Manufacturing jobs await skilled workers

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I have been watching the trend of re shoring for close to five years now. An old poster on here informed me a while back that there are roughly 600k, well paying, positions in the manufacturing industry right now going unfilled because of lack of skilled labour. Reshoring is growing and now there’re stories to back up the smart old poster. As the trend continues, and the current workforce starts to retire, this area of employment will only expand.

Heard Off the Street: Manufacturing jobs await skilled workers
www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/opinion/heard-off-the-street-manufacturing-jobs-await-skilled-workers-631454/

Tool and die makers desperately casting for workers
www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2012-04-12/economic-recovery-manufacturing-revival/54365676/1

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I don't know how long it would take to get trained in one of these positions, however, the way I see it is that the business starved the govt of jobs for a while(30 yrs) because all they have been doing is taxing them and selling BS to the people. We are all going to end up servicing our own economies, which means that these could be very long term positions. Robots that can fix other robots are a long way off and there is that whole space travel thing coming up that will require MANY precision parts.

American manufacturers importing workers
finance.yahoo.com/news/american-manufacturers-importing-workers-154400332.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

With the quality of vehicle that Chrysler and Ford are producing now, more careers to think about.

Michigan Begs For $100,000 Engineers After Auto Rebound
www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-15/michigan-begs-for-100-000-engineers-after-auto-rebound.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

If you know of a vet looking for a good job for the future, make sure you pass the info along..

Manufacturers launch program to hire more vets
www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57532535/manufacturers-launch-program-to-hire-more-vets/

Some of the nation's leading manufacturing companies announced a new program Monday to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill some of the estimated 600,000 high-tech, manufacturing jobs that remain open because employers can't find qualified applicants.

The manufacturers say the program will be initially offered in 10 cities. The companies will work with local community and technology colleges to offer training and to put veterans on a fast track to obtaining certification in such areas as electronics, welding and machining.

The effort to hire more veterans will also involve working with employers. General Electric and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University are developing a reference guide that employers can use to help them more effectively recruit and mentor veterans.

The guide will be made available to those companies participating in efforts by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the White House to help 100,000 veterans and their spouses obtain work by 2014.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Some info to consider if you're looking for a new career path or know someone that is looking for a good long term profession.

The Best Cities For Manufacturing Jobs
www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45iemf/no-1-houston-texas/?ss=business

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Like I was saying, long term.

U.S. Manufacturers Bullish on Their Careers
www.automationworld.com/manufacturing/us-manufacturers-bullish-their-careers

US manufacturing stalls given lack of applicants
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business/debt-crisis/121207/us-manufacturing-stalls-given-lack-applicants

Bill Black is, to use his blunt assessment, "pissed off." For 5 years, the executive vice president of Aphelion Precision Technologies has been unable to fill 7 to10 job openings at his family owned business in suburban Chicago. The company which makes components for aerospace and electronics firms has 46 employees.

"I sometimes wake up in the morning and I'm thinking, maybe people just don't want to go to work," said Black. "Maybe it's easier to stay at home and not work. I don't know."

Black's rhetorical question is one that many manufacturers are asking themselves. As the economy recovers and the country's manufacturing base ramps up production it is struggling to fill jobs. Sometimes it's because the applicants lack the skills needed to run complex machinery, but often it's because there are simply too few or no applicants.

[damnotagain]

That was nice of him to offer $10.00 an hour before taxes for such " highly skilled " labor.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I agree, $10-12 a hour for part time work, with training provided, is a great place to start a long term career; it's not as easy as sitting around which seems to be the problem. It's going to be interesting over the next three years to see how all these young liberal arts grads do as they start to strap on the work boots.

[Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ]

There was a news program on tv, a while back, maybe one year ago on this issue. A couple of small manufacturing business owners were interviewed and they had job openings that they could not fill, but not for a lack of applicants.

The problems were the applicants had very poor education, particularly in high school math(geometry, alegebra, trig, etc). Manufacturing jobs of today are not grunt, repetitive work as they were 60 years ago. One requires a good basic math foundation that used to be provided by having a high school education. They also indicated that employees needed to have and be willing to work at various jobs in the facility, based on the work load.

[frankq]

There was a news program on tv, a while back, maybe one year ago on this issue. A couple of small manufacturing business owners were interviewed and they had job openings that they could not fill, but not for a lack of applicants.

The problems were the applicants had very poor education, particularly in high school math(geometry, alegebra, trig, etc).

Hey, here's an idea....why not hook these people up with damnitagain. He says that he's in the chemistry business and that doesn't require much math skill......