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Personal branding sets you apart from other manufacturing professionals. Building your industry presence helps you form industry connections, stand out in the job market, and advance your career. Because personal branding helps build your presence within the manufacturing industry, you should start taking steps to enhance your professional reputation today. These methods can help. Discover…
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The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the Manufacturing Institute (MI) surveyed manufacturers and interviewed industry leaders to create the November 2021 report Multigenerational Teams in Manufacturing: Industry Trends and Best Practices for Leveraging Age Diversity. The results showed that manufacturing employers who successfully manage cross-generational teams target knowledge transfer, recruitment, and employee feedback.…
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Emerging careers in manufacturing offer opportunities beyond the production line. The increasing use of emerging technologies provides ongoing opportunities for manufacturing professionals to reskill and advance their careers. The growing use of technology and automation provides additional opportunities for manufacturing professionals to diversify their careers. As a result, these professionals have virtually endless opportunities to…
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Virtual reality is transforming training and recruitment in manufacturing. This technology creates a virtual environment that users interact with. Employees wear virtual reality headsets that transport them to a simulated manufacturing environment to engage in tasks and procedures in a safe, controlled setting. As a result, the employees can learn from their mistakes without real-world…
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As a manufacturing manager, you might have been promoted to this role because of your top-notch work performance, skills, or tenure with the firm. However, you might not have been given the training and resources to onboard, train, manage, and develop your team members. Working in a manufacturing management role requires different skills than working…
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Looking beyond candidates’ resumes helps you hire and retain the best talent. Knowing the essential soft skills to seek in your next hires helps you find the best employees. Soft skills are the qualities, attitudes, and behaviors that contribute to interactions and relationships. These skills help build trust, respect, and team-building. They also support camaraderie,…
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Having strategies for setting and reaching goals is important for career success. Effectively implementing these strategies helps you engage in behaviors to attain your goals. Choosing the goal-setting strategies that work best for you helps you achieve your ambitions. These methods can help. Choose among these strategies to successfully set and reach your goals. Develop…
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Cultivating connections with new hires from Day 1 is important for business success. Regularly engaging with new employees helps them adapt to your company and its culture. The more connected new hires feel, the more likely they will remain long-term. Regularly connecting with new hires shows they are valued, respected members of your team. These…
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According to the American Staffing Association’s ASA Workforce Monitor – Winter 2023, 70% of Americans prefer in-person job interviews over video or phone interviews. Although many job seekers prefer to work remotely or hybrid, most prefer to make their first impressions in person. Advantages of In-Person Interviews In-person interviews provide many advantages over video or…
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The use of chatbots can help companies seamlessly navigate the new hiring frontier. These artificial intelligence (AI)-based hiring tools use machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) to respond to candidates in a human-like way. The tools learn from each conversation to respond more effectively over time. Recruitment chatbots automate top-funnel hiring activities. As…
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