PT WORK Force^®

PT WORK Force^® (where WORK stands for Workforce Outreach Research and Knowledge) is a newly created initiative by the PTDA Foundation designed to help you find, hire and retain good qualified employees.

Industry Employment Report: Shifting the PT/MC Workforce
Recruitment Resources
Retention Resources

Why PT WORK Force^®?

We face a competitive disadvantage because potential future employees don't know about the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) industry and the opportunities it offers for good, interesting jobs with a path to advancement.

Competing and thriving in tomorrow's marketplace demands that PT/MC distributors successfully attract and keep the next generation of new talent.

The failure to do so puts the field and the industry at risk.

• Finding skilled workers is the greatest hurdle faced, say 41 percent of manufacturers
• One million new manufacturing jobs being created with 390,000 unfilled positions
• By 2020, there will be a shortage of nearly 5,000,000 employees with any post secondary degree

New tools and methods will be needed to succeed in this new world of work. PT/MC distributors and manufacturers need resources to attract, hire, on-board, train, manage and retain their employees. PT WORK Force^® was created to assist industry employers with these issues.

PTDA Foundation Program Committees

PT WORK Force^® Education, Research & Knowledge
PT/MC employers will be better educated and more knowledgeable about hiring trends and practices because of the research and communcations developed, curated or distributed by the PTDA Foundation.

PT WORK Force^® Outreach
PT/MC employers will be empowered and supported in building a pipeline of candidates for future openings.

PT WORK Force^® Recruitment and Retention Tools
PT/MC employers will be empowered and supported in recruiting for current open positions and retaining new hires.

Stay tuned as the PT WORK Force^® committees develop new programs and services and release them for your use. We'll be posting these to the website as we complete them and letting you know about them through PTDA and PTDA Foundation publications.

If you have an idea you think would help you and others in the PT/MC sector with your workforce issues, let us know by emailing foundation@ptda.org. And, if we send you a questionnaire or survey or call you on the phone, take the time to respond. We can only build programs for you with your input.

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