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Items Tagged with 'skilled labor'

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Heat-Treat Trends

July 1, 2019
The U.S. heat treat industry is in the middle of a labor shortage. Here's a look at what companies in the industry are doing about it.
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Training the Next Generation

March 1, 2018
Michael Goldstein
Last issue, when I went over the results from our annual State of the Gear Industry survey, I was being too nice. Sure, there's still a lot of optimism about the business climate. Gear manufacturers are mostly busy. For most, 2018 looks like it will be at least a little better than 2017. But there are dark clouds ahead, and they've been building for some time.
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Solutions for Your Process Engineer Shortage

January 1, 2018
Joe Arvin
As you might imagine, I talk to many gear industry people through the course of my day-to-day activities. And there is one question that I hear over and over again. "Joe, we need an experienced gear process engineer. Do you know anyone who's available?"
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2018 State of the Gear Industry

January 1, 2018
Results from our annual survey of gear manufacturers reveal that business is good, but the skilled labor situation is not.
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We'd Grow Faster If We Could

January 1, 2018
Michael Goldstein
It's probably no surprise to anyone that the majority of the gear industry had a pretty good year in 2017, and that most gear manufacturers are expecting a pretty good 2018 as well. After all, most major economic indicators - including the ones that focus on the manufacturing sector - have been positive for some time.
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The Sales Pitch

January 1, 2014
Matthew Jaster
Kaukauna, Wisconsin may hold the secrets to solving the problem of our skilled labor shortage.
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Learn to Work, Work to Earn

January 1, 2014
Jack McGuinn
Apprenticeship programs are back in the USA - sort of.
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Manufacturing and Pursuit of the American Dream: Reality or Fool's Quest

November 1, 2012
It wasn’t so very long ago that a high school-educated, able-bodied person with a will to work typically had little trouble finding a decent job in manufacturing. Whether at an area job shop, an OEM plant or auto plant—work was to be had. Work that paid well enough to marry, buy a home, feed, raise and educate a family—with even enough left over for a modest retirement pension.
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The New Now: U.S. Workforce Sustainability

March 1, 2012
Faithful Addendum readers are accustomed to finding upbeat, whimsical and oddball stories about gears in this space. What follows is not about gears, exactly. Rather, it is, as opposed to the usual bleak news about America losing its manufacturing mojo—a look at a positive, hopeful development in that regard.
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The Replacements - Taking Steps to Strengthen the Future Skilled Workforce

January 1, 2009
Matthew Jaster
For years, politicians, educators and business leaders have generated various ideas to revitalize U.S. manufacturing and engineering. These include manufacturing initiatives, internal training programs and an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the classroom. The declining expertise in these fields, however, continues to be a growing problem in every facet of manufacturing and engineering.
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