Category Archives: Students in Manufacturing

Workforce Development: The Student Perspective

Solving Connecticut’s workforce crisis will take a range of approaches and broad collaboration across business,...

Tech is changing Connecticut manufacturing.

State leaders are working to coordinate industry and academic efforts to adopt AI, big data...

Skilled Workforce Development: What Should Guidance Counselors Tell Students?

About 48 million U.S. borrowers collectively owe upwards of $1.7 trillion in federal and private...

Manufacturing Training Success Story

Jeremy Claudio – Apprentice Toolmaker & CNC Machinist Truelove and Maclean Watertown, CT Before taking...

Maker Multipliers – Powered by CCAT

MAKER Multipliers is an initiative of the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), a nonprofit...

Success: The Wave Program, NRWIB 2022

Meet Cierra Sheppard, Eshwarie Roopnaraine, Ludmila de Paula, Luis Colon, Liana Alvero, and Neisha Sanchez,...

High school students learn about manufacturing careers at QVCC

Quinebaug Valley Community College welcomed more than 90 students from 10 area high schools on...

Four Ways That Engaging With Schools Benefits Your Talent Stream

The manufacturing community has long struggled with finding skilled workers, citing, among other things, the...

CBIA BizCast: Goodwin University Prioritizes Workforce Development

CBIA BizCast host Ali Warshavsky speaks with Melanie Hoben, director of workforce development at East...

Stanley Black & Decker Awards Workforce Training Grants

Seven Connecticut organizations are among the recipients of workforce training grants from Stanley Black &...

Study says perception of manufacturing sector getting better, but workforce issues persist

More people believe manufacturing jobs are innovative and would encourage their children to pursue jobs...

Vitural Reality Tech: A Tool to Introduce Manufacturing to K-12 Students

ReadyCT and CONNSTEP, affiliates of CBIA committed to workforce development, are midway through a pilot...

Connecticut’s Manufacturing Pipeline Gets $1M Boost From Congress

Connecticut’s Manufacturing Pipeline Gets $1M Boost From Congress Congressman Jim Himes announces funding for Housatonic...

Manufacturing jobs are available in CT, but young people need to fill them

Tyler White, 16, junior, demonstrates carbon gouging at Ella T. Grasso Technical High School. White...

HUBCAP in Wallingford continues preparing students for a local manufacturing jobs

All of the programs offered by the hybrid-business incubator HUBCAP Wallingford stopped when the pandemic...

Community College Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center opens at WCSU

The new Connecticut State Community College Naugatuck Valley Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center located at Western...

Answering the call for workforce development: Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County launches career exploration experience

Bridgeport, CT Junior Achievement, a local non-profit organization, is helping regional employers build their future...

State’s chief manufacturing officer tours New Britain High School’s Manufacturing, Engineering & Technology Academy

The state’s chief manufacturing officer met with school officials Monday at New Britain High School...

CT aims to increase talent pool for ‘insanely strong’ manufacturing

More manufacturing professionals are needed because many companies have seen a significant increase in demand...

Manufacturing lessons now offered at Watertown High School

Local officials are partnering with regional employment agencies to offer evening manufacturing courses for adults...