A career in today’s manufacturing industry is not like your parent/grandparents’ manufacturing job decades ago!
Maine’s traditional manufacturing sectors such as textile, shoe and paper, have been replaced by evolving manufacturing jobs in such high-tech industries as semiconductors, aerospace, robotics, aviation and biotech, and the list goes on. Careers in high-tech manufacturing are multiplying constantly.
As Part of Dream It. Do It., the Manufacturers Association of Maine is “rebranding” Maine manufacturing jobs and careers.
Eighty percent of manufacturers in the United States report they cannot find the skilled employees they need. As a parent, educate yourself on the possibilities for your teenager and share that information as they explore their passions and future.