b'Baby boomers, the people in the industry with the most institutional knowledge and skills, have been retiring at a rapid rate.personal growth. focus on what they need to accom-Selecting the right people is nearplish, not how many hours they work.and dear to my heart. Tradition- Investing in a workforce is very ally, we dont measure candidatesbeneficial. Again, results are what for their cultural fitwe measurematters. Workers will take owner-them by what we see on paper. Butship and deliver. Theyll adopt an consider this: Maybe if they dontentrepreneurial approach and treat have all the skills or experiencetheir jobs like the business is their they need, that can be learned. Ifown. Thats good for our company.they are open-minded and flexi- ARCH Cutting Tools is ahead of ble and can work independently,the curve. Were faster, nimbler and you can develop them. However, ifmore flexible, and we are becom-you bring in someone who looks toing more enlightened in how we ap-possess the appropriate skills butproach our business, as well as our cant work within the culture, yourerelationships with customers and doomed to failure. partners. Were also strategically What matters is the results of thebuilding the right workforce for the workforce. You may make the workfuture. Our goal is to thoroughly attractive, such as being flexibleprepare internally to succeed exter-about working from home, as long asnally as a progressive 21 stcentury results are achieved. Employees canbusiness.CTEctemag.com/cteguide.com41SkillGap.indd 41 8/17/21 3:39 PM'