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Beyond Reshoring: Why Restarting Plants and Hiring Workers are Just as Crucial
An emphasis on addressing both the skills gap and opening plants that are either closed or underutilized is essential if manufacturing wants to continue growing and attracting new workers By: Plant Engineering Even as the reshoring of manufacturing jobs gains … Continue reading
There Will Be a Factory Skills Shortage. Just Not Yet
By: Peter Coy, Bloomberg Businessweek A shortage of skilled manufacturing labor is on the way, says a new study by Boston Consulting Group. But, says the firm, it hasn’t arrived yet.
The Welcome Return of an Old Idea
By: John Sprovieri, Assembly One of the ironies of the economic recovery is that, despite an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent, U.S. manufacturers are struggling to find workers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. manufacturers posted 310,000 job … Continue reading
Report: Manufacturing Could Create 3.85M New Jobs
By: Manufacturing.net According to a new report from Deloitte, America can reverse the decline in the manufacturing industry, but only if it encourages innovation, trains workers and addresses tax reform and regulations, while also investing in infrastructure and energy.
It’s Manufacturing’s Turn for Special Treatment
By: Gary P. Pisano, Harvard Business Review Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing in his State of the Union address, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to … Continue reading
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Factory Jobs — High-tech and High-salaried
By: Parija Kavilanz, CNNMoney What’s uncool about a $100,000 factory job? These days not much. In fact, factory jobs — once considered back-breaking and low-paying — have become high-tech and high-salaried.
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Manufacturers Get Involved in Training Programs for Future Workers
By Alejandra Cancino, Chicago Tribune reporter PEKIN, Ill. — — Doug Parsons needs to hire more than two dozen skilled workers at his manufacturing plant here, but he can’t find them.