Women in Manufacturing


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MANUFACTURING SEEKS ITS OTHER HALF


Several of SME’s top women leaders (from left to right) Deb Holton, Director, Industry Strategy & Events; Pamela Hurt, Industry Manager, Workforce Development; and Jeannine Kunz, Director of Training & Development, are working to attract more women into manufacturing.


We asked SME’s top women leaders why they think there aren’t more women in manufacturing and what can be done to attract more


Sarah A. Webster Editor in Chief


D 88 ManufacturingEngineeringMedia.com | July 2013


id you know that just under 25% of the manufac- turing workforce is made up of women? Given that nearly half of the total US workforce is made up of women, and more than half of all college graduates are women, is it any surprise that manufacturing has a shortage of qualified workers? In a report on the issue of women in manufacturing, released earlier this year, Deloitte surveyed more than 600 women working in industry. More than half, 51%, said the main driver of women’s under- representation “is the perception of a male-favored culture” and 80% said manufacturers could improve their efforts to recruit women. Those were just a few of the findings from the Deloitte study— “Untapped resource: How manufacturers can attract, retain, and advance talented women”—which was sponsored by The Manufac- turing Institute, SME and the University of Phoenix.


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