The manufacturing sector is facing a serious worker shortage. The U.S. added 23,000 jobs in manufacturing in January, but there were 601,000 open positions in the industry in December, a three-month high, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. At the root of the problem is that companies relying on blue collar workers are losing
Manufacturers are hiring, but there’s no one to fill the jobs
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