The Changing World of Passwords
Forget everything you were told in the past about creating passwords. Well, the pearl of wisdom about not leaving a sticky note of passwords attached to your computer screen—remember that one. And how about, “Keep your passwords confidential.” An overtly obvious piece of advice that, nonetheless, still needs to be reiterated. Do not share passwords. Period. But the standard guidelines, such as make it complicated, add a number(s) and a symbol, and change the password regularly have, for the most part, fallen out of favor. And here’s why: Complicated, hard-to-remember passwords beg to be written on paper and stored close…
Why Customer Service Always Matters – Even in Manufacturing
Everyone knows that customer service is huge in retail and hospitality. It’s essential in the financial and healthcare realms too. But manufacturing? Yes, customer service matters in manufacturing. It’s time all industries recognize the need to prepare and train their people for first-rate customer service via an established plan with a concentrated focus on servicing the consumer. This age of transparency and social media calls for nothing less. That is . . . if long-term success is the goal. In today’s online, socially-connected world, customer service is more important than ever before. With how easy it is to post a…
Millennials in Manufacturing
Part III- Engagement and Development You’ve succeeded in bringing a number of Millennial employees on board. YAY for you. Good job. The beginning of a trend, you hope, to entice more of this techy generation to join your company’s ranks. But don’t spend too much time patting yourself on the back. It’s time to kick the next step into high gear. Next step? There’s a next step? You bet. Millennials, probably more than any generation before them, are seldom satisfied with “just a job.” They want to be engaged. Actually, in their mind, it’s almost become a requirement for long-term…
Millennials in Manufacturing
Part II – How to Attract Them The future of the manufacturing industry rests on attracting Millennials, and the generations that follow them, to this sector is so vital to our economy. And that will require getting to know who they are. Discovering what makes them tick and understanding the motivations and passions that drive them. But even before that, the industry must first sell itself to these generations. The folks at Red River Precision Manufacturing see it like this. “One of the first steps is changing the view of the industry to potential employees. Manufacturing still holds the reputation…
Millennials in Manufacturing
Part I – Why Manufacturing Needs Them With Baby Boomers exiting the workforce at a rate of roughly 10,000 a day, coupled with the dilemma of how to interest the younger generations in manufacturing jobs, the challenge to find talent and to prevent worker shortages has and will continue to grow. The bottom line is this: the generations that come after the manufacturing-minded Baby Boomers are needed to fill in the vacancies left by the retiring boomers. While the notion of one generation following in the footsteps of their predecessors seems perfectly reasonable, logical and even predictable, it’s not happening…
Beating the Holiday/End-of-Year Rush
The wild and crazy, one hundred days of summer have given way to the anticipation of autumn. You’ve felt the crispness in the morning air of late, a sure sign that fall will soon be upon us. Followed in short order by the holiday season. Brace yourself – Christmas is less than one hundred days away. With the fourth quarter looming ahead, now’s the time to prepare for the holiday season and the end-of-year rush. Attention now to these key areas will ensure you arrive at Friday, December 22nd and Friday, December 29th, having met all deadlines and fulfilled each…