styles The leadership of every company plays an important role in the success of the company. Every company has a different style of leadership that is needed based on the company’s situation and the workforce the leadership team is in charge of. There are five different styles of leadership companies can use to help…

Goal setting in the workplace Goal setting is one of the most important parts of workforce progress. Goal setting occurs when an individual employee and or an entire workforce devotes time and energy to achieve something. Workplace goal examples are increasing DEI in a certain department, coming up with a new marketing campaign, creating a…

Why Company Culture is Important A company’s culture is what defines the company norms and how workplace dynamics are operated. Each company has a different culture that is dictated by the top management and influenced by the industry the company is a part of. For example, Mayo Clinic is part of the healthcare industry, does…

Education vs Work Experience: Learning in the classroom has always been designed to help prepare students for life. The classroom is designed to be a safe place for students to take courses on certain topics and make mistakes without having serious consequences. The classroom can also be a way for employees to take courses in…

How a diverse workforce can benefit a company Having a diverse workforce can help a company achieve many goals. By having a large perspective in their workforce, a company will become familiar with different populations, different cultures, and be able to identify with more members of their community. When a company is attempting to expand…

Public Transportation effect on employment With the rising cost of gas prices and the scarcity of parts essential to repair cars, transportation has become a struggle for employees. Since public transportation services are not as developed and as funded as other public services in Wisconsin communities, they are not the most reliable and are limited…

Graduating Healthcare Workers Advantage in Wisconsin This year, healthcare graduates are seeing more opportunities for job placement and growth amidst economic conditions. Because of the pandemic, the news has covered all of the ups and downs of being a healthcare worker in our environment throughout the course of the past two years. However, the new…

Employee Ownership: A Business Succession and Retention Strategy The University of Wisconsin – Madison extension is offering a free webinar on employee ownership. This webinar will help companies pursue their retention strategy as the baby boomer generation is retiring. With this shift in employee demographic, it is very important that companies have these resources so…

Upcoming Head Start Events Through WDEOC The Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council announces hosting a couple of upcoming events for families this May! These events include The Eau Claire Head Start Career Fair and Truax Center Enrollment Open House.  The career fair is on May 11th from 4:30 – 6:30 pm at 3103 Oak Knoll…