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Are you in close contact with members of your alma mater? You should be! An alumni network can provide you with networking pathways that can lead to new and exciting careers. They won’t give you a free pass to a new job, though. Most of your fellow alumni won’t give you a job simply because you coincidentally wore the same colors while you walked across the stage on graduation day. Like any network, you need to leverage through…
Put Your Alumni Network to Work on Your Job Search!:View
The other day, Business Insider posted an article reiterating the importance of Twitter to the success of professionals and aspiring trendsetters, making yet another case for how critical a strong social media presence is for businesses and business professionals. Manufacturers are no exception.
When used effectively, the full gamut of social media platforms (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) can help manufacturers transcend beyond the…
Smart Social Media is a Must for Manufacturers!:View
As we mentioned earlier this month, American manufacturing was at a two year high. In many urban centers across the United States – Houston, Detroit, Los Angeles – there is a growing resurgence as companies reshore or opt to hire more employees to meet escalating product demand. What about Ohio though? What is the overall picture for manufacturing in the Buckeye state?
Supply & Demand
By taking a look at the grand total of…
The State of Ohio Manufacturing!:View
With unstable job growth, up and down numbers of exports, and an unfulfilled demand for skilled workers, the manufacturing industry has sure been experiencing a rough ride over the past few years. New innovations in technology, particularly the ultra-connectivity of the Internet of Things, could be just what the industry needs.
What exactly could the Internet of Things do for the manufacturing industry? Some experts, including economist…
The Internet of Things Could Change Manufacturing:View
Not everyone’s work history ends up being a tidy, uninterrupted chain. You may intend to smoothly transition from one position to the next but any number of situations can arise that force you into an unplanned hiatus from the workforce. Then, as you try to return to regular work, you fear that your employment gap may negatively mark you as an undesirable candidate. Are you completely out of luck or are there ways to mitigate the stigma of…
4 Ways to Make the Most of Employment Gaps!:View
There is a lot of back-and-forth with this topic. In this economy, many don’t believe that having a degree helps with the job hunt or promotions and it really just depends. For instance, to have a career in engineering, a degree is absolutely necessary. However, some would argue having a degree in Fine Arts is a waste. The key is location and demand for that career. New York City may be a great place to have an Art degree versus a small town…
Does Education Help Your Career?:View
Accounting for more than 12% of the country’s total GDP, manufacturing still remains a significant part of the American economy. Depending on which state you reside in, however, this number either dwindles or increases as a percentage of total gross state product (GSP).
In one of the most comprehensive and in-depth looks into the impact that manufacturing has on each individual state’s economy, the National Association of Manufacturers has…
The Complete State by State Guide to Manufacturing:View
In the post-recession job market, underemployment is a familiar story. You can look on any number of job boards or social networking sites and find recent college graduates struggling to move beyond the type of retail and service industries jobs they’ve worked at since their high school days. In fact, a recent article on CNBC verifies that the vast majority of jobs gained within the last year have fallen squarely into the part-time…
Move from Underemployment to STEM Work!:View
The results are in and it looks like August gave a much needed boost to the American manufacturing sector. Growth was moving at a faster pace than at any other time during the last two years with 6,000 manufacturing jobs being added to the labor force. That combined with America’s competitive return to the energy game are helping the economy to make positive strides in the right direction. Here are a few major points from early reports:
Good…
August Manufacturing at a Two Year High:View
Nanotechnology may literally be a small part of science, but the innovative new approaches to technology on the molecular level are making big waves in the scientific community. Recently, The National Science Foundation granted Wayne State University in Detroit a $200,000 grant to research nanoengineering (the manipulation of matter at the molecular level). As new research into new nanotechnologies continue to yield results, the military…
5 Nanotechnologies that are No Small Thing:View
