Today’s Skilled Labor Shortage

As a leading distributor of facilities maintenance products, Grainger is committed to developing future leaders within the industrial trades. Many sectors are in critical need of trained workers with an understanding of modern tools, technologies and processes.

According to a National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) report, 80 percent of manufacturers are struggling to serve customers because they don’t have enough qualified workers. Many graduates do not have the math, science and technical skills required to work in today’s manufacturing environment. In August 2007, a poll showed that manufacturing executives rate the worker shortage as a bigger issue than oil prices or the economy. Read More...