With labor shortages mounting, manufacturing advocates say there's a ready pool of talent available within underserved minority communities in many major U.S. cities. Discussing this topic are:
- Erica Swinney Staley, Executive Director of Manufacturing Renaissance in Chicago, an organization that promotes career-track manufacturing jobs to young people in low-income communities.
- Beth Dawson, Director of the Apprenticeship Program at Manufacturing Works Cleveland where she connects manufacturers with Cleveland public schools students seeking career opportunities
- Jordan Hooser, a recent graduate of Cleveland’s Max S Hayes High School, who's working as an apprentice at WLS Stamping & Fabricating Co.
- Ryan Joseph, an industrial recruiter and regular contributor to SecurityInfoWatch.com and a recruiting at the Recruit Group. Ryan has written several articles about some of the challenges faced in DEI hiring.
