MMAC businesses host Milwaukee Public School students

How can we connect with the next generation to help fill the Milwaukee region’s talent pipeline?
Bring together local businesses and students to spark an interest in a potential career.

In February and March, MMAC hosted high school students from six Milwaukee Public Schools for small group career conversations with dynamic and diverse professionals from local businesses in technology, healthcare and business areas, future career aspirations and academic career industry of interest through their participation in a relevant course.

Be the Spark Career Conversations is part of a series of events designed to offer high-impact career experiences providing real-world context for classroom learning and to create strong, enduring alliances between education and industry partners. The goal is to inspire students to explore the broad spectrum of rewarding high-demand

The Be the Spark program focuses on careers in the industries of Technology, Business/Finance and Healthcare.

By 2025, the Milwaukee Region is projected to have more than 450,000 jobs within these industry clusters, offering an average annual wage
of $60,000.

See more at MMAC.org/Spark.html

Audubon
Bradley Tech
Hamilton
Marshall
Reagan
Riverside

2022-23
PARTICIPATING MILWAUKEE REGION BUSINESSES:

• Children’s Wisconsin
• Johnson Financial Group
• Northwestern Mutual
• Novir
• River Run Computers
• WEC Energy Group

Healthcare and technology pathways
are supported through partnerships with
the Center for Healthcare Careers and
MKE Tech Hub Coalition.

CAREER COACHES PARTICIPATED FROM THE
FOLLOWING COMPANIES:

• Advocate Aurora Healthcare
• Advocate Aurora Health
• ACL Laboratories
• Associated Bank
• Centers for Independence
• Coakley Brothers - Brothers Interiors
• CORA Physical Health
• Fearings Audio Video Security
• Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast, Inc.
• Infosys
• Johnson Financial Group
• Komatsu Mining
• Maximus
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• Milwaukee County
• Milwaukee Magazine
• MMAC
• Mova Business Solutions
• Northwestern Mutual
• Sikich
• Staffpros
• WEC Energy Group
• zizzo