No matter what sector you work in, there’s a common struggle shared by industries across the country: finding enough skilled workers to fill open positions. Forget about expanding and getting ahead, many industries are fighting just to keep up. There’s no single cause behind the skilled worker shortage. Instead, it’s a mixture of causes that
As the United States economy continues to skate on the knife edge of a possible recession, battling on-again, off-again tariffs and new foreign wars spiking costs across the board, unemployment numbers remain well below historic highs. Good opportunities exist, especially in the manufacturing sector. Yet, manufacturers consistently fall short when trying to fill open positions
What comes to mind when you hear the word “factory”? Depending upon a variety of factors, such as how prevalent manufacturing is in the area where you grew up and how much experience you have with family members working in manufacturing, the word “factory” can prompt many different thoughts, images, and emotions. For some, a
As sweltering heat once again envelops large swaths of the United States, the collective hum of air conditioning units becomes the background noise of everyday life. When oppressive heat descends on your home, there’s nothing sweeter than the sound of a compressor kicking on, signaling the return of cool air flowing out of your vents.
Automobile manufacturers have seen the future, and it is electric. Yes, it’s electric in the sense of “exciting,” but it’s also quite literally electric, as electric vehicles (EVs) are indisputably the future of automobiles here in the United States and around the world. That might not seem like a foregone conclusion in today’s on-again, off-again
What generation do you belong to? Are you a Baby Boomer? A Millennial? Gen Z? Gen Alpha? Beyond age, perhaps the one factor that separates the generations more than any other is technology. For example, the members of Gen X are the last to grow up with a primarily analog experience during their youth. Millennials
How’s your wallet doing lately? If you drive much, it’s probably a little lighter thanks to skyrocketing gas prices. If you eat, you may have also noticed prices rising steadily at the grocery store and restaurants. Overall, the current state of the economy has been taking its toll on American consumers. But what about businesses?
In our current age of on-again/off-again tariffs and a new war in the Middle East causing the cost of everything from food to gasoline to skyrocket, it seems like all of us are getting a daily lesson in the painful truth of the economic concept of supply and demand. There’s another place where the law
Remember the good ol’ days when Claude was your uncle from Wisconsin, Copilot was the guy helping fly the plane, and Gemini was your astrological sign if you were born in early summer? Today, these names—along with ChatGPT—are the top artificial intelligence (AI) assistants available on computers and smartphones everywhere. Just a few years ago,
Between the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade wars being waged by the Trump administration via tariffs, the importance of manufacturing in the United States has once again taken center stage. To keep up with domestic demand for things like high-tech semiconductors, it’s more important than ever that as many things
