A recent article in the The Dayton Daily News reported on a Georgetown University study that predicts there will be more job openings in blue-collar fields than "food and personal services, managerial and professional office work, education, health care and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields." Although students and parents alike are hesitant to move away from an academics-based college education, 6.7 million openings in blue collar occupations will exist by 2018 due to "the retirement of older workers," the article said.
Bill Lukens, chairman of Stillwater Technologies, a machine shop in Troy, has agreed to lead a Dayton Region Manufacturing Association committee and explore possible solutions. The committee may have its first meeting in December, said Angelia Erbaugh, executive director of the organization that recently was known as the Dayton Tooling and Manufacturing Association.
Even now, manufacturing employers are requesting the aid of state and federal government officials in launching a national marketing campaign to fill existing positions. Read the full story here.
