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Today marked the 14th annual Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day. This year's theme, "There’s a Little Bit of Engineer in Every Girl," was celebrated on social media with the hashtag #BringItOut. Businesses, universities, libraries and others offered workshops, tours and discussion sessions to reach girls across the country and introduce them to careers in engineering. Here's a video about the campaign and this year's events:

Earlier this month, WiM Director Allison Grealis was profiled in Crain's Cleveland Business as part of their "Who to Watch in Nonprofits" series. The profile piece describes Allison's early leadership experience in high school, college, and her first job as an organizer for the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group. Asked about her roles at PMA and WiM, Allison said that finds her job "rewarding."  And she adds that she "finds inspiration in the people with whom she works, as well as in the successful, self-made manufacturers and the women in the industry she represents." “I want to impact things to be different and more inclusive for women in years to come,” she said in the article. Read the full article here .

This week, 24/7 Wall Street, released a list of the worst paying jobs for women. The rundown includes 10 professions across industries from truck drivers and bartenders to financial managers and real estate brokers. One sector not on the list?  Manufacturing.   Manufacturing has consistently offered high salaries for workers. This week, in an interview with Manufacturing.Net , Advanced Technology Services President Jeff Owens discussed salaries in the manufacturing sector.  "Perception drives many myths about manufacturing," he said.  "The largest one being that manufacturing jobs are not as professional or high paying as jobs that require a suit and tie.  Nothing could be further from the truth. Fact is, manufacturing salaries outpace retail jobs by a mile." Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) recently made the same point about the strength and stability offered by manufacturing.  "I think manufacturing is critical, frankly," he said in an interview with The B...

WiM-Wisconsin has recently announced a new program, WiM empoWer. Milwaukee Business News reported on the program saying it's "the first-of-its-kind...to serve as a resource geared toward increasing interest and inspiration in manufacturing careers for women." The article notes that WiM empoWer works in three strategic ways: • Connect leaders to mentees to cultivate relationships and experience; • Partner with local schools to aid in program enhancement and education; Photo from recent WiM-Wisconsin event with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch • Design events and programs to inspire women, students and professionals to become leaders through the diverse opportunities within manufacturing. Want to learn more? WiM-Wisconsin plans for future programs to continue its mission of engaging women to share perspectives, gain cutting-edge manufacturing information, improve leadership and communication skills, participate in sponsoring programs and network with industry peers.

Today, there a record 67.5 million American women in the workforce. And many of those women - a full four in 10 - are now either the sole or primary earner supporting their families. But, despite these changing workforce dynamics, most American women still clock in for a "second shift" when they leave work and return home.   Research shows that even women with partners at home shoulder more of the responsibility for housework and child care. These statistics are especially relevant for working mothers who, too often, are forced to make the difficult choice to stay home with a sick child and make the call (or send the email) informing bosses and colleagues that they won't be in the office. A recent survey from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health showed that one-third of working parents with young children find it difficult to take time off from work to care for a sick child because they worry they may lose pay or lose their jobs. The Fa...

Late last month, WiM held two events at Midwest chapters. On January 22nd, we launched our professional chapter in Cleveland and held the group's first event - a tour of Lincoln Electric. An article about the new chapter ran in the Plain Dealer.  The article quotes Lisa Habe who is president and chairman of the board at Interlake Industries as well as a WiM board member. "We need people to come in at all levels and we need to appear more women-friendly," she says in the article.  "The concept is that you want to appear more women-friendly, because half of the workforce are women.  If it takes us to create an organization like this, then so be it. Obviously there's a need for it, because it took off." The article quotes several other WiM members as well as our director, Allison Grealis, who points out that WiM serves an important role, especially for small to midsize manufacturing companies who struggle to find the resources to dedicate to supporting women i...

President Obama will deliver his sixth State of the Union address tonight.  As we prepare for tonight's remarks, we are joining many others in reflecting on promises of SOTUs past. In 2014, CBS News reminds us , Obama offered plans on several issues of interest to WiM. First, job training for technical trades. In his 2014 speech the president said, "I've asked Vice President Biden to lead an across-the-board reform of America's training programs to make sure they have one mission: train Americans with the skills employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right now..." By CBS's measure , Obama pulled through on this goal.  The news outlet points to a report issued by Vice President Biden in September.  The report announced $450 million in grants to 27 community colleges, helping them to partner with employers and enhance programs that train students for jobs. We'd add to this count the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.  The ...

