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A Whole Lotta Training Going On
I read three daily newspapers and subscribe to a news aggregator service, so I feel that I have my finger on the pulse of not only daily events, but trends over time (at least
Read More »Did You Hear? Diane Sawyer’s Asking You to Buy ‘Made in the USA’
Somewhere out there in the world of “main stream media”, a familiar face is educating Americans on the very real impact U.S. manufacturing has on the economy and jobs (or better said, “JOBS! JOBS!
Read More »Escaping into Manufacturing….. Finding Job Opportunities in Manufacturing
The other day I watched the movie, The Great Escape….again. The movie was not an Oscar winner in 1963. It wasn’t even a nominee. It wasn’t a movie for that crowd anyway. (As side
Read More »The Threat of the Manufacturing Skills Mismatch and Public Perceptions of Manufacturing
The September 19th issue of Business Week featured a cover article entitled “America Isn’t Working: Do the Unemployed Get a Second Act,” by Drake Bennett. The article highlights the skills mismatch that has received
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My Kind of Motorcycle Crew
Relationships go bad. It happens. Read the tabloid press and you’ll know that motorcycle makers are not exempt from this reality. But sometimes a little intervention and the creation of relationships, with stable partners,
Read More »Manufacturing…A Story Behind the News
Just the other day someone 33 years younger than I am pointed out that “story” is the last 5 letters of “history”. That is very, very true. It’s especially true in the case of
Read More »Keep Up the Good Work Retaining Manufacturing Jobs
As my colleague, Chris Carbone highlighted in his recent blog post the recent manufacturing jobs report may not be as robust as it appears on the surface. With a focus on needing to support job creation,
Read More »A Deceptively Strong Manufacturing Jobs Report
The release of Friday’s Employment Situation was surprisingly “good.” I use the term “good” loosely–114,000 jobs added over the month is not even enough to simply keep up with population growth, let alone get
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