Workforce Development
A Temp Turnover Solution
Some mold builders, especially those also involved in molding, use temporary labor. And this comes with a challenge: turnover. What's needed is a retention strategy that considers everything from pay to open communication.
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Manufacturing Day is an Opportunity for our Industry
How are you celebrating our national day, Manufacturing Day, this year? October 7 marks the fifth year since Manufacturing Day was established in the US, Canada and Mexico, and the mold manufacturing industry should embrace the opportunity to spread the message that moldmaking is cool!
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Labor Day: Honoring American Workers
It’s Labor Day – the first Monday in September – and the US is recognizing the many citizens who work hard and contribute toward our country’s strength and prosperity. I hope MMT readers are enjoying a well-deserved day of respite.
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Breaking Down the Skills Gap, Part 2
With the skills gap now defined, the next step is implementing strategies to close it.
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What Are Your Company’s Skills Criteria When Hiring?
When screening candidates for employment, what, besides applied skills, are also fundamentally important to your company?
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Beyond Talking: Seeing is Believing
This year the AMBA Chicago Chapter will be hold two symposiums promoting careers in advanced manufacturing, but this time teachers, career counselors and superintendents will have the opportunity to see advanced manufacturing in action.
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Project-Based Learning – The Rest of the Story
In this month’s issue of MMT, I wrote about an instructor’s strategy for teaching his mechanical engineering students about moldmaking via project-based learning. I couldn’t include absolutely everything this instructor teaches his students, so I thought I’d blog about it.
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Throwback Thursday: Finding, Training & Retaining Employees
Even though there is no lack of coverage on the skilled workforce gap, we cannot deny its severity or the need for a commitment to do something about it. That's why I thought it was appropriate to use today's post to point you back to a series we did a few years ago that discussed how to find, train and retain a solid workforce.
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Are You Blazing New Trails to Build Your Future Workforce?
I’ve been working in the manufacturing industry for many years now, and I know that manufacturers have struggled far too long to bridge the skills gap. Thank goodness for moldmaker ingenuity and the desire to rise above the roadblocks!
Read MoreBreaking Down the Skills Gap, Part 1
You can’t solve a problem without defining it first. This two-part series will help define the skills gap and offer solutions for closing it.
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