THE PAST COUPLE years have been good ones. Despite increased and costly quality protocols, foreign competition, escalating raw material costs and fewer material suppliers - and even the advent of punitive tariffs - business has been good. With fewer negative issues to contend with, the one that continues to be most talked about is the difficulty to locate, recruit, develop, and retain quality employees. Indeed, this may be the challenge of our times. As older employees approach retirement, ones who are just beginning their careers seem less interested in manufacturing as a career path than at any time we can remember.
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