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title: "News: Make the 5% Pledge - Optimax Systems, Inc"
description: Manufacturers need a skilled workforce, strong business model, leadership and a thriving community. It has become a challenge to find qualified workers.
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Apr 16, 2015

# Make the 5% Pledge

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To succeed, manufacturers need a skilled workforce, a strong business model, leadership, and a thriving community. It has become a challenge to find qualified workers. Now is the time, to unite and pledge to expand our workforce and long-term prosperity.

**How?**

We are asking companies to pledge 5% of their current workforce to the future. That means for every 100 employees in your organization, you will provide five temporary positions for interns, high school students, and/or the long-term unemployed to expose them to the manufacturing environment and culture – through experience.

We've taken the pledge and encouraged others to take the pledge.

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