In an ideal world, hiring decisions should be based solely on the qualifications and abilities of the candidates rather than their race, gender, age, or other personal characteristics. Unfortunately, unconscious biases can lead to discriminatory practices, negatively...
The widening skills gap has been a concern for well over a decade. Over the next ten years, the Manufacturing Institute Report projects that of an expected 4 million manufacturing job openings, 2.1 million will likely be left unfilled. To complicate matters, the...
As we wrote about previously, standards and the certifications based on those standards can help employers identify and close their skills gaps. A “standard” documents critical skills and competencies an employee needs to perform a specific job. Many manufacturing and...
The skilled trades and manufacturing industries are consistently advancing technologically, creating new positions and the need for new and improved skills among current employees. While this is certainly positive, it results in increasing the already problematic...
For highly technical industries like manufacturing, hiring an employee who doesn’t have the right skills for the job can have serious consequences. Not only are you expending valuable time and resources, but you could be creating an unsafe working environment if the...
Simulation training replicates the real-world environment of a workplace. Trainees can learn basic job skills or improve technical skills needed for advanced processes. It can be especially useful for troubleshooting a complex machine or learning a multi-step process....
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