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While no one can predict exactly when the next recession will hit, or how severe it might be, there’s good news: you can take steps today to make your career more resilient no matter what the economy throws your way.
When you’re early in your career in the packaging and processing industry, it can sometimes feel like the exciting projects always go to the same people. But getting noticed for high-impact work usually has less to do with seniority and more to do with positioning.
Manufacturing culture runs on a set of unwritten rules. They’re not posted on the wall, but they’re everywhere. And if you can learn to read them, without letting them rewrite who you are, you’ll navigate your career a whole lot more smoothly.
While technology is accelerating, the skills that set people apart aren’t purely technical. In fact, the professionals who rise fastest, and lead most effectively, are the ones who know how to navigate people just as well as they navigate systems.
What hiring managers in this industry actually want isn’t a data scientist—they want someone who’s data-literate. And that’s a much more approach able skill set than it sounds.
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