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...was a 21,000 gain in people working in business, building and other support services.However, the battered manufacturing sector did not join in the bounty. The agency said there were 14,200 fewer factory workers in May than there had been...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2013-06-07-2
Colleges must fix graduates' professionalism gap

...entitlement."We might forgive 18-year-olds fresh out of high school for lacking employability skills (the manufacturing sector hires many workers lacking undergraduate degrees). But when he or she reaches 23 and has four years of college...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-05-09/colleges-must-fix-g
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Pequot Lakes gets creative to fill employee shortage

...to 15 years, an inadequate number of students pursued careers as machinists, engineers and technicians in the manufacturing sector. Now, the industry has turned around with a surplus of work but manufacturers can't find enough workers skilled...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2013-05-03/pequot-lakes-gets-creative-fill-
Business
Manufacturing careers gain grant support

...in machine tool technology, welding and fabrication, and robotics are finding employment opportunities in the manufacturing sector. The latest effort to supply trained employees to industry includes refresher and basic education that prepares...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2012-08-31/manufacturing-careers-gain-grant
Business
Cross-Tech doubles its facility with new expansion project

...tough choices. But as fast as business tanked for Cross-Tech, it came roaring back in 2010. A year later, the manufacturing sector as a whole was hitting on all cylinders again. Roy was able to get back up to 24 employees again, helping the...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2012-10-19/cross-tech-doubles-its-facility-
Business
Business notes - Oct. 29

...for manufacturing businesses and about 33 percent of business projects completed with EDC assistance are in the manufacturing sector. Cass County has the second lowest industrial and commercial tax rate to encourage manufacturing and industrial...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2012-10-28/business-notes-oct-29
Business
Republican presidential candidates on the issues

...replace a few, but let's repeal them all because they are all antagonistic to businesses, particularly in the manufacturing sector." ___ EDUCATION: Bachmann: Wants to abolish Education Department, which she calls unconstitutional. Says...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-11-07/republican-presidential-ca
Political

...said businesses sharply cut back on hiring in April.A report earlier this week showed that the economy's manufacturing sector expanded at the fastest pace in 10 months. Measures of new orders, production and exports rose. And a gauge...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-05-04

...economic data have been mixed and gasoline consumption has dropped for 62 straight weeks. Meanwhile, China's manufacturing sector is slowing down. The U.S. and China are the biggest oil consumers in the world.Earlier this year, energy...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-05-30
CLC contributes to economic development on personal scale

...provide for their children through work -- a cornerstone of welfare reform. The local push has centered on the manufacturing sector and the child-care business. The road map also includes visits to the health care, hospitality, retail and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/090199/nei_0901990006.shtml
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