The Manufacturing Shake-Up

This week's episode reminded us of another powerhouse hispanic woman we had on the podcast earlier in the series...Milliechel Ramirez! In addition to being a Process Engineer at Carey Manufacturing, Millie helps parents understand the value of a manufacturing career through her outreach to local public high schools. YouTube: https://buff.ly/3y67DPF Podcast Website: https://buff.ly/46lUoH5

If you aren’t involved with your local CT Technical High School, you are missing out on a huge potential workforce! In this episode, Melissa M., Manufacturing Engineer Manager at Straton Industries, walks through her valuable experience at Platt Technical High School. Her employer is taking full advantage of this incredible resource in their backyard. YouTube: https://buff.ly/3WsvWjw Podcast Website: https://buff.ly/4joe7fh #ManufacturingShakeUp #WomenInManufacturing #womeninSTEM Connecticut Technical Education and Career System

This one speaks for itself! YouTube: https://buff.ly/3WsvWjw Podcast Website: https://buff.ly/4joe7fh #ManufacturingShakeUp #WomenInManufacturing #womeninSTEM Straton Industries Connecticut Technical Education and Career System Platt Technical High School

This week’s guest wants to break up preconceived ideas of what a manufacturer looks like! An engineer or machinist can look like her – a first-generation hispanic woman. Find out more about Melissa M., Manufacturing Engineer Manager at Straton Industries, in this episode. YouTube: https://buff.ly/3WsvWjw Podcast Website: https://buff.ly/4joe7fh #ManufacturingShakeUp #WomenInManufacturing #womeninSTEM Connecticut Technical Education and Career System Platt Technical High School

The Connecticut Technical Education and Career System offers incredible learning opportunities for our manufacturers of tomorrow. In this episode, Melissa M., Manufacturing Engineer Manager at Straton Industries , tells us all about her experience at Platt Technical High School and how it set her up for a successful manufacturing career. Learn much more in this episode. YouTube: https://buff.ly/3WsvWjw Podcast Website: https://buff.ly/4joe7fh #ManufacturingShakeUp #WomenInManufacturing #womeninSTEM Connecticut Office of Manufacturing

How do you know you’ve found a company with a good culture? There is always risk involved in starting a new job. How do you know it’s someplace you’ll like working? In this clip, and in the full episode, Melissa M., Manufacturing Engineer Manager at Straton Industries, tells us about a few things that she noticed during her interview and facility tour that made her feel comfortable. The key to finding a good culture is paying attention! How do you feel during the interview? What is the physical environment like? Are the employees friendly as you walk around? Do people look like they are happy to be there? YouTube: https://buff.ly/3WsvWjw Podcast Website: https://buff.ly/4joe7fh #ManufacturingShakeUp #WomenInManufacturing #womeninSTEM Connecticut Technical Education and Career System Platt Technical High School

If one thing is clear from this week's episode, it's that Connecticut Technical Education and Career System is setting their students up for great careers in manufacturing. Releasing tomorrow (1/28) Melissa M., Manufacturing Engineer Manager at Straton Industries, talks about how her interests and skills were fostered at a young age, directly leading her to where she is now. Melissa also talks about looking for the right culture fit in a company, breaking stereotypes in manufacturing for women, especially Hispanic women, and she tried to get across the vast span of career opportunities available in manufacturing. Website: https://buff.ly/4c3N8BT YouTube: https://buff.ly/3RvTWjx Apple podcast: https://buff.ly/45v3wc7 Spotify: https://buff.ly/4c4ohxA Platt Technical High School #ManufacturingShakeUp #WomenInManufacturing #womeninSTEM

Did you miss last week’s episode? Here were the key takeaways… YouTube: https://buff.ly/421QmUh Podcast Website: https://buff.ly/4h7oW3D Lena Geliga Hygrade Precision Technologies, LLC Connecticut Office of Manufacturing #ManufacturingShakeUp #WomenInManufacturing #leadership #operations

Whether we like it or not, manufacturing still has a stigma. So we've got to work extra hard to show that there are great manufacturers to work for out there! Here's one that we spoke to a few months back...there's a lot to learn from this episode on having caring and kind leadership. Or as Robin Ritz, InCord Custom Safety Netting Solutions says it...combining heart and business to be a strong, profitable company. YouTube: https://buff.ly/3ArIBv1 Podcast Website: https://buff.ly/3X44NUV InCord Custom Safety Netting Solutions #manufacturing #MFGShakeUp #WomenInManufacturing #culture #profit #communication

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