The shortage of skilled technical manufacturing candidates is undeniable. Manufacturers have had to make drastic changes to their recruiting and candidate attraction practices. Many employers are now offering relocation packages for positions that historically they were able to fill with the ease of placing a newspaper ad. Shockingly, data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the employment numbers in manufacturing are still significantly lower than they have been in the past eight years; despite a large recovery beginning in 2010. What does this mean for the manufacturing industry?
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Hiring Industrial Staff Can Be Risky Business
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