2017 Human Resources & Recruiting Report

The Made in America Movement reached out to 25,000+ HR professionals and 17,000+ executives for our 2017 HR and Recruiting Survey. Thank you to all recruiters, HR professionals and executives that participated in our 2017 survey. We could not provide such an incredible resource without your continued support.

2017 HR and Recruiting Report - download pdfMAM created this year’s survey to find out how much productivity and financial waste was occurring due to traditional interviewing processes. The 2017 report dives deeply into the questions and facts organizations need to ask to hire the best efficiently.

If you participated in the survey, you should receive an email with the report summary at no charge. If you are just finding out about the report, please click here to download the 2017 HR and Recruiting Report summary.


Thank you to our partner TopPick, the New Digital Interview Kit, for supporting the 2017 survey. This year’s effort was a huge undertaking for the MAM team. We reached out to more than 42,000 professionals at thousands of companies across America. These companies included high-growth 30 person teams to companies with 2,000+ employees from industries including B2B Services, B2B SAAS, hospitality, consulting and more. It’s great to see the next generation of technology not supporting MAM but also being built in Atlanta.

Sharp To Build $7 Billion Plant in USA Creating 700,000 Jobs

Japanese display maker Sharp Corp may start building a $7 billion plant in the United States in the first half of 2017, taking the lead on a project initially outlined by its Taiwanese parent Foxconn, a person with knowledge of the plan said. Read more

Small Businesses Uneasy Over Border-Adjustment Tax Plan

A proposed overhaul of the U.S. tax code favored by Republicans in the House of Representatives is drawing fire from small-business owners who sell everything from toys to materials used in kitchen cabinets.
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Foxconn, Apple May Set Up Manufacturing Plant in USA

Key iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry is mulling a joint investment with Apple topping $7 billion for a highly automated display facility in the U.S., Chairman Terry Gou said Sunday. Read more

Walmart Outlines Goals for American Job Growth and Community Investment

34,000 jobs, training for over 225,000 associates and grants for innovation in textile manufacturing. Read more

GM Announces $1Billion in U.S. Investments, Creating 1,000 Jobs

General Motors today announced that it will invest an additional $1 billion in U.S. manufacturing operations. These investments follow $2.9 billion announced in 2016 and more than $21 billion GM has invested in its U.S. operations since 2009. Read more

How An Economic Developer is Bringing Factory Jobs Back To Mississippi

Joe Max Higgins is credited with generating about 6,000 manufacturing jobs in Mississippi ’s Golden Triangle, one of the poorest areas in the country. How’s he doing it? Read more

Workshop For Warriors: Rebuilding American Manufacturing One Veteran at a Time

On December 9, 2016, I revisited Workshops for Warriors to find out what had been accomplished in the past four years since I had toured the facility during their first Manufacturing Day on October 5, 2012, and met retired naval officer Hernán Luis y Prado, founder and president of Workshops for Warriors (WFW).  Read more

Ford Is Bringing Back the Bronco — and Jobs — to Michigan

Two old names are getting a new lease on life. Ford Motor said Tuesday morning it would return the once wildly popular Bronco SUV to its line-up, along with a new version of the Ranger pickup truck. Read more

Fiat Chrysler Announces Plans To Invest $1 Billion In The U.S.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will invest $1 billion toward making three new Jeep models in the U.S., plus a Ram heavy-duty pickup now built in Mexico, as President-elect Donald Trump pressures the auto industry to hire workers and produce vehicles above the border. Read more

Stanley Black & Decker To Open U.S. Plant

One of the nation’s best-known toolmakers, Stanley Black & Decker, said Thursday that it will move more manufacturing back to the U.S. from overseas, including construction of a new $35 million factory after acquiring the Craftsman brand from ailing retailer Sears Holdings. Read more

More Locally Made. More Small Business. Less Stuff. Better Quality.

