Spring is here, but cooler temperatures and rainy weather seem to have slowed down normal seasonal trends. “Slight growth” is probably the best way to describe the growth for U.S. manufacturers in April. The upside is that the overall US…
Category: Manufacturing
Zach Price & TRG Manufacturing Complete Successful Search
(Richmond, VA) April 22, 2014 – The Richmond Group USA is excited to announce the successful completion of a search for a Lead Electrical Engineer in Richmond, VA. Our client, a global manufacturing of specialty ingredients, plans to start construction…
Zach Price and TRG Chemicals Announce Completion of Successful Engineer Search
(Richmond, VA) April 4, 2014 – The Richmond Group USA is pleased to announce the successful completion of a search for Corporate Process Engineer in Kansas City, Kansas. Our client, an integrated manufacturer of specialty chemicals, is executing their aggressive…
What’s Your Plan?
In the years heading into “the Great Recession, a major concern for businesses was the coming brain drain, which would be caused by Boomers retiring in droves from the workplace, and taking with them their vast technical skills, historical knowledge,…
Manufacturing Trends heading in to Q2
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, Manufacturing employment took a dip in March by 29,000 jobs. Two big stories at the end of March continue to be economic growth and personal consumption growth, yet American manufacturing continued to deal with…
Knowing the Cost of the Market
When talking to top talent, we spend a significant amount of time exploring what motivates candidates to make a career change. The most common areas of interest for making a change involve finding an opportunity offering more professional challenges or…
US Manufacturing Showed Signs of Rebounding in February
After reporting some contraction over the last five months, US manufacturing activity in February showed signs of a bounce back in the most recent ISM Manufacturing index. “Brad Holcomb, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Survey Business Committee, said in an…
Unemployment Sneaks Down To 4.9%
While global economic fluctuations sent the stock market on a wild ride in January, the US unemployment rate dropped another 0.1% to 4.9%, which is its lowest level since February 2008. Economists are projecting some more wage and inflation pressure…
Cheap Gas Moves Cars
Cheap oil continues to help and hurt US manufacturing. The automotive industry led manufacturing losses during the recession but has been an area of strength and growth for US manufacturing in the last few years. Sales of cars and light…
Manufacturing A Bit Sluggish In November
Reports are showing that the overall US economy grew for the 78th consecutive month, but US manufacturing has slowed a bit during the last couple of months. The recent ISM manufacturing index said that manufacturing numbers contracted in November for…