Check out the complete results of ThomasNet’s annual Industry Market Barometer ® (IMB) survey of 1,209 professionals. The IMB explores the technological transformation fueling manufacturing growth, challenged by the ticking biological clock. Download your free copy today www.thomasnet.com/imb Copyright 2013, ThomasNet.com, a part of Thomas Industrial Network, Inc. Line workers Engineering Skilled trade workers Sales and marketing Manufacturing/ Production Management 59% 55% 60% 69% 53% POSITIONS IN DEMAND BY MANUFACTURERS FOR 2013 28% Stay the Same 9% Decline PERFORMANCE EXPECTED IN 2013 Grow 63% 42% OF MANUFACTURERS ARE HIRING NOW 7 10 MANUFACTURERS SAY NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE PROFESSION ARE DETERRING NEW GENERATIONS FROM JOINING FORCES WITH THEM out of HOWEVER... AND... Only 25% …of manufacturing workforces are 30 or younger If Manufacturers don’t start to BRING IN MORE MILLENNIALS now, who will take the place of those Baby Boomers retiring? We could be facing a huge crisis! WHILE MANUFACTURING CONTINUES TO GROW, THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN AS BABY BOOMERS AGE OUT