New WEDC position to coordinate statewide talent attraction efforts

Increasing college student internships and getting more out-of-state Wisconsin graduates to put down roots here are some of the key goals of a new position at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

The position is the latest collaboration between the University of Wisconsin System and the state’s job-creation agency to address a growing worker shortage in the state, which the Wisconsin State Journal highlighted in its recent “Workers Wanted” series...