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The skills gap in the national workforce for manufacturers

August 8, 2006 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Al Jones writes: This is a 2005 study of the skills gap in the national workforce for manufacturers ($5 billion in activity in Montana last year which is larger than health care, tourism, or ag gross receipts!) Some stuff won’t surprise you, a fair amount will, and it’s a very quick read.

Deloitte the big accounting firm did this for the National Association of Manufacturers so you’ll see these numbers in the national debates too.

http://www.nam.org/s_nam/bin.asp?CID=89&DID=235731&DOC=FILE.PDF