December 5, 2022 Honest Feedback: Women Weigh in on Workplace Discrimination and Harassment By Julie Davis, AEM Senior Director of Workforce and Industry Initiatives, SHRM-CP —I want to begin by acknowledging the progress that has been made addressing harassment and...
November 14, 2022 In Their Own Words: How (and Why) to Support Women in the Workplace By Julie Davis, AEM Senior Director of Workforce and Industry Initiatives, SHRM-CP —I am both excited and a bit hesitant to share my thoughts about how to approach and support...
October 3, 2022 How to (And Why You Should) Promote Diversity and Inclusion Within Your Organization Workplace diversity and inclusion (D&I) has quickly become a top priority for organizations of all types and sizes, and it’s not difficult to understand why.There’s no...
September 19, 2022 How to Recruit Women into Manufacturing (and Why) Women are one of the manufacturing industry’s most untapped labor pools. Recent data from Deloitte points to the fact that women comprise 47% of the overall labor force, but...
September 15, 2022 AEM, Project MFG To Team Up on Workforce Development AEM is pleased to announce a collaborative partnership with Project MFG, a workforce development effort underwritten by the U.S. Department of Defense and other leading...
September 12, 2022 The Aging Workforce: 4 Ways Manufacturers Can Prepare Themselves By Julie Davis, AEM Senior Director, Workforce and Industry Initiatives, SHRM-CP —For quite some time now, manufacturers have been carefully watching and planning for workforce...
August 25, 2022 When it Comes to Workforce Development, Success Starts With ‘Making the Connection’ There's no overstating the importance of getting engaged when it comes to workforce development efforts. However, getting started and actually finding one's footing on the...
August 8, 2022 How to Boost Your Workforce Development Efforts Filling a workforce pipeline is often a task easier said than done, but there are some practical steps organizations can take to engage potential employees and improve hiring...
July 25, 2022 Assessing and Addressing the Effectiveness of Your Internship Program Organizations of all types and sizes currently find themselves right in the middle of what can best be described as "internship season," so there's no better time than right now...
July 18, 2022 There’s Hope: How 5 Construction Firms are Attracting and Keeping Workforce The numbers are brutal.The construction industry had an estimated 494,000 job openings at the end of April 2022, the highest ever.The median age of a construction worker is now...
January 26, 2023 Leadership Pitfalls to Avoid at All Costs Not everyone is born to be a leader. The good news, however, is that leadership skills can be developed and refined over time, opening the door to career advancement and higher...
January 5, 2023 5 Equipment Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2023 With 2022 firmly in the rearview mirror and the new year now underway, it’s clear many of the opportunities and challenges impacting equipment manufacturers today are poised to...
July 5, 2023 The Environmental Benefits of Precision Agriculture Quantified Agriculture and environmental sustainability have been closely linked for many years. It’s just that there has been little data to quantify the benefits.That, however, is no...
July 17, 2023 AEM Welcomes Latest Member Companies All AEM members work together through the association to build momentum for the equipment manufacturing industry, as well as the ag and construction markets it serves. AEM...
August 10, 2023 How Agriculture Can Capture the Carbon Market Opportunity As the trend toward carbon emissions reduction continues, American farmers are being presented with a new opportunity. By adopting certain climate-smart agriculture practices...
May 11, 2023 Three Days Until Celebration of Construction on the National Mall In three short days, AEM, in partnership with over 40 member companies and industry partners, will be in Washington, D.C. to host the Celebration of Construction on the National...
June 1, 2023 5 Modern Dairy Industry Benefits to Acknowledge and Celebrate By Austin Gellings, AEM Director of Agricultural Services — Dairy plays a vital part in the diets of millions of Americans. The average person in the United States consumes...
June 26, 2023 AEM Ag Sector Board Chair Testifies Before U.S. House Ag Committee Rural broadband connectivity and precision agriculture go hand in hand, and that is the message that AEM Ag Sector Board Chair Bill Hurley delivered during the U.S. House...
January 19, 2023 Ongoing Supply Chain Woes Threaten Economic Recovery By Kip Eideberg, AEM Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations —Editor’s Note: This was originally published by The Hill, a top U.S. political website read by...
July 10, 2023 New Highlights from A Celebration of Construction on the National Mall Earlier this summer, AEM and over 40 participating organizations showcased more than seventy-five pieces of construction equipment during A Celebration of Construction on the...