{"id":27385,"date":"2020-11-19T21:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T21:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dvirc.org\/?page_id=27385"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:05:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:05:48","slug":"workforce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dvirc.org\/workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Workforce Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1668615233856{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background-color: #edf2f7 !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;arrow&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]For manufacturers, filling open jobs has been an ongoing challenge in recent years, but the current conditions are reaching serious levels, as the number of open jobs exceeds the number of people looking for work.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing plays a key role in the regional economy. Southeast Pennsylvania&#8217;s manufacturing sector brought in $24.2 billion in earnings in 2020, generated $712.8 million in taxes, and contributed $52.8 billion to the gross regional product of Southeast Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to this workforce shortage is now more vital than ever.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Labor Study Findings<\/h2>\n<p>DVIRC &amp; MontcoWorks commissioned Lightcast (formerly Emsi burning glass) to conduct a Labor Market study for Philadelphia, Reading, &amp; Lancaster. 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Thank you.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243;][vc_column_text]Support the growth of Southeastern Pennsylvania&#8217;s manufacturing workforce.[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">To\u00a0<strong>donate by check<\/strong>, please make your check out to \u201cDelaware Valley Industrial Resource Center\u201d and mail it to:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center<br \/>\n2905 Southampton Rd<br \/>\nPhiladelphia, PA 19154[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; 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Guest speakers share business practices, and inspire and challenge leaders to think differently about their businesses. Attendees explore and learn how to thrive in the midst of accelerated<\/p>\n<p>disruptions not experienced in over a century, while collaborating with the diverse ecosystem of private, public, and academic thought leadership. Exhibitors demonstrate technology-driven manufacturing, reinventing American manufacturing ingenuity and leadership for the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>While the theme of the Manufacturing Summit changes every year, what remains constant is the need to address the workforce issue facing the manufacturing community, and the need to fill the talent pipeline as a majority of manufacturers move into retirement. Additionally, the rate at which advanced technologies are occurring is changing how modern manufacturing gets done. 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