{"id":21495,"date":"2020-11-02T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelitek.com\/?p=21495"},"modified":"2024-04-08T16:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:38:21","slug":"manufacturing-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelitek.com\/2020\/11\/02\/manufacturing-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways to Get Students Interested in High-Tech Manufacturing Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Highly-skilled manufacturing jobs are attractive careers for many students. Here\u2019s how we can get more of the younger generation engaged and interested in these job opportunities. <\/em><\/p>\n In 2018, roughly 1-2 million manufacturing sector jobs in the U.S. were unfilled. The unemployment rate hovered at historic lows and there simply weren\u2019t enough skilled applicants available in the labor pool. The global pandemic hasn’t helped the situation. In some cases, issues like social distancing, shutdowns, and quarantines have made finding good job candidates even more difficult.<\/p>\n The problem can be traced back to the K-12 level, where parents often hustle their students past manufacturing opportunities at career fairs saying, \u201cthat\u2019s not for you.\u201d The reality is that most of the advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, smart-sensors, and the Internet of Things (IoT), converge in the high-tech manufacturing settings. This makes manufacturing a good career target for students across a wide range of skills, aptitudes, and interests.<\/p>\n For example, manufacturers are looking for talented problem solvers who have a multidisciplinary understanding of hardware and software, and who possess the ability to learn new topics and upskill on the go. Unlike their grandparents, these workers will not be stuck behind a machine for their entire careers. They will be highly skilled, mobile, and in demand as they demonstrate their abilities to continually learn, adapt to new technologies, and solve new problems. These are also well paying jobs!<\/p>\n Here are seven easy ways that all schools and teachers can help get more students interested in these types of jobs:<\/p>\n Using interactive technology learning environments with technology like simulations, AR, & VR you can introduce students to emerging technology and help them develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. These are exactly the skills the manufacturing industry needs to help it solve real-world problems. By introducing STEM skills to boys and girls early, and by building new skills on that foundation through advanced technology training, schools can help youngsters follow a career pathway to a highly-technical career.<\/p>\n Ido Yerushalmi is CEO at Intelitek.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Highly-skilled manufacturing jobs are attractive careers for many students. Here\u2019s how we can get more of the younger generation engaged and interested in these job opportunities. In 2018, roughly 1-2 million manufacturing sector jobs in the U.S. were unfilled. 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