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The Great Hiring Disconnect: Why Employers Can’t Find Talent While Candidates Can’t Find Jobs

by CPI | August 28, 2026 | Workforce | 0 Comments

Welcome to the Great Hiring Disconnect. On Monday morning, a manufacturing executive shared something we hear almost every day: “We have great jobs. We pay well. We just can’t find qualified...
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Why Reskilling Programs Struggle Without Operational Context

by Ron Crabtree, MetaExperts | July 24, 2026 | Workforce | 0 Comments

As technology moves faster, operations get more complex. Customers expect more. Systems change. Automation expands. Leaders are being asked to build new capability without slowing the business down....
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Future Factory Manufacturing Jobs in 2035

by CPI | July 20, 2026 | Workforce | 0 Comments

Future factory manufacturing jobs will look very different by 2035 than they do today. While factories will still need skilled workers, the jobs themselves will continue to evolve. Artificial...
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The Engineers Leading Additive Adoption Learned It Before They Got the Job

by Markforged | July 1, 2026 | Workforce | 0 Comments

How Universities Are Preparing Engineers for the Future of Manufacturing Walk into almost any aerospace, automotive, or defense manufacturer that has recently adopted additive manufacturing and ask...
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The New Rules of I-9 Compliance: Audit-proofing Your Manufacturing Operations

by Rehmann | June 24, 2026 | Workforce | 0 Comments

Verifying employment eligibility has been a mandatory practice for all U.S. employers since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA).  But in the last year, some longstanding...
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