JobsTuesday, November 10
Duluth's first Made Here! manufacturing expo draws students and job seekers to the DECC
The Daily Duluth team
If you're job hunting, or you have a teen sorting out what comes after high school, this one is for you. The first-ever Made Here! Manufacturing Expo and Career Fair opened Monday at the DECC, presented by the City of Duluth, the Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training and the Arrowhead Manufacturers & Fabricators Association.
Manufacturing is a big employer in Duluth
- 9,000+
- people work in Duluth manufacturing
- Nearly $70,000
- in average annual wages for the sector
- Over 22
- sponsors helped make the expo possible
Sources: WDIO.com, Fox21Online
Duluth Public Schools Superintendent John Magas said students who see what's possible realize "they don't have to leave home to build a successful future." Mayor Roger Reinert said manufacturing is one place where "business is moving forward without the city trying to incent or move it there."
Nearly 600high school students at Day One
Fox21 counts more than 500 students from northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
Sources: WDIO.com, Fox21Online
- Length: two days, with Day One on Monday
- Exhibitors: manufacturers from Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin
- Hands-on: advanced equipment, coding and robotics
Sources: WDIO.com, Fox21Online, Northern News Now