Top 10 Woodworking States
CNBC poll for Wednesday; July 8, 2015 – Woodworking Network reports results – http://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/top-10-states-woodworking
State of Michigan CTE adopts WCA Skill Standards
We got an encouraging call from an instructor in Paw Paw, Michigan, yesterday. He will be growing his wood manufacturing program next year. He tells us the State of Michigan criteria for learning objectives and student progress are aligned with the Woodwork Career Alliance Wood Manufacturing Skill Standards. His school will subscribe as a WCA EDUcation™ member for the 2014-10215 school year and beyond. This is a great outcome from our pioneering work with Michigan Dept. of Education last year.
We All Win
It's so nice to work at a place where no one else has to lose for us to win. @WoodWorkCareers, everyone wins http://t.co/kzoqAgTODG
— Woodwork Careers (@WoodworkCareers) April 1, 2014
23 Custom Assessments Created
In support of our INDustry™ members we continue to increase the scope of the Skill Standards and Assessments. We’ve added a number of sanders and shapers to the Standards. We’ve added tenoners and special boring and insertion machines.
http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/Skills-Certification/M-List/M-List.aspx
This might be a good additional benefit of WCA EDUcation™ membership. Let’s work together to get our schools on the M-List and in the Right Skills Now program when the benefit is real and practical.
http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/Skills-Certification/M-List/M-List.aspx
Manufacturing Institute Shares Goals with WCA
Take a look at this short video. See how the MI system and the WCA Passport and Credential Program go together.
Advanced Cabinet Systems Tells the Tale
Click the link below to read how an AWI member firm supports our efforts to grow the woodwork manufacturing industry into the future.
Notes on Millennials (twenty-somethings)
• Over 35 million Baby Boomers will be leaving the workplace in the next 10 to 15 years (U.S. Census)
• The cost of replacing an employee varies from 50% of their annual salary to 400% (SHRM)
• Half of Millennials (twenty-somethings) would rather have no job than a job they don’t like (PEW)
• Millennials are five times more likely to quit if they have a poor relationship with their manager (PEW)
• In 2011, a large wholesaler issued over 40 thousand W2s for only 16 thousand employees. That’s a 2.5 employee turnover in a single year, and the vast majority of them were Millennials. Don’t let your organization go down that expensive road.
AWFS Supplier News Support
The AWFS tells its audience about our 50 schools. This helps us recruit new supplier and supporter advocates in the February newsletter. CLICK HERE to learn more.