Karen Kurek

McGladrey Monitor: U.S. small manufacturers can't find qualified workers

U.S. small manufacturers can't find qualified workers. Karen Kurek joins Jim Blasingame with the McGladrey Monitor survey of small manufacturers who say they can't find qualified workers and are very concerned about tax policy uncertainty.

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Is U.S. manufacturing coming back? Karen Kurek joins Jim Blasingame with the McGladrey Monitor survey of small U.S. manufacturers who report they are investing in IT, but may need to beef up their online security. Also, many companies are bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
Most U.S. small manufacturers are S Corps or LLCs. Karen Kurek joins Jim Blasingame to report that most small manufacturers are worried about the U.S. and global economies, and that most are structured as pass-through tax entities.
What are the issues facing women business owners? Karen Kurek joins Jim to report on a recent study her organization conducted on women business owners and she talks about what they learned.