The global pandemic ushered in tremendous change to industries and economies around the world, including one with significant short- and long-term implications – the impact on employment. Record quit rates, massive retirements, and growing numbers of job openings have put businesses on their heels. Economists say the Great Resignation of 2021 shows no sign of letting up in 2022 and that the focus now needs to be on retention.

However, new research conducted by Milwaukee PR firm Kane Communications Group reveals that 50% of Wisconsin’s working women are considering quitting their jobs. This is 25% higher than the national average.

Join us for our program meeting on January 25th as Kane Communications Group CEO Kimberly Kane and Rotarian Karen Hung discuss the research findings and what employers in Wisconsin can do to retain women at their companies.

Mary Louise Schumacher, the 2017 Arts & Culture Nieman Fellow, is an independent journalist and critic.  She was the art and architecture critic at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel until February 2019, where she covered culture for the Midwestern newspaper for more than 18 years. On February 8th, she will address what is featured at the Art Preserve of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan.