Labor Participation Rate- Even HUFFPOST Figures It Out!
The labor participation rate fell to 66.3 percent it’s lowest level in 34 years! Even the Huffington Post has figured out that this is a structural unemployment problem.
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Blog | Break Room | Front Office | Shop Floor
Where The Jobs Are- Mark Tomlinson in Huffington Post
We know where the jobs are. There are plenty of great opportunities to become a skilled machinist in the precision machining industry.
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Manufacturing Sector Energy Use Improvement
The US Energy Information Agency released data March 19th documenting a 17% decrease in total energy consumption by the manufacturing sector from 2002 to 2010.
Manufacturing output only declined by 3% over the same time period.
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Skills Gap Is Global Not Just North American Issue
Skill Gap is a global, not just North American problem.
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March ISM Report, Manufacturing Expands But Rate Of Growth Slows
PMI shows manufacturing continues to expand, but rate of growth is slowing.
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Continue Your Machining Education at PMPA’s 2013 National Technical Conference
Continuing the education of our top talent is a priority at PMPA’s 2013 National Technical Conference April 14-16 2013.Gary Griffith of Griffith Training has been a highly rated speaker as well as authority in GD&T at past NTC’s.
Dan Murphy of REM Sales will lead the Macro programming workshop.
Kevin Armanie from Kaiser Aluminum, Bob Drab from Corey Steel and yours truly Miles Free will present the Metallurgy for Machinists session.
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PMPA Member Participates in Congressional Tax Reform Working Group Meeting
How do you intelligently manage the risk of the onslaught of regulations, requirements, and potential new legislation on your shop? PMPA delivers ‘Regulatory Assurance’ to help member shops understand and comply with regulations and avoid severe penalties. And to help manage the risk of new regulations being considered in Washington D.C..
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Training Employees- Cognitive Mapping Creates Mastery Part 2
We can give someone information, but that does not mean that that person has converted that information into useable knowledge. We need to make it easier for the employee to understand. Only then can an employee form an accurate cognitive map.
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Romulan Cloaking Device Becoming a Reality
Today we can conceal post it notes, tomorrow…
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Training Employees- Cognitive Mapping Creates Mastery Part 1
I am convinced we have done a very poor job in training our workforce. We now have a different demographics in the factory worker population, and we are not making the changes needed to accommodate these new employees. If we do not provide the employee with the right type of training material, he or she will have a much longer training curve.