{"id":102294,"date":"2022-02-04T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=102294"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:35:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:35:50","slug":"wedc-seeks-proposals-for-attracting-workers-to-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wedc-seeks-proposals-for-attracting-workers-to-state\/","title":{"rendered":"WEDC seeks proposals for attracting workers to state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin faces a shortage of qualified workers, and the state\u2019s employers are having trouble fully staffing open positions. For this reason, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has been charged by the state Legislature with investing $3 million over the biennium in marketing efforts to attract new, qualified workers to our state.<\/p>\n<p>WEDC would like to tap into expertise that exists within the UW System to help maximize the efficiency and productivity of the investment. For example, experts in sociology could help identify population groups who are more likely to be mobile and receptive to relocating in Wisconsin, and help segment and target WEDC&#8217;s marketing to them.<\/p>\n<p>Proposals must be submitted by Feb. 11.\u00a0The project is described in more detail in this <a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/wedc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WEDC-Workforce-Consulting-Request-for-Proposals-1-6-22.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/wedc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WEDC-Workforce-Consulting-Request-for-Proposals-1-6-22.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"0\">request for proposals<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEDC would like to tap into expertise that exists within the UW System to help maximize the efficiency and productivity of the investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"section":[],"display_categories":[],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[],"class_list":["post-102294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff-announcements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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