Workforce Development
The Skills Gap Goes Mainstream
The past few years have seen news coverage of the skilled worker shortage expanding beyond trade publications like this one. Here are a few recent examples.
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Moldmakers Working for Funding to Support Mfg Training
2014 Leadtime Leader Winner Westminster Tool shares its process for successfully obtaining funds for manufacturing training. It takes a lot of work and collaboration.
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Sandvik Pushes Collaboration, Education With New Facility
The design of Sandvik Coromant’s latest productivity center reflects a focus that’s far broader than just cutting tools. .
Read MoreNational Institute for Metalworking Skills Partners with Winners of Job Training Grant
Community colleges will use national standards, credentials to prepare more students and workers for success in high-demand careers.
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Building an Integrated Mfg Center to Fill the Skills Gap
“We receive overwhelming requests from employers who want to hire our students. Our students know there are immediate jobs waiting for them that come with good starting salaries,” says Bob Novak, Waukesha County Technical College, Associate Dean of Manufacturing. That is why WCTC is working to create a new Integrated Manufacturing Center (IMC) to provide innovative solutions to the skills gap crisis.
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If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words …
then a video—moving pictures—is worth so much more, and manufacturing can reap its benefits.
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IMTS: Automate Your Way out of the Skilled Labor Shortage
GF Machining Solutions is on a mission this IMTS to help industry overcome the skilled labor shortage and stay competitive at the same time. Their solution is automation.
Read MoreManaging the CAM Workforce Supply Chain
Maybe reframing the conversation in business terms will help solve the manpower problem.
Read MoreThe Cardinal Rule of Workforce Development
Maybe the industry needs more soft skills than technical skills.
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