{"id":107156,"date":"2021-03-08T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2846271"},"modified":"2021-03-08T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:45:00","slug":"wisconsin-department-of-workforce-development-turns-to-premier-virtual-to-power-virtual-career-fairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/03\/08\/wisconsin-department-of-workforce-development-turns-to-premier-virtual-to-power-virtual-career-fairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development turns to Premier Virtual to Power Virtual Career Fairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2846234 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pv-booth-vs.-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pv-booth-vs.-2-1.png 925w, https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pv-booth-vs.-2-1-768x335.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Premier Virtual is currently powering virtual hiring events for 1 in 3 workforce boards across the United States and is now working directly with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to expand virtual job fair offerings statewide. Steve Edwards, CEO of Premier Virtual, grew up in Chippewa Falls and is very proud to provide his home state with innovative ways to help residents gain employment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that as COVID-19 continues to raise new challenges, workforce development agencies and boards are finding innovative ways to support their residents during these difficult times and are turning to Premier Virtual for the answers,\u201d explains Steve.\u00a0 &#8220;Being able to power Wisconsin\u2019s statewide virtual hiring events is personally very fulfilling and we look forward to the success that lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In late March 2020, DWD transitioned to remote job services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff were able to quickly pivot and provide reemployment services by phone and offer job search assistance workshops using video conferencing tools. Recruitment services and job fairs, however, were temporarily paused as it was difficult to bring employers and job seekers safely together in-person and DWD did not have a virtual option.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Virtual provides that virtual solution and creates a hiring event experience for employers and job seekers that is similar to the in-person job fairs that DWD has coordinated in the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are confident and excited about the hiring events that Premier Virtual can help facilitate through their online platform,&#8221; Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek said. &#8220;Reconnecting is important and this technology will increase engagement and efficiency, which will help people get back on their feet and into the workforce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The value of Premier Virtual services will last beyond the COVID-19 pandemic as DWD embraces new technology and virtual services moving forward. The platform allows DWD to easily collaborate with workforce development boards, engage other partners virtually, and connect job seekers with employers across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin is currently planning their spring virtual hiring events and will be publishing its schedule in the coming weeks here: <a href=\"http:\/\/wisconsinjobcenter.org\/events\/\">http:\/\/wisconsinjobcenter.org\/events\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Garcia<br \/>\nMarketing Director<br \/>\nPremier Virtual<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiervirtual.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.premiervirtual.com<\/a><br \/>\n561-801-5820<br \/>\njohn.garcia@premiervirtual.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/premier-virtual\/\" rel=\"tag\">Premier Virtual<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/career-fairs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Career Fairs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/workforce-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">workforce development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/remote-job\/\" rel=\"tag\">remote job<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/hiring\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hiring<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/workforce-solutions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Workforce Solutions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/virtual-hiring-events\/\" rel=\"tag\">Virtual Hiring Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/virtual-career-fairs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Virtual Career Fairs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/dwd\/\" rel=\"tag\">DWD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/job-services\/\" rel=\"tag\">job services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/virtual-event-platform\/\" rel=\"tag\">Virtual Event Platform<\/a><\/p>\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/premiervirtual.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/premiervirtual.com\/<\/a><br \/><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/ips\/\" rel=\"category tag\">IPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/reportedtimes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reportedtimes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/google-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Google News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/financial-content\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Financial Content<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/extended-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Extended Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/icn-internal-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag\">iCN Internal Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier Virtual is currently powering virtual hiring events for 1 in 3 workforce boards across the United States and is now working directly with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to expand virtual job fair offerings statewide. Steve Edwards, CEO of Premier Virtual, grew up in Chippewa Falls and is very proud to provide &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2021\/03\/08\/wisconsin-department-of-workforce-development-turns-to-premier-virtual-to-power-virtual-career-fairs\/\">Continue reading <span>Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development turns to Premier Virtual to Power Virtual Career Fairs<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/03\/08\/wisconsin-department-of-workforce-development-turns-to-premier-virtual-to-power-virtual-career-fairs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,107,97,67,57,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-extended-distribution","category-financial-content","category-google-news","category-icn-internal-distribution","category-ips","category-reportedtimes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development turns to Premier Virtual to Power Virtual Career Fairs - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/03\/08\/wisconsin-department-of-workforce-development-turns-to-premier-virtual-to-power-virtual-career-fairs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development turns to Premier Virtual to Power Virtual Career Fairs - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Premier Virtual is currently powering virtual hiring events for 1 in 3 workforce boards across the United States and is now working directly with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) to expand virtual job fair offerings statewide. 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