Episodes tagged: Manufacturing

400,000 Jobs Need to be Filled to Close the Manufacturing Workforce Gap

In this episode Steve re-visits the manufacturing workforce gap in the US – with 400,000 open jobs to fill, organizations have to think more creatively and expansively about talent – and how to prepare for the next era of American manufacturing.

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Can Manufacturing Revive America’s Heartland?

In this episode Steve continues the discussion about reviving manufacturing in America. Today we examine whether manufacturing is the key to helping declining cities in the heartland or if we should be thinking beyond manufacturing to create more opportunity for workers without college degrees.

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Made in America: The Manufacturing Workforce Dilemma

In this episode Steve discusses a dilemma in the US labor market – trade policies designed to return manufacturing jobs to the country, when there are already over half a million unfilled manufacturing jobs today.

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Americans Want More Factories, but Most Don’t Want to Work in Them

In this episode Steve discusses how most Americans think the country would be better off if more manufacturing and factory jobs were returned to the US, the vast majority don’t actually want to work in these new factories themselves – presenting a challenge for anyone advocating for a large-scale reshoring of manufacturing capacity to the US.

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The Remarkable Comeback in US Manufacturing Jobs

In this episode Steve discusses recent gains in US manufacturing jobs, and some challenges the sector faces to compete with other industries for younger workers.

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