Hiring Manufacturing Staff in the 21st Century

August 13th, 2008 at 10:38am Bob Trojan

This interesting article talks about the Key Competencies in Manufacturing; “Old World” compared to “New World” In addition to the “hard skills” it also points out the “soft skills” required in today’s and tomorrow’s manufacturing.

From “Ability to follow fixed, unchanging procedures” to “Initiative, persistence & independence”.

From “Following Orders” to “Making independent decisions”.

From “General attention to production & safety procedures” to “Attention to detail, self-control & dependability”.

“Soft Skills” such as these will make the difference in any organization. For the full 12 page report, click on the link.

hiring-manufacturing-staff-in-21st-c.pdf

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