MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – It’s a chronic shortage.
Wisconsin’s $18 billion tourism industry can’t find enough workers and it is struggling to train the next generation of managers.
The rapidly-growing market segment accounts for nearly 200,000 Wisconsin jobs.
Several resorts in the northeast part of the state partnered with Lakeland College this spring to help train potential workers.
Students taking hospitality management courses at Lakeland are offered entry level positions or internships. By the time they graduate, they have the equivalent of two years work experience.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
