One of the ironies of the economic recovery is that, despite an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent, U.S. manufacturers are struggling to find workers.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. manufacturers posted 310,000 job vacancies in May. That’s three times the figure from May 2009. And yet manufacturers nationwide are finding they can’t get good help. In Indiana, for example, 5 percent to 10 percent of manufacturing jobs go unfilled because applicants lack the necessary skills.