Hiring trends in manufacturing highlight the necessity to adapt

Manufacturers have started to manage talent the same way they mange raw materials or shipping. They want it when they want it, mimicking the just-in-time manufacturing principle that’s based on meeting demand as it happens. “That’s how hiring has been occurring in manufacturing in the past few years,” says John Wittine, president at Alliance Industrial […]

Gender is not a leadership concern, says biomedical industry’s Jennifer Palinchik

Jennifer Palinchik never had the attitude that she was a female in the male-dominated biomedical industry — and that she should act in a certain way in order to climb the ladder of success. “I was just constantly trying to improve myself regardless of my gender,” says Palinchik, president of JALEX Medical. “Gender doesn’t necessarily […]

Understanding real market returns

Entrepreneurial Investing, Part 3 Does it pay off to be patient in the stock market? As we can see from the chart below, given to me by my colleague Ben Mackovak, the market is random in the short term, but time is ultimately your friend. The chart represents the Standard & Poor stocks and identifies […]