The UK manufacturing industry is calling on Government to step up and do more to encourage young people to consider engineering as a career and thereby help close the ongoing skills gap. This is according to a new poll of over 600 industry professionals commissioned by the UK’s manufacturing supply chain show, Subcon (taking place 6-8 June 2017 at NEC, Birmingham) and industry trade magazine The Engineer. The survey revealed that: • 67% of UK manufacturers are worr

Editor's Comments: The ageing or 'silver workforce' is a key part of the skills gap and yet few talent strategies take the opportunity of this demographic into account. Whether it is manufacturing or technology the issue is the same - too few people to fill the available jobs and a mismatch between the skills the job requires and those of potential employees. ********** The ageing workforce is an increasing issue facing modern manufacturing in the UK. Consider your own busi

VietNamNet Bridge – Close co-operation is needed between government agencies, enterprises and vocational training schools to reduce the skill gap in Viet Nam’s labour market, the head of the General Directorate of Vocational Training said at a two-day workshop held on Thursday in the city. Editor's Comments: The skills gap is a worldwide issue, as this article out of Viet Nam highlights. One of the key issues is making vocational education and training attractive to the next

The heart of American manufacturing is in the Midwest, but that doesn’t mean it's the best place to find manufacturing jobs today. Professional networking site LinkedIn released a workforce report this week showing a more severe manufacturing skills gap in coastal cities relative to middle American metro areas. In places like Detroit, Cleveland and Indianapolis, LinkedIn saw that the supply of manufacturing skills exceeded the demand. Many workers in these regions know lean m

Editor's Comments: It is great to see GE taking the lead and proactively closing the skills gap in manufacturing. It is exciting to read about an organization that is not talking about old-time manufacturing struggling to survive but embracing the digital future of robotics, artificial intelligence and additive technologies. I don't think for a moment that this is easy: for GE or for any other manufacturing organization. The skills gap has proven to be highly complex and d