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Our Talent Forum's (tFaB) May 8 feature presentation with Secretary Ray Allen of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development attracted 40 human resources professionals in the food and beverage industry. 

AGENDA

8:00 - 8:30 AM 
Arrive and network

8:30 - 8:50 AM 
Overview of FaB’s talent work. Before handing the microphone to Secretary Allen, Shelley Jurewicz, Executive Director of FaB, offered a welcome and outlined FaB’s Talent Outreach Plan developed by tFaB. How the plan was developed was shared by offering two videos. One to illustrate how we work together and another on how we take action together. 

8:50 - 10:00 AM  
Meet Secretary Ray Allen of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. With unemployment at historic lows (2.9%) and the tightening labor and talent pool, the Secretary shared his list of best practices for employers and took questions from the audience. The secretary's bottom-line message: "We're only as good as our interaction with you, our employers."

1. Connect with your high schools and students
2. Offer apprenticeship opportunities
3. Tap American Vets. Wisconsin has one the nation's strongest programs
4. Tap those with disabilities or into the aging workforce
5. Look into ex-offenders
6. Hire interns and use WisConnect

WHO ATTENDED?

HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS FROM:

Angelic Bakehouse
Campbell Soup Co.
Chr. Hansen
Create-A-Pack Foods
Employ Milwaukee
Gehl Foods
General Mills
Goodwill Industries
Joseph Campione
Kerry
Klement Sausage Co.
Krones USA
Lakeland University
Masters Gallery
Milwaukee 7
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee Public Schools
Mount Mary University
Ocean Spray
Palermo’s Pizza
QPS
Sargento
Schreiber Foods
Sendik’s Market
Stella & Chewy’s
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Wisconsin Workforce Development Association
Wixon