“It’s so nice to be fully staffed,” said no manager ever. Wouldn’t that be great, though? Can you imagine your workplace having all the highly skilled workers it needs to function efficiently and effectively, taking advantage of available opportunities and being proactive rather than reactive? If there’s one thing that has plagued industries across the
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” That popular adage may or may not apply to teaching Fido to fetch or roll over, but it certainly doesn’t apply to humans searching for the right career. That’s the powerful lesson AmSkills is teaching as it continues to improve lives in the Tampa Bay area. One
Manufacturers Must Retain and Attract Workers to Battle Ongoing Labor Shortage As 2023 winds to an end and 2024 begins, it’s good to take a closer look at how manufacturers have been faring with the ongoing struggle to fill open positions. It’s no secret that manufacturers here and around the world have been battling
Instructor Profile: Scott Weiler Have you heard the news? American manufacturing is back! And when it comes to new high-tech manufacturing facilities, Arizona is the place to be. Here’s just a sample of the facilities in Arizona that are under construction or have been announced: Intel’s semiconductor plants in Chandler Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)’s
In-House Training: Why It’s Valuable and How It Can Go Wrong Should industrial employers provide ongoing training for their employees? How that question gets answered usually depends upon who you ask. Studies show that employees see ongoing training as a desired benefit. Unfortunately, many employers see training as an unnecessary cost. When you look
Why Consider a Career in Manufacturing? Here’s What Manufacturing Workers Say If you work in the manufacturing industry or are involved in training the next generation of workers, there’s one fact you’re well aware of: manufacturing needs more highly skilled workers. The “skills gap” problem has existed for years and continues today. Modern manufacturers simply
New Plants Put Focus on EV Technology Training Will Americans really give up their gas-guzzling behemoths in favor of electric vehicles (EVs)? Even just a few years ago, many people would’ve probably answered “Never!” to such a question. Today, though, a drive around any populated area will likely reveal the presence of at least one
How do you effectively prepare high school students for the manufacturing jobs of today and tomorrow? If you’re Chardon High School career and technical education (CTE) instructors Tracey Britt and Kim Butala, you partner with Amatrol and Buckeye Educational Systems to create what Taneisha Cordell from ABC News 5 Cleveland calls “a technology playground.” According
Proponents of alternative energy sources are excited about growing interest in domestic manufacturing related to renewable energy sources, especially solar. For years now, the supply of solar-related products, such as solar panels, has mostly come from Asia, but that may change in the coming years if the United States government has its way. According to
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, employers in every sector experienced a phenomenon that manufacturers had been dealing with for many years: a shortage of skilled workers. Most people vividly remember “CLOSED” signs adorning windows due to staffing shortages. While we’re a ways past the pandemic now, many businesses continue to experience skilled labor
FAIRVIEW, TN – He took the job in 2003 as a business education teacher. But Kevin Sizemore didn’t know he’d build a mechatronics program that offers students an associate’s degree along with their high school diploma. Sizemore, the mechatronics instructor at Fairview High School in Fairview, TN, said his goal as an instructor is to
Today’s career and technical education (CTE) instructors face a variety of challenges. For many new CTE instructors, it’s a matter of establishing a program and getting it off the ground. However, it can be just as difficult to revive and improve an established program that’s underperforming. That’s the situation Dean Lepkowski found when he took
