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Partnership Spotlight: Milwaukee Building Construction Trades Council Women in the Trades Group empowHER

The age-old proverb “A woman’s work is never done,” [...]

admin2020-01-23T22:11:40+00:00January 23rd, 2020|empowHER, In The News|

“Home To Stay” Event

A Resource-Rich Event Dedicated to Supporting Justice-Involved Persons, Returning Citizens [...]

admin2019-04-23T18:24:37+00:00April 23rd, 2019|In The News|

Celebrating Workforce Development Programs in Milwaukee

As reported on fox6now.com, written by Amy Dupont MILWAUKEE -- [...]

admin2019-01-15T16:56:12+00:00January 15th, 2019|In The News|

WRTP | BIG STEP Success Series: Jessica Benson

Jessica Benson is not necessarily someone you would [...]

admin2018-12-07T20:07:32+00:00October 24th, 2018|Industrial, Success Stories|

Workforce Development Consortia Provide Needed Services

Workforce consortia we reviewed connected small businesses to a coordinated [...]

admin2018-12-07T20:07:09+00:00October 22nd, 2018|Case Studies|

Reconstructing the Local Labor Market: The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership and BIG STEP

For American workers, having a high school or general equivalency [...]

admin2018-12-07T20:05:38+00:00October 22nd, 2018|Case Studies|

TechTerns – Mortenson Construction

TechTerns provides Bradley Technical High School students [...]

admin2018-10-23T15:49:35+00:00October 22nd, 2018|TechTerns, Youth Programs|

Program Teaches ‘Old Dog New Tricks’

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota In Minnesota, the IMT program is [...]

admin2018-10-23T23:07:48+00:00March 9th, 2018|IMT, Industrial|

Moving Apprenticeship Into the Future

This report from the Center On Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) provides [...]

admin2018-10-23T23:09:57+00:00February 1st, 2017|IMT, Industrial|

Milwaukee Skilled Trades Consortium

Milwaukee Area Technical College and WRTP | BIG STEP launched [...]

admin2018-10-23T15:50:16+00:00April 6th, 2016|Milwaukee Skilled Trades Consortium|

WHO WE ARE

WRTP | BIG STEP is a 501(c)3 nonprofit workforce intermediary dedicated to connecting people to family-sustaining jobs.

WRTP MISSION

Our mission is to enhance the ability of public and private sector organizations to recruit, develop, and retain a more diverse, qualified workforce in construction, manufacturing and emerging sectors of the regional economy.

WRTP HISTORY

WRTP was initially created to renew our traditional industrial base in the Milwaukee area during the 1990s. The recovery of manufacturing, retirement of an aging workforce, and diversification of the regional economy created a growing skills shortage by the end of the decade. In response to this threat to economic growth and prosperity, we created our successful model of pre-employment training for job seekers to qualify for family-sustaining jobs in the industrial sector.

WHY WE SUCCEED

Supported by public, private, and philanthropic investments, WRTP | BIG STEP’s mission is to assist economically disadvantaged minorities, women, and youth (primarily from the central-city) develop the skills needed to participate meaningfully in the workforce and share in the area economy while ensuring that member companies have the skilled workers needed to prosper and grow in a competitive global economy.

UPCOMING EVENTS

WALBEC GROUP RECRUITMENT EVENT

Jan 22, 2019

In partnership with the Wis DOT, local stakeholders, the WI Fast Forward Grant and the Walbec Group (which is the parent company of Payne and Dolan and Zenith Tech), I am excited to announce the upcoming training opportunity and recruitment date of January 22 for the next Racine class. The Walbec Group will be assisting with recruitment, screening and training and will be sourcing Spring 2019 hires from this training cohort. Class will start 1/28/2019 and will run through 3/8/2019 and will be held Monday-Friday 8 am to 4 pm. The locations for training will vary from the Racine Gateway Campus, Gateway iMET Center and training centers in the area.

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IRONWORKERS RECRUITMENT & INFORMATION SESSION

Jan 23, 2019

WRTP/BIG STEP, in collaboration with the Ironworkers Local 383, are recruiting qualified candidates for the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program. Please come to the Ironworkers Recruitment and Informational session to learn more about the Ironworkers trade and apprenticeship opportunities within the union. Contractors and union representatives will be present to answer your questions. Applications for the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program will be available during this session.

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