Adapt/adopt: Skill shortages and advanced technologies

Articles and reports: 88-003-X20010035966
Description:

Two-thirds of advanced technology-using manufacturing establishments experienced some type of skill shortage in the latter part of the 1990s. Shortages were greatest for machine operators, industrial engineers and machinists, with about a quarter of plant managers reporting a shortage in each of these areas. Production managers and computer professionals were next, with one-in-five plants indicating a shortage.

Issue Number: 2001003
Author(s): Sabourin, David
Main Product: Innovation Analysis Bulletin
Format Release date More information
PDF October 31, 2001