Month: June 2016
This is not your grandfather’s manufacturing…
Manufacturing today is not what you think, but these myths persist is the message from CareerSource Brevard. Manufacturing requires 21st century skills and offers high paying jobs and rewarding careers. Manufacturing is not the factories in your grandfather’s or even your father’s day. In Brevard County, Florida you will find exciting regional manufacturing growth in […]
Health First Foundation Provides 41 Nurses With Scholarships
The Health First Foundation recently awarded 41 Health First nurses with scholarships to help them continue their educational endeavors. Read more here
Senate appropriations bill makes cuts to workforce programs, funds year-round Pell and Apprenticeship
This post by the National Skills Coalition covers the good and the bad of new workforce legislation. On June 9th, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 29-1 to approve the bipartisan Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) spending bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The bill sets overall Labor-HHS funding at $161.9 […]
How to Revitalize U.S. Manufacturing
This article from the Wall Street Journal explores nine policies that could help energize the American manufacturing sector. The U.S. shed 5.7 million manufacturing jobs from 2000 to 2010—more than a third of the manufacturing workforce—as companies abandoned plants and workers in favor of low-cost foreign countries. But in recent years, manufacturing employment has grown […]
FLATE Focus: June 2016
This special “Woman in STEM” edition of the FLATE Focus newsletter is a great look at how women are impacting Florida’s STEM workforce. FLATE has been a big proponent for promoting #WomenInSTEM. Over the years the Center has not only formulated curriculum and projects that are geared to encourage women to pursue STEM based educational […]
Commencement Address for Prager U
This video by Mike Rowe covers the difference between dream jobs and actual career opportunities. “Truth is, a lot of well-intended parents still believe that kids who attend trade schools do so because they’re not “college material.” That’s an absurd stereotype with no basis in reality, but for the millions of parents who want something […]
5.6 Million Reasons to Stop Ignoring the Skills Gap
In this blog post by Mike Rowe, he covers the skills gap and the 5.6 million job openings it represents. Now, eight years later, unemployment is down, interest rates are under control, and inflation is in check. But the overall labor participation rate is very low, and the skills gap is wider than ever. In […]
The Past, Present, and Future of Manufacturing Training
In another great in-depth article by Convergence Training, they cover the history of manufacturing training and where they expect it to go in the future. Training within manufacturing organizations has undergone a lot of changes over time, and there are plenty more changes coming. In fact, even if you’re not aware of it, changes are […]
Using Scenario-based Learning for Job Training
This in-depth article on scenario-based learning by Convergence Training covers all the reasons why it’s useful for job training. No matter what you call it, there’s a reason why people talk about it a lot. Because it’s an effective way to learn. Within the context of job training, scenario-based learning has a couple big advantages. These include: […]