The semiconductor industry has spent the better part of three years talking about its talent shortage. What it’s spent considerably less time on is the talent that’s already qualified, sitting … Read More
Summer looks different on a remote mine site than it does anywhere else. While the broader workforce is taking vacations, spending time with family, and recharging, your FIFO workers are … Read More
Manufacturing is losing its most experienced workers faster than it can replace them. Baby Boomers, the generation that built and sustained North American industrial output for four decades, are retiring … Read More
Every spring, the same conversation happens in mining operations across British Columbia, the Yukon, and the western US. Project approvals that have been sitting in review come through. Exploration programs … Read More
The executives in that room weren’t mincing words. At the ISIG Executive Summit Taiwan 2026 – where TPD attended as a Partner Sponsor – semiconductor leaders from across the Asia-Pacific … Read More
Q3 ramp targets don’t slip because of equipment delays. They slip because the workforce wasn’t ready when the tools were. If your fab is targeting first wafer by July or … Read More
Not all staffing agencies are equal, and in semiconductor that gap matters more than in almost any other industry. A generalist recruiter who doesn’t understand the difference between a fabrication … Read More
Turnover in the first 90 days is one of the most expensive and preventable problems in manufacturing. You’ve spent weeks sourcing candidates, running interviews, completing background checks, and getting someone … Read More
The mining industry doesn’t do gradual. Commodity prices spike, project approvals come through, and suddenly you need 40 people on site within 60 days. Then the cycle turns, budgets tighten, … Read More
Four new semiconductor fabs will break ground across the Americas in 2026. Four more will launch in Japan. Another three in China. By late 2026 and into 2027, these facilities … Read More
