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Article: The Skills Gap.
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- Plant Engineering
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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By Bob Vavra, Editor
Even in tough times, the looming skilled worker shortage isn't going away. The question is, what are you going to do about it?
It is impossible to believe we're talking about job shortages in manufacturing after watching 793,000 manufacturing jobs disappear in 2008. Yet everyone seems to be talking about the looming Skills Gap in American manufacturing, and that discussion is gaining momentum.
Two separate town hall meetings at trade events in January focused on how to attract young people to manufacturing, and how to connect manufacturers with the business, civic and educational leaders who can drive the grass-roots effort ...