eMacomb - Featured Article, summer 2017

Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) in Macomb County is one of the largest events in the country introducing high school kids to local manufacturing companies. In many cases, this is their first time seeing a manufacturing facility, which will likely be much different than what their parents have been advising them. There is a huge disconnect between many parents’ perceptions and the jobs that will be available in a highly skilled manufacturing workforce.

This event allows kids to tour your manufacturing facility, and you will get to talk directly to them to explain the importance of manufacturing jobs in Michigan. You can show these students what you do for a living, the atmosphere you work in, the pay levels and opportunities for advancement. This creates a chance for your company to market directly to the local future workforce.

We know you are busy, but we also know you are concerned about the workforce problem that everyone will face in the future. The work has already been done to get the schools involved and transportation provided. The last step, and most important, is for you to get involved in MFG Day – to put a picture of what manufacturing is today in these students’ minds before they make decisions after high school.