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The next generation of talent is already on your team.

Whether they’re leading floor shifts, creating your next hit product, or developing faster production systems, employees drive your business forward. Guild helps manufacturers unlock talent potential with education, coaching, and insights built at level.

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Measurable change. Lasting impact.

  • What you get

    • A curated learning marketplace that blends high-impact education with custom training aligned to your business needs

    • Career pathways and coaching that surface untapped talent and move them into critical roles — including management and leadership

    • Skills data, progression insights, and ROI metrics that show real business impact

  • The impact

    • 26% higher first-year program persistence than national averages

    • 3.5x higher internal mobility for Guild learners than non-participants

    • $3 ROI for every $1 invested

5 Quick-Hit Talent Trends and Insights in Manufacturing

As AI and automation accelerate and talent pools shrink, manufacturers can’t hire their way to growth. Explore the nuances of the most pressing talent trends in manufacturing — and the learning solutions innovative employers are using to build from within.

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Engage, retain, and upskill production workers.

Guild curates programs from English language learning and high school completion to technical skills like industrial electronics and fluid power systems.

The result? An engaged frontline workforce ready to move into high-impact operational, technical, or managerial roles.

Build industrial skills while keeping technicians on the line.

Guild offers flexible programs built for today’s industrial workforce. From battery management systems to additive manufacturing, workers can earn certificates or degrees while applying concepts hands-on to stay job-ready and future-proof.

Empower production managers to lead through change.

Leaders on the floor need the skills to coach through complexity. With Guild Academy, frontline leaders build the habits that sustain flow, promote continuous improvement, and equip teams to adapt. And it’s all built on real-world manufacturing scenarios that drive behavior change in safety, quality, productivity, and resilience.

Equip engineers with skills to push innovation forward quickly.

Innovation won’t wait — why should your engineers? With Guild, they get access to advanced technical and leadership education, without a full degree commitment. 

Whether they want to explore smart factory systems or deepen their expertise in mechatronics, Guild offers modular, credit-bearing courses that open their possibilities to fuel your company’s future.

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Built with skilling innovators to address manufacturing’s talent challenges

The New Skilling Playbook for Manufacturing: How Guild Drives Talent Development for Scale and Impact

Go deeper on how Guild builds manufacturing skills at every level. Whether it’s role-specific upskilling or cohorted learning to develop high-impact leaders, we’ve got you covered.

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How leading manufacturers are engaging the frontline — and skilling for what’s next

When talent gets a chance, your business grows.

Sherry went from high school grad to supervisor, from mentor to degree-seeker — and she’s not done yet. Through Tyson Foods’ partnership with Guild, team members like Sherry can access hundreds of top programs tuition free and grow into new roles.

Ready to build from within?

We’ll walk you through how Guild helps leading manufacturers move fast and build with intention.

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Footnotes

  1. When considering curation and support services, Guild internal data averaged across the following 3 academic years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22. National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data averaged across the following 3 academic years: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22.

  2. Guild’s internal data over the last 12 months as of 01/01/2025 from employers who have provided the required data for at least 13 months post launch.

  3. Average of all Return on Investment analyses conducted by Guild for employer partners as of 01/01/2025.