I live in a small farming community in rural Illinois. I know manufacturers in my community who are struggling to find workers, especially skilled workers, to staff their production floor.  […]

So, you have decided apprenticeships are the way to recruit and retain your skilled talent.  Great decision!  As I outline in this article, there is evidence your company will grow

You have a sunny outlook for business in the next year.  What a great problem to have!  However, you don’t feel your staff is up to the challenge of meeting

While I continue to hear how much manufacturers need workers, when I question manufacturing leaders, I often hear the same old story with regards to recruiting: “We post our jobs

In this VERY tight labor market, it is getting harder and harder to find factory workers.  At the same time, though, as a manufacturer, you face lots of opportunities to

I continue to hear the refrain from manufacturers (and others), “I can’t find workers”. While Unira Workforce seeks to create communities in which manufacturers and workers thrive, we do acknowledge

I recently attended a wonderful panel discussion hosted by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis.  The focus of the discussion was on attracting and retaining multicultural talent. 

If you own a manufacturing company in the United States, I would be very surprised if you didn’t have at least one open position today.  As we all know, this

As of the writing of this article, the United States unemployment rate is a staggeringly low 3.4 percent.  As, as you can see from the graph below, generated by the