SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - The worker shortage in our area of the state has been around for several years, and one organization is stepping up efforts to help solve it.
Specifically, 27-hundred open positions are available at companies and businesses in Sheboygan County. However, some of them will remain open due to a lack of people who have the skills necessary.
That has prompted the Sheboygan County Chamber to hold a workforce development executive summit Tuesday morning at Blue Harbor. "We have over 200 people attending this event, and a really good balance of educators and business folks," says Executive Director Betsy Alles.
Alles says attendees will discuss possible future collaborative programs. "How do we make sure we have this pipeline working that gives us the best opportunities to hire people in Sheboygan County to have great jobs, family supporting jobs?"
The chamber’s Workforce Development Manager, Tammy Graf, says it’s not the chamber’s job to come up with the solutions, but rather help facilitate ways for those impacted to have the resources needed to address the problem.