Staffing Solutions in a COVID World
In 2020, HR leadership in Minnesota’s manufacturing industry have been hit hard by three waves of change as a result of COVID-19. The first wave – a virtual tsunami of health and safety documentation. The second wave – the unanticipated expansion of product lines to include medically necessary products, which meant more workers needed to be hired. The third wave – a deluge of desperate, sometimes unqualified job applicants inundating the HR inbox with applications. As Fall approaches, a 4th wave of change is emerging. Many clients of Moffat Workforce are preparing for continued volatility in their manufacturing workforce. Moffat…
Building a Quality Manufacturing Workforce in a Volatile Employment Market
In 2020, many manufacturing businesses find themselves in a fight for existence, facing a volatile employment market that few could have imagined a mere six months ago. A deadly virus … The temporary closure of many businesses … Restructuring workspaces to protect worker health … Unemployment rates higher than any our nation has seen since the Great Depression … The cost of this volatility has been devastating to our economy and business community. But for some Minnesota manufacturing businesses, crisis has turned into opportunity that benefits not only the company and its workers, but the entire nation. They’ve been able…