Upstate Business Journal: Keys to a Thriving Manufacturing Industry

Manufacturing is growing quickly, and the number of positions going unfilled is growing too.

'According to Kronos HR, only 17% of Americans view manufacturing as a viable career choice, in part because many are not familiar with manufacturing as a career choice. Manufacturing has been stuck with a decades-old stigma that includes the perception that the industry has low salary limitations, poor job security, narrow career prospects, and a dirty factory setting.'