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Women in Manufacturing

Sept. 4, 2012

Women in manufacturingAccording to the National Association of Manufacturers, about a third of all manufacturing workers today are women. Manufacturing jobs today are far from the labor-intense jobs they were in previous years. Today, the manufacturing field is a high-tech one that requires a lot of attention to detail.

According to the National Association of Manufacturers, about a third of all manufacturing workers today are women. Manufacturing jobs today are far from the labor-intense jobs they were in previous years. Today, the manufacturing field is a high-tech one that requires a lot of attention to detail. Women are detailed-oriented, that's why they are a perfect fit for the recently transformed manufacturing field.

Read CNNMoney's article "Manufacturing: Not just a man's job" to learn more about the women working in the manufacturing field. Find out who they are, what they do and how they are paving the way for future generations of women in this field.

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