UW Campuses Team Up With WEDC To Bring Alumni Back To Wisconsin


UW Campuses Team Up With WEDC To Bring Alumni Back To Wisconsin


Social Media Marketing Campaign To Attract Recent Grads, Millennials, Veterans

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is one of nine Wisconsin campuses teaming up with the state`s top economic development agency to lure recent graduates back to Wisconsin.

UW-Eau Claire is working with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. to encourage alumni to move back to the state. It`s part of a broader marketing campaign aimed at addressing a shortage of skilled workers at a time when the state unemployment is below 3 percent...

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Ken Notes: As I have often said it will take more that an advertising campaign To Attract Recent Grads, Millennials and Veterans. I still suggest on the individual side, student loans for tuition with a State income tax credit for all interest paid on them. And on the corporate side, a $2,000 state tax credit for 10 years for new hires ($20,000 per NEW employee over ten years).

I know it would be almost impossible to track, but I would love to know the actual cost of ads to bring back just one employee to the state.

I also question why we are spending ad dollars to support Chicago mass transit when we so desperately need transit improvements right here in Wisconsin...

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