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Bakers Unveil Industry Career Path

Companies project that hourly machine operators’ positions, unskilled production positions, and salaried scientist and research and development positions will skyrocket in the next 10 years.
Of additional concern, a 2014 report by Deloitte states that ‘traditional approaches’ for addressing employee shortage are not as effective as they used to be, highlighting the need for new strategies.
ABA and ASB believe this research provides direction on how individual companies can make progress in filling the workforce skills gap.
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