Hiring: How to Choose the One

This is very much a candidate driven marketplace, compounded by the baby boomers retiring, creating a huge shortage of talent. Nowadays, we are lucky to find 1 or 2 candidates for a job that are both qualified and interested. However, I still hear the same old phrase from my clients, “We need to see 2…

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First Trade Show: Growth in Wire and Cable

I attended my first industry trade shows, the Wire Processing Technology Expo and the Wire Expo in May.  I do appreciate all the people and industry leaders who met with me and talked to me about the industry, their companies and the future of wire and cable.  Here are the insights I gained from industry…

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How to Encourage Growth Through Industry Changes

The search for qualified talent in the electrical industry is more difficult than ever. As growth continues in distributed energy, distributed energy resources, distributed generation, microgrids, energy storage, and distribution automation; along with IoT and IIoT influences in electrical and electronic power generation components and automation controls…savvy and qualified talent is a must. Working with…

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Who Don’t You Know

One of the benefits of being a successful company with over 21 years of industry ties is that we’ve developed a database of over 32,000 unique companies and over 119,000 unique people. That’s a lot of data entry, industry research, conferences, journals and phone calls. But having that resource is incredibly valuable. Our core value…

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