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Manufacturing Woman: Colleen VanderVelde

Written by Mark Ward, Sr., Contributing Editor, Valve Magazine
Sunday, 27 April 2008 13:50
With manufacturers facing shortages of skilled workers, women are being increasingly recruited to fill the gap. Meanwhile, the National Association of Manufacturers reports that the number of women-owned manufacturing firms has almost doubled in the past decade. Nearly one out of five firms is owned by women, and they employ one-sixth of the nation's manufacturing workforce.
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