Workforce Development
Building a Manufacturing Renaissance
As I was perusing LinkedIn the other day, I came across a post that said, “Looking for manufacturers in the Chicago area who want to partner with local high schools with a manufacturing and engineering program.
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Motivating Skilled Toolroom Craftsmen
Steve Johnson, president of MoldTrax, has a lot to say about mold maintenance. So much so, that we could not fit it all into his February "Maintenance Matters" column. Here are some extra pointers that didn't make the cut, but are just as important.
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Skills Center: Apprentice Training - Work Ethic and Attitude
Once a new employee is hired, it is the company’s responsibility to teach that new hire the requirements and expectations of the position, including how to work with good work ethic and a positive attitude.
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Native Roots Feed Community and Industry
I intended to find some “nugget” of detail that would support an announcement we received about Accu-Mold LLC president Dave Felicijan's appointment to the Groves Advisory Board of the Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. What I learned was far more than I expected.
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Retrain or Recruit?
How do you tackle the skills gap in your company? That is the question posed in an email I received from Yaskawa Motoman not too long ago, and I thought the insight provided was worth sharing.
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Out-Takes: Apprentice Backstories
There’s always more of a story to tell when we’re composing features about the places and people of moldmaking. Here are a few that correspond with one of our January feature articles.
Read MoreAligning Education with Industry
Learn how the Rockford Public Schools turned its conventional high school curriculum on its head by aligning education with industry and creating an academy model of teaching.
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Skills Center: Apprentice Training - Shop Safety
The moldmaking industry is in desperate need of highly skilled professionals.
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Getting Real about Manufacturing Education
Some education programs are using real-world projects and engaging industry to better equip students with viable skills for careers in advanced manufacturing.
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Meet More Celebrated Chicago Apprentices
AMBA Chicago’s winner of its 2016 Mold Your Career Award for apprentices, Ryan Hassett, was one of five apprentices nominated by the companies they work for, and each of them deserves a nod of appreciation.
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