FAME Program Puts Student on Road to Success
The FAME program trains students of all ages and backgrounds, from recent high school graduates to experienced manufacturing employees looking to advance their careers. FAME is an earn-and-learn [...]
Manufacturing Day Results Are In
Led by The Manufacturing Institute, the National Association of Manufacturers’ workforce and education partner, Manufacturing Day shows students what a career in modern manufacturing looks like. [...]
Creators Wanted Campaign Helps Solve the Workforce Crisis
The National Association of Manufacturers and The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce and education partner of the NAM, are embarking together on an ambitious mission to reshape the public’s [...]
NAM Statement on the 2020 State of the Union Address
National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement reacting to the 2020 State of the Union address: “With the historic USMCA, unprecedented China [...]
Manufacturers to Spend $26.2 Billion on ‘Upskilling’ in 2020 to Attract and Keep Workers
With a skills gap plaguing manufacturing in a historically tight labor market, companies are spending big to “upskill” their current workforce and ensure a pipeline of talent. Manufacturers are [...]
Skilled worker shortage? Not here.
Unique program draws workers, high school students to high-paying jobs Business and education officials in southwest Iowa are taking a two-pronged approach to reducing skilled worker shortages: [...]
Local Manufacturing Companies Open for Tours to Gain Job Interest
October is Manufacturing Month and, to celebrate, 20 different eastern Iowa manufacturing companies are opening up their doors for tours all week long. Kirkwood Community College and The Advanced [...]
Influence and Impact: A History of Manufacturing Developments in Cedar Rapids
Longtime Cedar Rapids area historian Mark Stoffer Hunter will present highlights of the established and ongoing history of the significant developments in manufacturing that molded and shaped the [...]
Goodwill Seeks Employers, Youth for CAREER AHEAD Summer Work Experience Program
Goodwill of the Heartland is looking for employers and youth to participate in its new CAREER AHEAD summer work experience program. The project is being funded as part of the state’s Future Ready [...]
Why Manufacturing Can’t Afford To Be A Man’s World
According to the latest figures, women make up around 47% of the US labor force. That’s nearly 74 million people — and counting. Now guess the percentage of manufacturing roles filled by female [...]
