A spike in orders is increasing production for manufacturers, but many lack the workers they need to help them keep up. How can they find the skill they need to handle the rise in business?

Category: Education, Industries, Insights
Tagged: apprenticeships, colleges, Dalton Ga., manufacturing, ReadySC, skills gap, STEM, talent gap, workforce training,

Production workers competing for jobs in today’s manufacturing field are up against more than overseas competition. As plants grow automated, they must prove their relevancy in a robot-heavy workplace.

Category: Education, Insights, Job Creation
Tagged: automation, insourcing, jobs, manufacturing, production, Reshoring, robots, STEM, Technology, workforce,

More than 600,000 manufacturing jobs in the U.S. are unfilled due to a lack of qualified workers. How can employers help bridge the skills gap plaguing today’s workforce? We explore a few ideas here.

Category: Education, Insights, Job Creation
Tagged: apprenticeships, skills gap, STEM education, talent gap, technical colleges, workforce training,

What will the factories of the future look like? Automation will be more common, and workers will need to possess creative and analytical skills as much as brute strength and dexterity.

Category: Education, Insights, Job Creation
Tagged: creative class, factories, high-tech manufacturing, Innovation, manufacturing, production, recession, skills gap, talent gap, workforce,

Inadequate demand and education in many jobs are preventing workers from finding employment and keeping unemployment high in many communities. What can be done to close this gap? Developing a wealth of specialized skills to start.

Category: Education, Insights, Research
Tagged: college, construction, employers, engineering, health care, jobs, manufacturing, specialization, talent gap, Technology, unemployment, workforce development, workforce skills, workforce training,