Women in Manufacturing: Bridging the Labor Gap

By the Attivo Group Skilled labor shortages are a big pain point for manufacturers. Without the right people to get the work done, manufacturers struggle to fill their orders and meet their customers’ needs. The Wall Street Journal reported that the number of unfilled jobs in...

Thinking Outside the Box with Flex Schedules

Thinking Outside the Box with Flex Schedules When you think of flexible work, certain industries and specific jobs automatically come to mind. Writing, administrative work, research, accounting, web design—these are all fields where flex really works. But what about manufacturing? Typically thought of as a hands-on field...

6 Critical Skills for Tomorrow’s Workplace

In the not-so-distant past, humans were mere cogs in a production wheel. All an employer wanted and needed to increase employee productivity was...

Technology Is Changing the Manufacturing Workforce

By Rob Spiegel

Parents’ Biggest Workplace Concerns Might Not Be What You Expect

By Kim Peters

The Great Leader Manager

By Blake Stevens

4 Things Employers Need to Know About Labor Force Participation

The Service of Feedback

By Blake Stevens, director of people and culture at The Ōnin Group

Engaging Your Part-time and Hourly Employees

Employee engagement is tricky, even for full-time employees immersed in your company culture. For hourly and part-time employees, true engagement is even more difficult to accomplish. In many cases, your hourly or part-time employees are working in lower-paying roles with limited flexibility, no benefits and a clock-in/clock-out mentality.

How Manufacturers Can Win the War for Millennial Workers

Millennials are now the largest group of U.S. workers by generation. But as we all know, attracting them into skilled manufacturing jobs remains a challenge.

5 Things Your Competitors Can Teach You About Attracting Talent 

Keeping an eye on your competitors is always wise, so why do we ignore the talent strategies of our competition?...

To Attract the Best Talent, Focus on Your Employer Brand

The millennial generation is well-known for switching between jobs more frequently than past generations. It seems they’re always looking for a better fit. As a recent Gallup report¹ puts it, “Millennials behave as consumers of workplaces, shopping around for the jobs that best align with their needs and life goals.”