Based on what we’ve been hearing from our clients who own manufacturing companies, their biggest concern of late is not bringing in new business, rather it’s having enough staff on hand to get the product out the door. With the unemployment rate just over 4% (or thereabouts) in CT according to the CT Department of […]
Sales Strategy Best Practices Can Keep You Ahead of the Competition
Do you follow sales strategy best practices to keep your sales team performing at top levels? Have you identified what these ideal practices are – for your industry, your competitive marketplace, and your organization? Do you understand the difference between a sales strategy, a strategic sales plan, and sales processes or tactics? For a better […]
A Guide to Stuff Made in Connecticut
The publisher of the Hartford Business Journal has created a solution to the workforce challenge manufacturers face due to bad PR about their industries. Their publication called A Guide to Stuff Made in Connecticut will highlight manufacturers throughout the state. It’s a publication that is changing the image of manufacturing in Connnecticut for tomorrow’s workforce … […]
Building a Workforce for the Future
The American Job Center (formerly CT Works) was created to help employers find people and to get people employed. It offers many programs to local companies with a need to expand their workforce. Realizing that manufacturing is a growth sector, they have created several programs that might be of interest to you. To simplify it […]
Take Advantage of Resources Available to Manufacturers
Manufacturing is a hot industry. People finally realize that you can’t grow an economy based on service industry alone. They also realize that manufacturing jobs have a positive effect on the overall financial health of a community. For those reasons, state and federal governments as well as companies have created free programs to assist manufacturers […]