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Attracting and developing new talent will continue to be an important issue in the evolving world of manufacturing. How can manufacturing entice the new generation of workers and how can businesses nourish and keep that talent over a long career? These are some of the questions proposed and discussed at ARC Advisory Group's 2015 Industry Forum in Orlando. This year's discussion focused on how organizations can surmount challenges related to workforce onboarding and development and where workplace improvements can be made to make manufacturing and automation-related careers more attractive and fulfilling.
Future Workforce Leaders Speak Out
The session hosted four speakers: Alyssa Thomas, Process Automation Engineer at Dow Chemical, Tyler Lemke, Controls Systems Engineer at 3M, Tim Schultz, IS Lead Professional at Owens Corning, and Patricia Sparrell, formerly Manager Process Engineering & Optimization at ExxonMobil. Each speaker discussed their experiences with on-boarding from both sides of the hiring table. Each speaker offered a different perspective as they represented different phases of employment: from recent hire, to experienced hire, to retiring professional, covering the full spectrum on the topics of training, knowledge transfer, and talent acquisition.
Alyssa Thomas, of Dow Chemical, described her on-boarding experience by contrasting the company's official on-boarding process with her own personal experience. This contrast exposed a hurdle with many on-boarding plans, which require passionate follow through by all parties involved in training. Issues, such as change in management and personal conflicts, can represent risks to any on-boarding plan, and passionate people are necessary to ensure the new hire's transition into the workforce goes as smoothly as possible.
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Keywords: Millennial Generation; Manufacturing; Automation; ARC Forum; Mentoring; Training; Workforce Development; Skills Gap; Knowledge Transfer, ARC Advisory Group.