Manufacturing workers back in the game - Crain's Cleveland Business

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Local firms shore up production staffs as order levels escalate, confidence builds

By DAN SHINGLER
March 21, 2011

It's on!

After a nearly three-year lull, Northeast Ohio manufacturers are hiring in earnest, say both the companies and observers who watch the sector and its effect on the local economy.

Local help wanted ads in The Plain Dealer and on Craigslist back those observations with the hard evidence of postings for jobs ranging from computer numerical control (CNC) machinists to floor sweepers.

“This is genuinely good news — let's all hold hands and break into a group smile,” said Ned Hill, an economist and dean of Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.
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The employment section of The Plain Dealer's classified ads March 7 listed jobs for machinists, welders, steamfitters, press operators and mold makers at companies ranging from welding equipment giant Lincoln Electric Co. to small machine shops.

Machinists seem to be most in demand. A count of the job ads on the Cleveland Craigslist web site, also on March 7, turned up 23 ads for manufacturing jobs; seven were for CNC machinists. ...

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