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Bonnie Elsey
Director, Workforce Development
Minnesota Department of Employment
& Economic Development
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2011 Skills Gap Report
• Deloitte and The National Association of
Manufacturers
– 1,100 US Manufacturers responded
• 83% reported moderate to serious shortages in skilled
production positions such as machinists and technicians.
• 60% reported moderate to serious shortage for Production
Engineers
• 50% reported moderate to serious shortages for scientist and
product designers.
The Challenge
• Increase the pipeline of new workers
• Initiate Competency Models and
benchmark performance
• Manage the retirement bubble
• Outdated educational curriculum
• Outdated recruitment strategies
• Manage Performance differently
Pipeline of New Workers
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Career Camps
Outreach to Schools
Dream it do it
Articulation agreements between HS and
post-secondary education.
• Career Pathway Models
Competency Models
• Career One-stop
• National Manufacturing Association
Credentials (NAMS)
• National Career Readiness Certificate
(NCRC)
• Benchmarking performance
Manage the Retirement Bubble
• Projected 69% of Manufacturers believe
shortages will increase in the next 3 to 5 years
(2016)
• Hardest hit will be skilled production
(machinists, operators, and technicians) and
industrial and manufacturing engineers.
• Knowledge management (Talent contribution of
older workers) – part-time work, mentorships,
coaches, trainers.
Outdated Educational Curriculum
• Challenges
– Constantly changing innovations - demand
– Outdated and costly equipment for training
– Right Skills at right time
– More flexible training hours
– Continuous start dates
Outdated Recruitment Strategies
• Old recruitment
– Word of mouth
– Newspapers
– Job Boards – key word searches
• New Recruitment
– Job Boards with artificial intelligence
– Websites
– Social Media
– Partnerships
Right Skills Now for Manufacturing
Facing the Reality of 21st Century
Manufacturing Workforce
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Demographics: We
face boomer
retirements coupled
with a shrinking
pipeline.
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Technological
advances in modern
manufacturing require
more advanced skill
sets.
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Major deficits in our
education system
limit production of a
high quality and
quantity workforce.
A Skills Mismatch Compromises U.S.
Manufacturing Competitiveness and
Employment
Talent
Acquisition
Innovation
Jobs
Global
Competitiven
ess
82.5% of manufacturers report a moderate-toserious shortage of skilled production workers,
including machinists
74% of manufacturers report that this skills gap
has negatively impacted their company’s ability to
expand operations.
69% of manufacturers expect the skills shortage
in skilled production to worsen in the next 3-5
years.
This skills gap has resulted in as many as
600,000 jobs going unfilled.
Darlene Miller, President,
Permac Industries, Minneapolis
It’s really frustrating and continues to be a real
issue for manufacturers like me when we hear the
unemployment numbers but yet we cannot find
people skilled to come to work for our companies.
We are constantly interviewing and finding that the
people we bring in do not have the math skills that
are required to operate our equipment. We can
buy all of the equipment we need but we cannot
find the skilled labor we need to advance our
companies.
Fast Track to Jobs
Providing workers and
students with fast-track skills
for employment
Providing manufacturers justin-time talent from the
lab/classroom to the shop
floor
Accelerating and expanding
lifelong learning opportunities
for a flexible, technical
workforce
Skills for Today’s and
Tomorrow’s Manufacturing
Academic,
Personal, and
Career Skills
Technical Skills
Nationally
portable, industryrecognized
credentials
Fast Track Training
• 1 semester + internship
•Measurement, Materials and Safety
•Job Planning, Benchwork and Layout
•CNC Operator- Turning Level 1
•CNC Operator- Milling Level 1
Career Ladder Manufacturing
BS
Degree
Engineer
AAS
Degree
Machine Tool
Technology
Manufacturing Job
Right Skills Now
Basic Skills = Foundation