One of the most common questions I get from manufacturing HR directors and operations leaders who...

When manufacturing HR teams or operations leaders search for a workforce mobility company, the...

If you've decided that local recruiting isn't going to solve your manufacturing workforce problem,...

Wisconsin's food processing industry is one of the most important in the country. Dairy, meat packing, frozen foods, and beverage manufacturing all run through this state. And right now, facility managers across Wisconsin are telling me the same thing: they cannot...

I've talked to plant managers across Alabama who have done everything right. They raised wages. They ran ads on Indeed. They partnered with local community colleges. And they still can't fill their lines.The problem isn't their effort. It's the math.The Local Talent...

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...

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 conclusion: a check...

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 without...

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...

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...

Domestic workforce mobility is the systematic relocation of work-authorized American workers from labor-surplus geographic regions to facilities in labor-deficit regions. It is the structural solution to manufacturing's labor shortage that does not depend on local...

The manufacturing labor shortage is not solvable by local recruiting alone in tight markets. When local unemployment is below 4%, the available and willing workforce is largely employed. Competing harder does not create more workers.What WorksDomestic workforce...