A website that will compile available furniture jobs in the Unifour and Catawba
Valley went online Friday.
The website, http://www.furniturecareers.us, is being launched by the solution partners division of the American Home Furnishings Alliance, a nonprofit trade organization serving the home furnishings industry, according to the alliance.
The website, http://www.furniturecareers.us, is being launched by the solution partners division of the American Home Furnishings Alliance, a nonprofit trade organization serving the home furnishings industry, according to the alliance.
The website will target potential workers within a 40-mile radius of Hickory, including Morgan-ton, Statesville, Taylorsville, Lenoir and Lincoln-ton, the alliance says. It says more than two dozen alliance member companies in the Catawba Valley have signed up to participate in the effort.
Job candidate profiles collected on the site will be sent directly to human resources contacts at the participating companies, according to the alliance. If the website is successful, it can be replicated in other areas of the state and nation where there is a shortage of skilled labor, which is hindering home furnishings industry growth, the alliance says.
As of Thursday afternoon, 31 jobs in the furniture industry were listed with the employment office in Morgan-ton, said Chuck Brown, manager of the location. He said those 31 jobs include openings in repairs, engineering, CNC router programmers, drafter, cushion sewers and qualified upholsters. Additional jobs in furniture may not be listed with the employment office because they are open through temp employment agencies, Brown said.
“We think there is still quite a bit of that going on,” Brown said.
In addition to linking job seekers with available positions, it will link workers to training and apprenticeship opportunities, according to information from the alliance. The website also will spotlight industry employees describing their work in furniture manufacturing, according to information from the alliance.
The online jobs center is designed to promote home furnishings manufacturing as a reliable and rewarding career choice for high school students and graduates, returning military and those who are currently employed but looking for more stable work with an opportunity for salary growth, according to information from the alliance.
For several years now, manufacturers have lamented a lack of skilled workers in an industry that requires more high-tech skills than it did from previous generations.
The online jobs center is designed to promote home furnishings manufacturing as a reliable and rewarding career choice for high school students and graduates, returning military and those who are currently employed but looking for more stable work with an opportunity for salary growth, according to information from the alliance.
For several years now, manufacturers have lamented a lack of skilled workers in an industry that requires more high-tech skills than it did from previous generations.
Burke County officials are in the process of expanding classes in high schools and Western Piedmont Community College to teach high-tech manufacturing skills that companies desire.
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