An exciting WiM event is scheduled for two weeks from today in Brookfield, WI. The WiM Wisconsin Chapter will host Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch for a luncheon on Monday, Jan. 26. Lt. Gov. Kleefisch WiM members and non-members are invited, and women from all levels of the manufacturing workforce are encouraged to attend. The luncheon will take place from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel - 375 S. Moorland Road in Brookfield. 11:00a - 11:30a  Registration & Networking  11:30a - 12:00p  Lunch is served  12:00p - 1:00p  Lieutenant Governor speaks Learn more on the WiM website here: http://www.womeninmanufacturing.org/emeevents/eventdescription/?CalendarEventKey=c323700a-93f5-4b4b-96ba-b30dbfc14dc1

Here's the next post in a series of guest pieces provided by WiM supporter, Foley & Lardner LLP. ----------- By Rosana M. Gutierrez Perhaps not surprisingly to those familiar with the tropical island, manufacturing remains a key driver of economic activity in Puerto Rico. Indeed, manufacturing accounts for 45% of Puerto Rico’s GDP (compared to 11% in the U.S.) and over 20% of the island’s jobs. Many U.S. multinational companies, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, have chosen Puerto Rico as their home for manufacturing operations. Why? There are five main reasons. First, with over 50 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, Puerto Rico’s greatest asset is a skilled, experienced, yet inexpensive workforce. According to the experts , Puerto Rico offers the lowest labor costs within the U.S. with hourly rates in manufacturing averaging 65-80% of the continental U.S. average. Second, location, location, location. Situated halfway between North and South Americ...

In the latest issue of Crain's Cleveland Business, Northeast Ohio leaders weigh in on the year ahead.  One voice offering insight is our own Allison Grealis.  Check out the full article for predictions on topics including which industries offer the biggest opportunities and how the region can maxmize its growth potential. Here are a few quotes from Allison:  Overall, both of the organizations Grealis is involved in, the Precision Metalforming Association and Women in Manufacturing, want to see more men and women of all ages go into manufacturing as a career. Grealis also is looking forward to establishing a local chapter of Women in Manufacturing to offer training and support to the region.  And, she said, she’d like to see more regional sourcing within the manufacturing industry. As a representative for two national associations, Grealis said she sees opportunity in the automotive industry. It’s an industry that many members of the groups serve. The non-residential...

A Forbes list of rising stars in the manufacturing sector was released this week. According to Forbes, the list - called 30 Under 30 Reinventing Manufacturing In A Greener, Tech-Savvier World - defies long-held stereotypes about the sector and shows that "the present – and future – of manufacturing is something altogether different." We were pleased to see Natalie Panek on the list.  Natalie is an Engineer in MDA’s Robotics and Automation Division.  She was also a panelist at the 2014 WiM SUMMIT. Photo of Natalie Paneck from Forbes About Natalie, Forbes says - Panek innovates products for the extremes of outer space, whether it’s a robot to service and repair satellites on-orbit or studying how lunar dust could create problems for a rover on the moon. She's also the first woman to race the University of Calgary's solar powered car (which she helped design and build) in a North American Solar Challenge. Congratulations, Natalie, on this well-deserved recognition!

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Kiery Wilson Associate Food Scientist II Post Foods #HearHerStory / @womeninmfg At Women in Manufacturing, we are committed to supporting women in the manufacturing sector. We firmly believe that mentorship and community-buildling will help attract and retain women in manufacturing.  As part of our mission, we feature on our blog the stories of women we admire who are currently working in manufacturing.  The following is the latest installment of our "Hear Her Story" series. Please tell our readers a little bit about your job and what your work looks like every day. I’m a food scientist in research and development with Post Cereal; right now I’m working on Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles and any new products in that brand. I develop new products and quality improvements for the Pebbles brand. Typically, I spend half my day working in the lab, trying out new formulas and the other half at my desk working on the computer. I work with ingredient suppliers, create specifications,...