Skills Gap in Manufacturing
Manufacturing companies have realized there is a significant gap between the talent they need to continue to grow their business, and the talent they can actually find. Here in Fond du Lac, Mercury Marine has run into this problem, and is working with Moraine Park Technical College to address these issues. The company has lost a lot of “tribal knowledge” due to retirements and they realized the need to improve the skills of their current employees.
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An average adult walks 10,000 steps each day, but I think you can safely add 25% if you are the parent of an active child. Add relationships, a full-time class schedule, and accounting club to the equation and you may need a new pair of Nikes.
Why would anyone add an internship?
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The Business Professionals of America Club (BPA) recently traveled to their national competition held in Boston, Massachusetts. Our Moraine Park Technical College students competed in Small Business Management Team, College Payroll Accounting and all of them participated in open competitions during the week of events.
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If you’re envious of artistic talent and creativity, then walking around Moraine Park’s West Bend campus on Wednesday night would have been a difficult adventure for you, for sure.
Graduating students from Moraine Park Technical College’s programs showcased their talents at the College’s Portfolio Showcase.
There were animations, drawings, designs, photos and, well, lots of cool stuff!
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Shown in this undated photo is one of our Moraine Park accounting classes from a bygone era.
In contrast, also shown here are photos of our modern-day accounting students from this past tax season. They offered free tax preparation as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program for individuals who met IRS guidelines.
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In honor of National Small Business Week, Moraine Park is sponsoring the Imagination Network meeting and celebrating with a social event to include a tasting of creations prepared by the students in Moraine Park’s Culinary Arts program. Try a sampling of meat, fish or poultry from potential, future small business owners from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Learn how you too can create a culinary creation in one of our community education classes.
Then enjoy a fun presentation from Kim Braatz, Careers Instructor at MPTC, about FiSH! Philosophy of customer service. Learn how to become truly connected to your work, your customers, and others by applying the four principles of Play, Make their Day, Be There, and Choose Your Attitude. This is a special opportunity to experience the FiSH! Philosophy.
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