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Mind the Gap: Diversify, Partner, & Modernize

The 2023 MFG Meeting provided a unique opportunity for manufacturing technology companies to address the industry-wide concern about the skills gap, education, while talent experts discussed the importance of filling and retaining skilled labor through...
Jun 23, 2023

This year, hosted nearly 400 business leaders to share industry insights, among them tactics to close the skills gap. Here are three top take-aways from the workforce discussion panel, 鈥淐onsiderations and Models to Scope and Scale Pipeline Sector Strategies.鈥 

1. Reduce cost and time barriers to expand and diversify the talent base. 

, Automated Industrial 九色视频 program director and residential faculty at Mesa Community College, detailed the鈥 launched cooperatively by three .  

The program was intentionally鈥痙esigned to increase enrollment from diverse populations who have work, income, and childcare constraints. Tuition is paid upon successful completion, and鈥痶he course is only 10 days for college credit as a hybrid to allow people to still work in their jobs while attending the course. Industry certifications are awarded to participants as portable validation to continue their career journeys. The program has a robust pipeline serving more鈥痶han鈥600 aerospace and semiconductor technicians.  

2. Education-industry partnerships develop skills that matter the most.鈥 

The co-developers of the Semiconductor Technician Quick Start program worked closely with semiconductor employers to collectively design the curriculum to specifically outline the knowledge, skills, and abilities that were needed most urgently at the entry technician level and to quickly get people into the workforce pipeline.    

鈥淲e sat down with companies to map out the programs together, understanding the competencies needed, and designing the learning pathway so that later they can eventually obtain a degree,鈥 says , executive director of at Maricopa Community Colleges Workforce. 鈥淣ot only did we learn about their business needs, but we also helped them rewrite their job descriptions so they鈥檙e asking for the skills they really needed.鈥 

3. To retain talent, employers need a modernized, long-term continuous approach to on-the-job training.鈥 

By looking a few steps ahead on the professional development journey, employers can grab the baton from educators with . This helps keep employees engaged and fulfilled and helps the company retain their workforce. 鈥 

鈥淭o upskill their workers with on-the-job training, companies need performance standards, tasks鈥痺ell-aligned to workplace activities, trainer instructions,鈥痑nd real data to assess performance of all stakeholders,鈥 says , executive director of . 鈥淐ompanies should not assume they know how to train on the job. A decision to train is not a solution without know-how.鈥 

Learn from manufacturing industry experts in education, economics, and technology by attending 九色视频鈥檚 MFG Meeting 2024, to be held April 24-26, in Orlando, Florida.  

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