Experiences at Department of Workforce Development

Being able to walk to all the great things available in downtown Madison.
Flex-schedules.
Casual dress code.
Brown bag lunch presentations.
Outdoor meetings when the weather is nice.

The University of Wisconsin, State Street, Lakes Mendota and Monona, the Wisconsin Capitol building, and the Dane County Farmer's Market.

The project that has excited me the most at DWD has been the work I've done to create a comprehensive workforce plan for both DWD and for the State of Wisconsin. It has been very interesting. Producing the video that is attached to my profile was a lot of fun too.

One word - cubes! It's not an entirely bad thing because it makes it much easier to talk to my co-workers. The nice thing about the cubes is that the rooms with the good views (the lakes and the Capitol) are saved as conference rooms so everyone can use them.

There are too many opportunities to name. We are a very big agency, with people coming and going pretty frequently. We also like to hire within for some of our program specific positions. A good chunk of our employees started working here at an entry level and are now in mid and senior level management positions. DWD is your oyster....

DWD is a government agency, so interviews are usually done by a panel of three people.

DWD has about 2000 employees, and sometimes new employees feel like a small fish in a very big pond. I would suggest volunteering for inter-unit or division work groups to meet new people. Get involved in things like the Partners in Giving Campaign. Eat in the cafeteria. Use the DWD Workweb to learn more about the organization....

We have a pretty casual dress code. On any given day you'll see jeans, suits, sneakers, heels, and everything in between.

This is going to sound very boring, but I saw the job announcement on a job board and applied.