{"id":44065,"date":"2023-07-24T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.midwestfarmreport.com\/?p=44065"},"modified":"2023-07-24T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:07:08","slug":"building-attracting-a-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midwestfarmreport.com\/2023\/07\/24\/building-attracting-a-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Building &#038; Attracting A Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wisconsin, and many other states, are in a situation where unemployment is at all-time lows, but businesses are starving for employees. Department of Workforce Development Secretary Amy Pechacek says we&#8217;re in this situation because of trends decades in the making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Right now, we have more vacancies, about two-and-a-half vacancies, for every job seeker in Wisconsin,&#8221; she says. &#8220;We have our Baby Boomer Generation retiring, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic, we&#8217;ve had low birth rates for several generations, and we have had net-zero to negative migration to the state of Wisconsin over the past 10 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/mid-west-farm-report-madison\/dwds-challenge-building-attracting-a-workforce\/embed\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"DWD's Challenge: Building &#038; Attracting A Workforce\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Pechacek says DWD has several strategies in place to train and retain its resident workforce, such as apprenticeship programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Wisconsin leads the way in apprenticeship,&#8221; she says. &#8220;We have record numbers of registered apprentices in both the adult and youth&#8230; and we&#8217;ve had a record number of employer participants in that apprenticeship program.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DWD has more than 15,900 registered adult apprentices and nearly 8,000 youth apprentices. 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