THE HOTTEST CAREERS OF TOMORROW ARE IN MANUFACTURING

MANUFACTURING PROVIDES THE HIGHEST WAGES, THE BEST BENEFITS FOR BETTER JOBS AND BRIGHTER FUTURES!

Put your career in gear! Join the innovative people who are creating products of the future.

There are a lot of rewarding careers in manufacturing - production, engineering, designing, all using cutting edge concepts in electronics, computers and software - and manufacturing jobs pay the highest wages and best benefits. Manufacturing encourages creativity and analytical thinking. It’s a career where ideas can be tested almost immediately and where one person’s inspiration may lead to a major breakthrough.

So what’s in demand? You are! Your knowledge, your curiosity, and your skills are all in demand (InDemand Magazine). Projections from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development show that Wisconsin manufacturers will have 7,620 job openings each year through 2014.

See what jobs and resources are out there and make it happen. Dream it. Do it.

STUDENTS	PARENTS & EDUCATORS	EMPLOYERS
What do you like to do? What if you could get paid to do it? Whatever your passion, be it cars, music, computers, or even art, you can find a great career doing it in manufacturing. Put your career in gear. Join the innovative people who are creating products of the future.	Manufacturing jobs pay the highest wages, provide the best benefits, better jobs and brighter futures. Projections from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development show that Wisconsin manufacturers will have 7,620 job openings each year through 2014. We hope that no matter what road your student takes you find the information and resources you need to help your student make career decisions that are right for them.	Young people have an outdated image of manufacturing today. They still think of manufacturing as it existed 50 years ago. We need to shatter those myths! Be prepared to shine up the plant and bring your local, state and federal elected officials in for a plant tour. Get kids involved by hosting school groups in your plant. Show them that manufacturing is the engine that drives the Wisconsin economy and pays the best wages for our families!
USEFUL LINKS Earn more, play more, great career, great life (VIDEO) Manufacturing is Cool! Engineering - go for it! How everyday things are made (VIDEO) Dream Career Quiz Career Calculator Career Profiles Career Compass Cool Stuff Being Made Career Voyages Manufacturing Job Opportunities (search by state, region) Advanced Manufacturing Career Exploration(VIDEOS) Dream it. Do it. New Manufacturing Alliance(go to Educators & Students) Careers in Technology I Am Wisconsin Manufacturing In Demand Magazine, Careers in Advanced Manufacturing, Issue #3, by Career Voyages Manufacturing’s Impact on Everyday Lives How manufacturers changed the world The Manufacturing Innovation Series Skills USA Project Lead The Way - Wisconsin Wisconsin Manufacturing Skills Certification - Tools for Workforce Excellence Jobs in Demand - Milw. Journal Sentinel Blaze your own career path - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel	USEFUL LINKS The Facts About Modern Manufacturing Commerce Department Report, Manufacturing in America How a Talent Shortage Threatens U.S. Manufacturing Why Manufacturing is Essential Wisconsin Technical Colleges System Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Project Lead the Way Advanced Manufacturing Web Links March 07 issue of Techniques (Assn. of Careers & Technical Education) Manufacturing’s Impact on Everyday Lives Manufacturing Success(Susan Reese, Techniques) How manufacturers changed the world The Manufacturing Innovation Series Great Lakes Manufacturing Council Skills USA Project Lead The Way- Wisconsin	USEFUL LINKS Manufacturing Success Stories The 2006 Labor Day Report Manufacturing Indicators Wage Comparison Data: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Advanced Manufacturing Solutions Manufacturing Sucesses - NAM/Fortune Manufacturing Index Center for Workforce Success Skills USA Project Lead The Way-Wisconsin Manufacturing Skills Certification - Tools for Workforce Excellence Manufacturing companies: To share your sucess stories, or to host a plant tour, contact your local chamber of commerce. For questions regarding Careers in Manufacturing , contact: Kelly Morgan at 608.258.3400. To post information to the website, contact: Jane Algiers at 608.258.3400. Talking Points Plant Tour Tips Plant Tour Host Form Background
CONFERENCE CALENDAR	JOB FAIRS CALENDAR	PLANT & HIGH SCHOOL TOURS
April 23 - Manufacturing Matters!, Milwaukee May 7 - Manufacturing Symposium: Leveraging Lean through Automation & Robitics July 9 - Manufacturing Forum: The Great Lakes Manufacturing Advantage	2008 dates will be added as we are notified: please continue to check the calendar!	2008 dates will be added as we are notified: please continue to check the calendar! Manufacturing Day - April 30th - sponsored by the Tomahawk Regional Chamber of Commerce, Tomahawk High School and Lincoln County Partners in Education. Along with four plant tours, the program consists of an orientation at 8:20 a.m.; tours; a luncheon; and a panel discussion to round out the program. Harley-Davidson Company Packing Corporation of America Louisiana Pacific Daigle Brothers, Inc. For more information, contact: Christine Brown, Tomahawk Regional Chamber of Commerce, at 800-569-2160.

MORE RESOURCES	SURVEYS	BEST PRACTICES
Talking Points Plant Tour Tips Plant Tour Host Form Background Skilled Mfg. Jobs Statewide Projections 2006-08 (DWD) Skilled Mfg. Occupations Statewide 2004-2014 (DWD) Facts About Wisconsin Manufacturing (NAM)	WMC CEO Manufacturing Survey - Skilled Workers in Demand WMEP 2006 Business Growth Survey - Summary Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : Growth Expected If Employees Can Be Found	2007 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment Awards Wisconsin Council of Safety Corporate Safety Awards

WMC thanks our partners, the Northwest Wisconsin Manufacturing Outreach Center, the Tool, Die & Machining Association of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the Wisconsin Economic Development Association, the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and the Wisconsin Technical Colleges System for collaborating with us on this effort.