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Attracting and Retaining Talent with Augmented Reality
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but millions will not be filled as a result of the prevailing manufacturing skills shortage. Experienced workers are retiring in droves and taking key skill sets and domain expertise with them. As manufacturers compete for potential candidates in a tight talent market, they must differentiate themselves and change the perception of manufacturing careers.
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To attract and retain talent, manufacturers are making investments in innovative, digital technologies like augmented reality (AR). With highly visual and interactive experiences, AR helps manufacturers transition to a new way of work that appeals to the rising generation of digital natives.
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See how you can leverage AR solutions to address recruitment and retention challenges:
New training and instruction advancements transition paper-based manuals and in-person classes to highly accessible and visual methods. For digital natives, this provides a more effective and familiar means for learning new skills across areas of their life, including their work. AR solutions enable easy knowledge transfer through end-to-end training and on-the-job support for critical processes which:
Positions companies as innovative leaders to prospective candidates
Reduces training times and brings new hires up to speed faster
Increases engagement and accessibility of training
Learn more from the Entegris customer success story
Showcasing products at career and industry events is a useful way to engage with talent and demonstrate key product and company information. But the shipment of physical products from event to event is a costly recruitment expense. Existing CAD and IoT data can be leveraged into detailed, virtual products that demonstrate features and functionality which:
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Enriches candidate experiences
Improves competitive differentiation
Changes the perception of old school manufacturing
As products become increasingly complex and customized, they are subject to rigorous quality checks—a task typically reserved for highly experienced workers. Between lengthy training times and tedious paper-based manuals, the learning curve can be steep and overwhelming. Instead of burdening frontline workers with stacks of paper, AR delivers overlays of 3D data and QA details directly onto products and utilizes computer vision to track and anchor the content.
Read the full details in Volvo case study
Reduces the cognitive strain of learning complex tasks
Empowers new workers to feel more confident moving to production
Increases recruitment attractiveness for key positions
In a challenging labor market, attracting and retaining talent is mission-critical. To explore the AR solutions that can help your company tackle recruitment and retention issues, read the Augmented Reality and the Future of Work eBook.
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