Share

Skills Gap

IMTS 2018 VIDEO: Colleges, Companies Join Forces to Appeal to Next-Gen Metalworkers

Watch time: 
2:43 MINUTES

Video Highlights

  • Manufacturing businesses know that to close the skills gap, they must expose high school and college students to the industry’s emerging opportunities. Learn how businesses and schools are working to create new education paths and introduce students to potential metalworking jobs at events like the IMTS Smartforce Student Summit.

Manufacturing businesses know that to close the skills gap, they must expose high school and college students to the industry’s emerging opportunities. Learn how businesses and schools are working to create new education paths and introduce students to potential metalworking jobs at events like the IMTS Smartforce Student Summit.

 

In the long term, manufacturing businesses know that to close the skills gap, they must expose high school and college students to the industry’s emerging opportunities.

The burgeoning role of technology in metalworking jobs creates an entry point.

Learn how businesses and schools are working to create new education paths and introduce students to potential metalworking jobs, even in high school, at events like the IMTS Smartforce Student Summit.

Students get the chance to touch and feel the latest metalworking gear and manufacturing tech, as well as talk to colleges and businesses working to create new education and career paths.

Participants:

  • Baker Gregory, Graduate Student, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Jeremy Hajek, Industry Associate Professor, IT and Management, Illinois Institute of Technology 
  • Derek Sporleder, Application Engineer, Mitutoyo

For all our coverage from the show, go to Better MRO at IMTS 2018.

Talk to Us!

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Articles

Skills Gap

VIDEO: HELP WANTED – OSG

Supplier Content

In this episode of MSC’s newest series “Help Wanted”, we are at OSG in St. Charles, Illinois taking a look at three individuals filling three distinct roles in manufacturing.
Skills Gap

VIDEO: HELP WANTED – Mission Design & Automation

In this episode of MSC’s newest series “Help Wanted”, we are at Mission Design & Automation in Holland, Michigan taking a look at three individuals filling three distinct roles in manufacturing.

What steps has your business taken to find more qualified workers?

MSC

Signing into Better MRO is easy. Use your MSCdirect.com username / password, or register to create an account. We’ll bring you back here as soon as you’re done.

Redirecting you in 5 seconds