Factory sector hobbled by image problem
Posted by Jeff on August 29th, 2008
Is it any wonder manufacturing is having trouble recruiting workers? A whole generation of students, and even former employees, learned to avoid industrial jobs. We learned that they were not secure and would be dead ends. We were taught to get university educations, even though it meant rising debt levels and, I would argue, fewer ‘marketable’ skills. A real economy requires a workforce with diverse skills and training, and stable and well-paying jobs to accommodate them.
