Ohio cannot hire qualified people and decides to contract

October 22, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: IT, Ohio, Proposal, logistics 

The State of Ohio implemented a PeopleSoft based personnel system. They have been unable to hire the 35 people needed to run the system due to competition for PeopleSoft experienced workers. Now they are attempting to contract out the work; hoping that a private company will have more luck in this area. One of the issues that the Federal government has had is they are not competitive in salary for high-demand skilled positions. This is especially true if is it a new technical area that there are not a great deal of experienced people out there. The hiring process is too cumbersome and there are issues hiring younger workers at the necessary salaries.

For more see this story at Trading Markets.

DoD invests in beryllium production

The Department of Defense has provided financing to Brush Wellman, a division of Cleveland-based Brush Engineered Materials, for expansion of their beryllium processing facility near Toledo. See an article here. Beryllium is a strategic metal that DoD stockpiles in support of their systems production. Brush Wellman is the nation’s largest beryllium producer. DoD and the company will jointly finance the new expansion.