OMA’s 2023 Workforce Services Roadmap Now Available

For the past six years, the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Workforce Roadmap has helped guide Ohio’s manufacturing sector by outlining top priorities and strategies aimed at protecting and growing Ohio manufacturing. The most recent Roadmap, which was released January 27, 2023, can be found here. 

The Workforce Roadmap outlines the following as top priorities for modern manufacturing workforce development in 2023:

1. Expand earn-and-learn programs to engage, evaluate, and employ recruits. 
2. Accelerate the development of a statewide Innovation/Industry 4.0 education and workforce development environment.
3. Develop the structures and processes that help manufacturers hire and retain workers through a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lens. 
4. Strengthen and expand the capacity of OMA’s ISPs (Industry Sector Partnerships).