Talent fuels growth

Business cannot thrive without the talent to drive their innovation and productivity. This truth has never been more evident than it is today. Employers need best-in-practice resources to develop, attract, diversify and retain their talent base. Ensuring we have the talent needed is paramount to growing the region and a critical component of this campaign.

By 2025, M7 driver industries will need thousands more employees in high-demand positions: 4,300

Industrial Engineers

5,900

CNC Operators

8,700

Software Developers

5,200

Welders

7,700

First-line Production Supervisors

5,100

Quality Control Technicians & Testers

5,300

Electrical Assemblers

4,200

Mechanical Engineers

using data to understand and anticipate labor market forces

Developing the talent that’s here Fully engaging our diverse population Recruiting out-of-market talent

Convening businesses and higher educational institutions, we’re able to inform academic programs to current and future industry needs.

Thanks to the Bucyrus Foundation, we are launching a Manufacturing Career roundtable with broad business participation to specifically address the workforce challenges in our leading driver industry.

By generating an ongoing region-wide skills analysis, we’re identifying in-demand careers, supply and demand of skills, and opportunity gaps to highlight upskilling, reskilling, and career pathways. Creating workplaces that are equitable and inclusive will give regional employers a competitive edge and improve the bottom line. MMAC and M7 are working on “Making Milwaukee a Region of Choice for All.” This initiative addresses racial disparities by expanding opportunities for Black and Brown talent by increasing representation in overall employment by 15% and management by 25%. We are measuring our progress to meet or exceed these goals in the next five years.

More than 120 companies are participating in the Region of Choice collective, sharing challenges, celebrating successes and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the region. M7 supports employer recruitment strategies by identifying targeted geographic areas with high concentrations of workers with particular skills and areas that have a surplus of key skillsets.

The Milwaukee 7 has invested in a proprietary labor market intelligence tool to inform talent attraction and development.

This tool will support businesses by aligning education and training, establishing datainformed policy and connecting job seekers and employers based on skills and demand.