With a brand new year, full of hope and promises (right?), comes a brand new opportunity for everyone (you too!) to start shopping better. Read more

Ford Cancels Mexico Plant, expands U.S. Factory Adding 700 Jobs

Ford Motor announced Tuesday that it would cancel plans for a $1.6 billion Mexico plant and launch a Michigan expansion in a move that may be viewed as a capitulation to Donald Trump. Read more

The Power of a Small Factory: Emerging Weapons in Fight Against Poverty

BALTIMORE — James Branch’s life seemed destined to follow a familiar arc in the streets that surround the Marlin Steel factory, where he bends metal from sunrise until near dark. Read more

American Made Cell Phone: Is Apple Considering A Made in USA iPhone?

The world’s largest contract assembler of consumer electronics, including the Apple iPhone, says it’s in talks to invest in a US assembly, responding to Trump’s tweets to bring jobs home. Read more

How Can Trump Stop Companies From Offshoring Jobs

President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll personally call every company in America that plans to ship jobs overseas and ask them to reconsider. Read more

Reshoring: More Companies See Advantage to Manufacturing in the USA

The Case for Reshoring: Bringing Quality Manufacturing Jobs to USAIt began as a ripple and is becoming a powerful wave. I’m talking about the reverse migration of manufacturing from China to the U.S.A. — known as reshoring — that appears to be gaining momentum.
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Tell Congress: Stop China’s Buying Spree of U.S. Companies

TAKE ACTION TODAY! Instructions on how to contact your local representatives are below. Read more

Carrier Gets Tax Breaks, But Still Sending 1,300 Jobs To Mexico

Indiana state officials have agreed to give United Technologies Corp. $7 million worth of tax breaks to encourage the company to keep at least 1,069 jobs at its Carrier unit in Indianapolis, Carrier and the state said on Thursday. Read more

Carrier Plant Will Keep Jobs in U.S.A

From the earliest days of his campaign, Donald J. Trump made keeping manufacturing jobs in the United States his signature economic issue, and the decision by Carrier, the big air-conditioner company, to move over 2,000 of them from Indiana to Mexico was a tailor-made talking point for him on the stump. Read more

Pure American Made Christmas: Creating Jobs While Shopping For The Holidays

Pennsylvania, USA (PRUnderground) November 23rd, 2016 | The Made in America Movement announces the publication of PURE AMERICAN MAGAZINE – THE HOLIDAY ISSUE, a digital and interactive magazine where shoppers can click on the product within the magazine, and they will be taken directly to the brands’ site for easy shopping. Consumers will find a selection of Made in USA brands along with brand stories, reviews, tips and some tasty recipes, including one for how to make homemade dog food out of holiday leftovers! Read more

Trump Supporters Anxious For Jobs To Come Back To USA

By the time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years this month, Paul Roell was already asleep. He did not stay up to see Barack Obama win the presidency in 2008, or watch in 2000 as the margin of votes separating George W. Bush and Al Gore in Florida shrank to the vanishing point. Read more

Trump: Here Is What He Wants To Do In His First 100 Day

At the end of October, Donald Trump spoke in Gettysburg, Pa., and released a plan for his first 100 days in office. Read more

How American-Made Brands Are Dealing With Domestic Dead Ends

Brands and retailers who proudly declare they’re “made in the USA” have serious challenges brimming beneath their patriotic polish. Read more

Business Booming for Scranton-Based Solar Company

A homegrown way to harness the sun’s energy is gaining traction. Read more

Reebok Will Start Making Shoes in U.S. Again

Reebok is bringing some manufacturing capabilities to the United States as the athletic-gear maker unveiled plans to open a new manufacturing lab that relies on futuristic liquid material and 3D drawing. New manufacturing process uses liquid material. Read more

What Mike Rowe, Kurt Uhlir, John Ratzenberger and Toby Keith say about Made in America

We were blessed to be included in the 2016 USA Today Manufacturing & Skills in America Campaign, reaching 750,000 print readers across USA Today, FABTECH 2016 and Manufacturing Day as well as 3M+ readers online. Below are links to some of the articles. Thanks for sharing.

