Explore the Workforce Playbook
ACT Work Ready Community
The ACT Work Ready Community program identifies skill gaps, quantifies skill levels of the workforce, and helps educators build career pathways to be customized to the industry’s needs.
Ag Skills Competition
The Ag Skills Competition through CVTC Education Center allows students to tour the college’s agriculture programs, interact with CVTC students in agriculture programs, and take a trip to the nearby Eau Claire Farm show.
America’s Job Honor Awards
The program is a nonprofit effort that seeks to help disadvantaged citizens enter the workforce.
Blueprint for Prosperity
The Blueprint for Prosperity program was created in March 2014 to invest $35.4 million in the Wisconsin Fast Forward program to increase grants given to the Wisconsin Technical College System.
Blugold Beginnings
Blugold Beginnings is a program that works to educate and inspire students, especially underrepresented, low income or first generation students, to believe that a post-secondary education is important, attainable, and available at the University of Wisco
Blugold Beginnings Day Camps
Blugold Beginnings offers six engaging summer camps each year to provide students the opportunity to spend a week learning about a topic of interest on the UW-Eau Claire campus.
Career Exploring
Career Exploring is a growing program in the Chippewa Valley which aims to help youth learn more about careers that can be pursued in a variety of fields.
Career Tour
Career Tours are held at CVTC for high school students to learn about CVTC as a college.
CareerLaunch
CareerLaunch is a program that encourages members to assess their skills and interests, explore careers, make sound educational decisions and prepare to join our nation’s work force.
Chamber Diversity & Inclusion Task Force
The Task Force focuses on sharing information and learning best practices about diversity, inclusion and minority business development to improve our workforce.
Chamber Homecoming Grant
The Chamber Homecoming Grant seeks to attract and retain college graduates who are originally from Eau Claire by offering a $5,000 grant distributed over a 4-year period.
Chippewa County Manufacturing Boot Camp
The Manufacturing Boot Camp helps educate high school students about careers in manufacturing and provide hands-on experiences with manufacturing processes.
