The NFL Draft, The NBA Draft and... The Manufacturing Skills Draft? w/ Dr. Jason Scales

You’ve probably heard about the infamous skills gap in manufacturing — a problem only made worse by the pandemic. It has the potential to affect our lives in profound ways; even our national security is at stake.And if we expect to solve it, we need to get creative — like, say, starting a nationally-televised Skills Draft?That’s one of the creative solutions today’s guest, Dr. Jason Scales, Business Manager, Education at Lincoln Electric, proposes to avoid the coming skills depression.In this episode, we discuss:- Why COVID widened the skills gap- What a Skills Draft is and why it could change the national culture around high-skilled employment- What manufacturers should be doing to help today’s youth get excited for —and see a viable future in — the industryTo ensure that you never miss an episode of The Manufacturing Executive, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, or here.