% TIME.%>> I APPRECIATE YOU HA
VING ME.
% >> Zac: A NEW REPORT SAYS
% WISCONSIN'S WORKFORCE IS
% EXPECTED TO DWINDLE IN THE NEXT
% DECADE WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN
% OUTSIDE MIGRATION BY 2030 THE
% WORKING AGE POPULATION WILL
% SHRINK BY AN ESTIMATED 130,000
% UNLESS WE FIND A WAY TO KEEP
% YOUNG PEOPLE FROM LEAVING OR
% CONVINCING TO HAVE FAMILIES HERE
% AND THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION PART
% OF THE WISCONSIN COUNTY
% ASSOCIATION.%THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME TODAY.
% >> GOOD TO BE HERE.
% >> YOU USE CENSUS DATA TO TRACK
% THE INFLOW AND OUTFLOW FROM
% WISCONSIN AND THE BABY BOOMERS
% AGE INTO RETIREMENT WE HAVE A
% MAJOR SHORTAGE.
% >> THE FIRST BABY BOOM RETIRED
% AND THAT HAD AN EFFECT.
% THE SECOND HALF IS NOW AGING
% INTO THAT AND THEY'RE ABOUT 20%
% BIGGER SO THAT IS GOING TO --
% AND WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ENOUGH
% YOUNG PEOPLE COMING UP BEHIND
% THEM TO REPLACE THEM.
% SO THE SOLUTION -- THE ONLY
% SOLUTION IF WE DON'T WANT TO SEE
% THAT BIG DECLINE IS MIGRATION
% FROM OTHER STATES OR OTHER %
COUNTRIES.
% >> Zac: SO THE LACK OR ABSENCE
% OF WORKERS WILL BE FELT MORE
% SEVERELY IN CERTAIN AREAS OR
% SPREAD ACROSS THE WHOLE ECONOMY?
% >> IT WILL BE SPREAD ACROSS THE
% WHOLE ECONOMY.
% WE'LL SEE IT EVERYWHERE.
% PROBABLY YOU'LL SEE A BIGGER
% IMPACT IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
% THE POPULATION TENDS TO BE OLDER
% AS IT IS AND FEWER YOUNG PEOPLE
% SO IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE
% ACUTE THERE BUT WE'LL SEE IT
% EVERYWHERE.%>> YOUR REPORT T
ALKS A LOT ABOUT
% YOUNG PEOPLE AND ANYONE WHO GREW
% UP IN WISCONSIN AND WENT TO
% COLLEGE SAW THIS HAPPEN AND YOU
% GO TO WISCONSIN AND EXPLORE THE
% WORLD AND SOME COME BACK HOME TO
% RAISE A FAMILY.
% HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE THAT?
% IS THAT A STATE SOLUTION OR
% BUSINESS OR EMPLOYER SOLUTION?
% >> IT'S A PUBLIC-PRIVATE WORKING
% TOGETHER SOLUTION.
% ONE, WE NEED TO TRY TO LIMIT THE
% NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
% WE'RE LOSING.
% WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A
% SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, AS YOU SAID,
% THEY WANT TO GET OUT THERE.
% BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE FIND IS
% WHEN YOU LOOK AT AVERAGE WAGES
% FOR WHITE COLLAR EDUCATION AND
% COLLEGE GRADUATE OCCUPATIONS
% THEY'RE GOING INTO WE TEND TO BE
% 10% TO 15% BELOW THE NATIONAL
% AVERAGE IN TERMS OF THE BUSINESS
% SECTOR THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
% THAT AND IF THEY WANT TO KEEP
% THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, THEY
% HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE
% COMPETITIVE.
% AND I THINK THERE'S A ROLL FOR
% THE STATE AS WELL.
% WE SEE STATES, COUNTIES ACROSS
% THE COUNTRY PROVIDING INCENTIVES
% FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE TO THEIR
% STATES.%MAINE HAS BEEN A LEA
DER IN THIS.
% WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW IT
% LOOKS BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE
% CAN INNOCENT -- GIVE INCENTIVE
% TO MOVE BACK HERE.
% >>
% >> THE PLACES YOU TALK ABOUT
% PEOPLE MOVING TO ARE HAVING
% NATURAL DISASTERS.
% HOW CAN CLIMATE CHANGE BE MORE
% DESIRABLE TO EVERYONE NOT JUST
% NATIVES?
% >> THERE'S INCREASE DISCUSSION
% AROUND THE NOTION THAT OVER TIME
% WISCONSIN, WITH ALL ITS WATER
% RESOURCES, IS GOING TO LOOK MORE
% AND MORE DESIRABLE FOR
% INDIVIDUALS AND FOR BUSINESSES.
% SO THAT MAY PLAY A ROLE IN THE
% NEAR TERM NOT SO MUCH.
% IT'S MORE OF A LONGER-TERM
% PATTERN WE END UP SEEING.
% >> Zac: WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO BE
% PREPARED.
% SHOULD THE STATE DO MORE AT THIS
% TIME OR MAKING EVERYONE AWARE OF
% THE SOLUTION?
% LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
% >> I THINK THE SOLUTION TO OUR
% CHALLENGE IS REALLY TARGETING
% WHAT I CALL THE FAMILY
% FORMATION.%THAT'S WHAT WE'VE
ALWAYS BEEN
% STRONG IN IN TERMS OF MIGRATION.
% IT'S DESIGNING INCENTIVES FOR
% THAT AGE GROUP TO MOVE HERE.
% AND I THINK IT'S ALSO -- THERE'S
% AN EDUCATION COMPONENT TO THIS
% THAT IF YOU GO OUTSIDE THE
% MIDWEST, PEOPLE KNOW VERY LITTLE
% ABOUT WISCONSIN EXCEPT THAT IT'S
% COLD AND WE HAVE CHEESE AND THE
% PACKERS AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
% SO PART OF IT IS EDUCATING THEM
% ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE
% GREAT SCHOOLS WE HAVE AND
% RELATIVELY LOW CRIME.
% ALL THOSE THINGS THAT FAMILIES
% ARE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE ONCE
% THEY KNOW ABOUT IT AND ONCE YOU
% GET THEM HERE, MOST OF THEM
% STAY.%SO I THINK THAT'S THE
ROLE THAT
% I THINK THE STATE CAN PLAY.
% >> Zac: AND THOSE OF US STILL
% SAY WE DON'T NEED MORE PEOPLE.
% WE LIKE THE SPACE WE HAVE.
% THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.