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Closing the Skills Gap With New and Existing Employees Securing a pipeline of valuable talent in a historically tight labor market has the manufacturing industry investing big to “upskill” their existing workforce and provide attractive, lucrative career paths to attract new employees.

The Best Employment Numbers of a Lifetime Creates Recruiting Challenges “Mad Money’s” Jim Cramer made headlines recently when the 64-year-old Wall Street expert reported on the December 2019 3.5% unemployment number posted by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics saying;

Federal, State, and Local Governments Are Moving to Upgrade Infrastructure The American Road and Transportation Builder’s Association (ARTBA) is projecting at least 5% growth in the transportation infrastructure construction sector in 2020, according to the ARTBA annual report. In their December 2019 press release, ARTBA’s chief economist, Dr. Alison Premo Black stated:

The Escalating Expenses of a Bad Hire In the mining industry “the cost of hiring the wrong person can be catastrophic” to quote directly from this informative article at Mining People International. The cost multiples of a bad hire can’t be underestimated. In mining, employing the wrong General Manager for a site at the yearly salary […]

Calculating COV: The Business Impact of Talent Shortages COV, or Cost of Vacancy, is the most critical metric for determining the actual dollar impact of vacancies in key positions for industries across the board, and according to one leading HR expert, the COV metric is one quite often neglected.

The Move From Engineer to General Manager Mining engineering professionals with 15+ years of operational experience are close to making the next step up the career ladder to General Manager positions. To make that move, professional engineering candidates at this high level should be prepared to tap into all of their experience garnered over the […]

Moving Up the Mining Engineer Career Ladder The United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics employment forecast for mining engineers is projecting continued growth at 8% for the ten-year window 2016-2026. With the demand for coal, metal, and minerals ever on the rise to meet the needs of growing markets for construction materials, […]

Good News For the 2019 Aggregate Market is Good News For Mining Professionals

One Bachelor’s Degree + 5 Years of Mining Experience = Career Advancement Opportunities Are you a professional with 5 years of mining industry experience and a bachelor’s degree in engineering, geology, or business? If so, then you’ve already paid your entry-level dues in time, training, and sheer effort. Now may be the perfect time to cash […]

Material Handling Industry Opportunities in 2019 The material handling industry is one which crosses a wide spectrum of industrial and commercial sectors including mining, manufacturing, and engineering. According to the 2019 report by the MHEDA (Material Handlers Equipment Distributors Association), the material handling sector faces the same labor shortage challenges common to nearly every industrial […]

Methods For Adding Labor in the Construction Industry

With unemployment being the topic on every politician's tongue, it can be difficult to understand how labor shortages could be a problem.