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Patriotic Spending Has a Bigger Impact Than You Realize

Many Americans love the idea of buying products and technology made in America over imports. But buying American made products may be more than a feel-good choice.

by KURT UHLIR, CHAIRMAN, THE MADE IN AMERICA MOVEMENT

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Mike Rowe Debunks the Myth of a Modern Manufacturing Job

The former host of “Dirty Jobs” and “Somebody’s Gotta Do It” weighs in on the education and career paths Americans often overlook and, too often, do not travel, let alone encourage.
by MIKE ROWE, MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION

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Why the Trades Matter Now More Than Ever

The educational elite got it wrong: eliminating shop classes has had an epic effect on the economy, industry, crime and our children’s futures.
by JOHN RATZENBERGER, ACTOR, DIRECTOR, CHIEF ADVISOR INDUSTRIALIZATION, ELITE AVIATION PRODUCTS

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Toby Keith on Looking Past the “Made in America” Label

Country music icon Toby Keith breaks down what he believes in and what he fights for: American products, made in America.
by ADAM SASS

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Why America Needs More Skilled Manufacturing Workers

Augmented reality isn’t only reserved for video-game players, like the millions searching to capture Pokémon creatures on their cell phones.
by BLAKE MORET, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

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How to Fix America’s Manufacturing Skills-Gap

According to political candidates, America needs more good-paying jobs. Fortunately, manufacturing is creating them. Now we need the skilled workers to take up the challenge.
by Jennifer McNelly, Executive Director, The Manufacturing Institute and Jay Timmons President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers

Special thanks to Mediaplanet and USA Today for their continued support of The Made in America Movement and thousands of American Made companies.

Making It In China Is Not The Bargain It Used To Be

I remember when China started being a real threat to U.S. moldmakers and molders in the early to mid-1990s, and all I heard was talk of how cheap China’s labor was and how it would be impossible for U.S. manufacturers to compete. Read more

Tyson Foods Voluntarily Recalls Chicken Nuggets

Tyson Foods, Inc. announced a voluntary recall of 5-pound bags of Tyson® Fully Cooked Panko Chicken Nuggets that were sold at Costco locations nationwide and a small number of 20-pound cases of bulk Spare Time brand cooked nugget-shaped chicken breast pattie fritters with rib meat that were sold to a single wholesaler in Pennsylvania.

A small number of consumers contacted the company to say they had found small pieces of hard, white plastic in the nuggets, prompting the company to issue the recall. Though the plastic pieces have been found in a very small number of packages, out of an abundance of caution, the company is recalling 132,520 pounds of product. No injuries have been reported with this recall. Products sold in smaller packages or at any other retailer are not affected by this recall.

Tyson Foods Voluntarily Recalls Chicken NuggetsFor 5-pound bags of Tyson® Fully Cooked Panko Chicken Nuggets purchased at Costco since July 2016, the recall includes:

UPC: 0-237000-3558-5
Item # 23575-928
Lots feature “best if used by” dates of July 18, 2017 with case codes 2006SDL03 or 2006SDL33

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “P-13556” printed adjacent to the “Best If Used By” date on the back of the package. The cases of bulk Spare Time patties (Item# 23575-861) have the same “use by” dates listed above.

If you have purchased any of the affected items, you should discard the product, cut the UPC and date code from the back of the packaging and mail it to the following address for a full refund:

Tyson Foods – CP631
P.O. Box 2020
Springdale, AR 72765-9989

Tyson Foods has inspected all lines at the production facility to ensure product quality standards are being met and has implemented corrective measures at all of its facilities to prevent similar occurrences.

Consumers with questions may call Tyson Consumer Relations at 866-328-3156 or e-mail comments@tyson.com.

SOURCE: TYSON FOODS

A List of 10 Commonly Used Foods Made in China

The label Made In China is so ubiquitous in the U.S. that we expect to see it on most goods in our homes. However, one place you may not expect to see it is on foods you eat every day. Here are ten commonly used foods that are made in China – but they don’t have to be.

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