by Ariel Diaz | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
I asked a manufacturing HR director recently how exposed she thought her company was to workforce disruption from immigration enforcement. Her answer: Not at all. All of our workers are legal. I hear that a lot. And it reflects a real misunderstanding of where the...
by Ariel Diaz | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’ve seen the same playbook fail dozens of times. A manufacturer adds a relocation bonus to the job posting. Someone takes the offer. They move. Six weeks later, they’re gone. The conclusion most companies draw: relocation doesn’t work. The actual...
by Ariel Diaz | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most HR directors I talk to assume their labor shortage is a compensation problem. Raise wages enough and the candidates will appear. The results are predictable: you win a few workers from competitors, raise everyone’s expectations, and labor cost goes up...
by Ariel Diaz | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
The logic behind where food processing plants get built made sense for a long time. You put the plant near the agricultural supply. You hire the locals. That model relied on one assumption that no longer holds: that small towns near farms would maintain stable...
by Ariel Diaz | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
Two years ago I toured a food processing plant in Minnesota. The talent acquisition manager had been trying to fill 40 production roles for months. Despite hundreds of job postings, nothing was happening. So I asked: Have you tried promoting your jobs in Spanish?She...
