MMAC businesses host Milwaukee Public School students

How can we connect with the next generation to help fill the Milwaukee region’s talent pipeline?

Bring together local businesses and students to spark an interest in a potential career.

2022-23

PARTICIPATING MILWAUKEE REGION BUSINESSES:

• Children’s Wisconsin

• Johnson Financial Group

Alexis Deblitz Director of Education & Industry Partnerships MMAC/M7

In February, MMAC hosted high school students from three Milwaukee Public Schools for small group career conversations with dynamic and diverse professionals from local businesses in healthcare and business/ finance. Discussions focused on students’ interest areas, future career aspirations and academic career plans, targeting students who have identified an industry of interest through their participation in a relevant course.

Be the Spark Career Conversations is part of a series of events designed to offer high-impact career experiences providing real-world context for classroom learning and to create strong, enduring alliances between education and industry partners. The goal is to inspire students to explore the broad spectrum of rewarding high-demand career opportunities with firms throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. The Be the Spark program focuses on careers in the industries of Technology, Business/Finance and Healthcare.

By 2025, the Milwaukee Region is projected to have more than 450,000 jobs within these industry clusters, offering an average annual wage of $60,000.

See more at MMAC.org/Business-Tours-for-Students.html

• Northwestern Mutual

• River Run Computers

• WEC Energy Group

Healthcare and technology pathways are supported through partnerships with the Center for Healthcare Careers and MKE Tech Hub Coalition.

CAREER COACHES PARTICIPATED FROM THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES:

• Advocate Aurora Health

– ACL Laboratories

• CORA Physical Health

• Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast, Inc.

• Johnson Financial Group

• Komatsu Mining

• Medical College of Wisconsin

• Mova Business Solutions

• zizzl LLC