In today’s (March 2, 2010) Daily Executive Briefing from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, an article from the Financial Times is cited; stating specifically:
US Manufacturers Bracing For Skills Shortages.
Despite the fact that manufacturing industry has cut more than two million jobs last two years, the Financial Times (3/1, Weitzman) reported US manufacturers are struggling to find workers with needed skills. The skill shortage may limit manufacturers’ ability to boost output as the economic recovery accelerates. A wide range of manufacturers have voiced concerns over skilled workers reaching retirement age in the near future, and the dearth of younger employees standing ready to replace them.
Categories: Manufacturing · USA Manufacturing Sector · career awareness · workforce development
“Quick—think of an industry that holds up a huge piece of the state’s economy, innovates constantly and offers rewarding jobs.” (“On a Mission to Save Manufacturing,” Worcester Business Journal, January 18, 2010.)
Jack Healy, of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Manufacturing Advancement Center, has been named the Nonprofit Business Leader of the Year by the Worcester Business Journal.
In addition to naming him the Nonprofit Business Leader of the Year, the January 18, 2010 edition of the Worcester Business Journal also features Jack Healy in an article, On a Mission to Save Manufacturing, that discusses some of the work Jack has done over many years to change people’s perceptions and breathe life back into an industry that many believe is failing.
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts · Manufacturing in MA · career awareness
Tagged: Jack Healy, MassMAC, MassMEP, Worcester Business Journal
The Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing, out of the The Product Realization Network at Stanford University, has an interactive guide that helps people learn more about manufacturing. General topics, with more than 50 different videos, include “How Things are Made,” “Careers in Manufacturing,” and “Manufacturing Processes.”
In addition to the videos, the interactive guide poses questions to viewers, asking them to think about how products are made; viewers can also see the responses that other people have submitted.
To watch the videos and find out more about different types of manufacturing, processes, and careers, visit The Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing site.
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · General Info · Manufacturing · career awareness
Tagged: Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing, Stanford University
Explore careers in manufacturing online with the Manufacturing Career Guide. The guide includes job descriptions, skill and education requirements, and also lists some wage and salary information. The site also includes additional resources, video links, and tutorials.
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · General Info · Manufacturing · career awareness · education awareness
Tagged: career information, Manufacturing Career Guide
ATETV Episode 6 focuses on the green workforce. In the manufacturing segment, the program shows students in a manufacturing technology program using and learning about rapid prototype modeling.
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · career awareness · education awareness
Tagged: ATETV, rapid prototype modeling, video
Advanced Technological Education Television (ATETV) could be a helpful resource for parents, career advisors, educators, students and career changers who want to learn more about careers in advanced technology. The ATETV website has a video series that “highlights success stories from community colleges and ATE programs nationwide.” The aim of ATETV is “to connect employers in industry and government with the high-tech workforce of tomorrow.”
Go check it out!
Categories: career awareness · education awareness · workforce development
Tagged: ATETV, career information videos, NSF
The Mass-TEC staff have been working with Worcester Family Engagement Coalition, Uniting Our Voices, Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts, Citywide Parent Planning Advisory Council, and Latino Education Institute to pull together all the pieces for the second, two-evening Family Academy: Career Choices for Our Children event.
The first evening — tonight — will include a presentation by Workforce Central Career Center on the Massachusetts Career Information System (MassCIS) to each of the parent groups (i.e., English speakers, Spanish speakers, and Vietnamese speakers). When a group is not learning about MassCIS, they will be speaking with employees and employee/owners from area advanced manufacturing companies. We have six employees scheduled to sit on informal panels and discuss their experiences in the field with the parent groups. Presently, employees and owners hail from Metso Automation, JP Mfg, Phillips Precision, Intel Corporation, and Saint-Gobain.
The second evening — tomorrow — includes a tour of the Intel fab in Hudson. The tours will be broken up into three separate groups, and will be led by different Intel employees and an interpreter.
I believe the turnout for this event is nearing 50 people, including some children (grades 7 – 12).
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts · Outreach Events · career awareness
Tagged: CPPAC, Family Academy, Intel, JP Mfg, LEI, Mass-CIS, Mass-TEC, Metso Automation, Phillips Precision, Saint-Gobain, SEACMA, Uniting Our Voices, WFEC, Workforce Central Career Center
