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Amatrol - Exploring the Why Behind the Manufacturing Premium
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Duane Bolin
Monday, 02 June 2025 / Published in Featured, Manufacturing, Skills Gap

Why Are Manufacturing Jobs So Special?

“Made in America!” Those three words evoke a range of thoughts and emotions, from simple patriotism to a belief in a higher-quality product. They’ve also become a bit of a political rallying cry. Since the beginning of 2025, American manufacturing has been in the national spotlight more than ever, largely due to the Trump administration’s
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Amatrol - U.S. Manufacturing is Dead. Long Live U.S. Manufacturing!
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Duane Bolin
Tuesday, 27 May 2025 / Published in Featured, IGNITE, Skills Gap

Solving the Manufacturing Paradox

Do you want to see more manufacturing jobs in the United States? Do you want to work one of those manufacturing jobs? For Americans, the answer to these two questions is quite different and seemingly contradictory. Welcome to the paradox that is modern manufacturing in the U.S. The on-again, off-again Trump administration tariff announcements sparking
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Amatrol - Closing the Skills Gap with Data-Driven Training
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Duane Bolin
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 / Published in Featured, Skills Gap

Training Tips for the Modern Manufacturer

What’s the biggest challenge facing manufacturers in 2025? A survey of companies would likely yield a variety of answers, from inflation and fickle customer demand to productivity and ever-changing technology. But there’s one ongoing problem that would top the list for many manufacturers: filling open positions with highly skilled workers. Manufacturers call it the skill
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Amatrol - These Skills Can Supercharge Your Manufacturing Career
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Duane Bolin
Friday, 14 March 2025 / Published in Featured, Manufacturing, Skills Gap

Which Skills Do Manufacturers Need Most in 2025?

American manufacturers need workers. For years, they’ve struggled to fill open positions and, while some of their efforts have led to improved recruitment, there are still hundreds of thousands of open positions across the country. Thanks to the work of manufacturers and educators over the last decade, however, more students than ever are open to
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Amatrol - Skills Gap Update Will It Ever End
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Duane Bolin
Tuesday, 25 February 2025 / Published in Featured, Manufacturing, Skills Gap

Ongoing Skills Gap Challenges US Manufacturers

Anyone tuned in to the state of manufacturing in America has been aware of the perennial thorn in the side of manufacturers everywhere: the skills gap. For many years now, manufacturers have struggled to fill open positions due to a shortage of workers with the skills needed to work with and alongside new advanced automation
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Amatrol - Reshoring Manufacturing Jobs Puts Spotlight on Ongoing Lack of Skilled Workers
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Duane Bolin
Thursday, 31 October 2024 / Published in Apprenticeship, CTE, Featured, Skills Gap

Apprenticeship Holds the Key to Bridging the Skills Gap

“Made in the USA” – it’s a label that many take great pride in. There are millions of people who make buying decisions every day based upon where goods are manufactured. They support American-made products because they want to support American businesses. This isn’t always easy, because for certain categories of products, such as electronics,
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Amatrol - Finding Skilled Workers is Difficult; Keeping Them is a Challenge, Too
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Duane Bolin
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 / Published in Skills Gap

Successful Onboarding Key to Employee Retention

What’s the greatest challenge facing manufacturers today? Is it inflation? Ongoing supply chain issues? Competition from foreign companies? All of those could arguably be listed as significant challenges, but there’s one challenge that most, if not all, manufacturers would agree remains their biggest barrier to growth and profitability: hiring enough skilled workers to fill their
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Amatrol - How to Teach Industry 4.0 Fundamentals
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Duane Bolin
Thursday, 01 August 2024 / Published in Automation, Featured, Skills Gap

AI isn’t the Future. It’s Here. Are Your Students Ready for it?

Is it just us? Or did artificial intelligence (AI) just appear overnight out of nowhere? It seems like we should be used to this by now. A new technology appears on the horizon, promising yet another major breakthrough in the future. Then, before you know it, the future is here. This trend likely results from
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Amatrol - More Young People Choosing the Skilled Trades
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Duane Bolin
Monday, 10 June 2024 / Published in Featured, Skills Gap

Will Gen Z Bridge the Skills Gap?

Those familiar with manufacturing and the skilled trades know all about the skills gap and the challenge of hiring enough highly skilled workers to fill the hundreds of thousands of open positions throughout industry across the country. For years now, there simply haven’t been enough workers to meet growing demand. Hiring managers tasked with finding
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Amatrol - Massachusetts Ditches Unnecessary Degree Requirements
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Duane Bolin
Wednesday, 07 February 2024 / Published in Featured, Skills Gap

Could Skills-Based Hiring Solve the Ongoing Labor Shortage?

“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
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Amatrol - Manufacturers Still Struggling to Fill Open Positions
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Duane Bolin
Wednesday, 10 January 2024 / Published in Featured, Skills Gap

Manufacturers Still Struggling to Fill Open Positions

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
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Amatrol - Is Your Training Program Set Up for Success
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Duane Bolin
Thursday, 28 December 2023 / Published in Featured, Skills Gap

Is Your Training Program Set Up for Success?

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
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