4 Steps to Advancing Your Career as a Technical Sales Rep

Success in sales requires success in relating to people. Whether your product is cars, insurance, or complex science or technology-based solutions, you need to be able to establish rapport that creates trust, builds confidence, and presents a thorough understanding of…

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Manufacturing’s Next Wave and the Impact on Recruiting Talent

The cost of labor is changing. In the past, companies in many industries saw clear economic advantages to sending labor-intensive processes overseas. But as costs have risen in China and Mexico, technological efficiencies must continue to grow. Organizations that recognize…

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Should Executives Use Job Boards as Part of Search Strategy?

You’re a C-Suite executive on the hunt for a new role. Should you use job boards as part of your search strategy? Short answer: No. Perception is powerful. If you’re a highly skilled, in-demand executive, you shouldn’t have to look…

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Supporting Made in America – It makes sense on so many levels!

When it comes to supporting made in America products, 95% of Americans have a favorable view. But, there are real economic reasons it makes sense. A recent article appearing in AmericanManufacturing.org detailed the sound logic behind why all American consumers should be spending their dollars with a preference toward buying American-made products.

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Pulling out of the Paris Accord and the Effect on American Manufacturing

With President Trump announcing his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, many people are wondering how that will affect American manufacturing. The Alliance for American Manufacturing, a non-profit, non-partisan partnership formed in 2007 by some of America’s leading manufacturers and the United Steelworkers, has quickly responded. It believes that climate change is real and that manufacturers should do their part to lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve our environment.

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Automation – It is affecting the landscape for all job segments!

From driverless cars, to virtual assistants Siri and Alexa, to robotics on the assembly line, rarely does a day go by without news of digitization, artificial intelligence and virtual reality impacting our lives in some way. While it’s a fact that the job market has made remarkable gains in the past year, automation is destined to change nearly everyone’s job in some way in the coming year.

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*Reshoring*- Gaining steam as more companies bring manufacturing back stateside

The reverse migration of manufacturing from China to the U.S.—known as reshoring—appears to be gaining momentum.  What began as a trickle with companies like NCR and Ford announcing their intent to bring back manufacturing jobs from China to the states,…

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