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Roadmap to a Manufacturing Pipeline

On January 27, 2020

By Lisa Derby Oden, Workforce Program Coordinator, MassMEP The help wanted ads are everywhere in manufacturing. The industry is facing a skills gap that may leave an estimated 2.4 million positions unfilled between 2018 and 2028, with a potential economic impact of $2.5 trillion, according to a study by Deloitte. It can be daunting to […]

On March 25, 2019

By Worcester Telegram WORCESTER — With one program or ad campaign, John Killam wishes he could persuade a whole generation of middle school and high school students to share his excitement over manufacturing in Massachusetts and the more than 130,000 high-paying jobs open to them. But he knows solving the industry’s biggest hindrance to further […]

Roadmap to a Manufacturing Pipeline

One on One: John Killam, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership