Casting a Wide Net to Attract Manufacturing Talent

The light is a little too dim for Carolyn Lee, executive director of the  Manufacturing Institute at the National Association of Manufacturers. She wants the industry to shine a brighter light on itself and attract the recognition it deserves.
Unless you grew up in the industry, as I did, kids don’t even think of manufacturing as a career choice, Lee observes. Carolyn’s grandparents met in a pre-WWII manufacturing factory in New York. Her grandfather and her father, a mechanical engineer by training, ran a manufacturing plant when Carolyn was young.
Her background was certainly a large factor in her appointment to the executive director’s position in June of 2017. She was tasked to close the skills gap - no small feat.