Building an Effective Talent Strategy for the Packaging Industry, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in October 2023, examines talent attraction, hiring, and retention trends across member companies using industry interviews, candidate surveys, and public labor‑market data to benchmark practices and outcomes from late 2022 into 2024. Focus areas include pipeline development and employer branding—partnering with schools and co‑op programs—hiring efficiency and assessment frameworks, and retention approaches tied to compensation, management quality, and engagement. The analysis indicates organizations that use targeted outreach, data‑driven scorecards, and pay benchmarking tend to hire and retain more effectively; charts highlight these patterns. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Published by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, in October 2023. Based on interviews and member case studies, a survey of over 20,000 past and present candidates, and secondary analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics JOLTS and LaborIQ compensation data collected 2021-2023.
