This is from our 2008 News Bulletin Archive
An Advocate for Manufacturing that is! The TMA Government Relations Committee is looking for members who are willing to help reach out and influence our public policy officials at the state, national, and federal level when they are voting on issues that affect your industry. You will be playing an important role by providing lawmakers with a...
This is from our 2008 News Bulletin Archive
Commercial property owners and investors now have a unique opportunity to use their buildings to reduce federal tax liabilities. Cost segregation, an engineering-based tax strategy, allows property owners to accelerate depreciation on their buildings by reclassifying assets traditionally depreciated over 39 years. The accelerated depreciation...
This is from our 2008 News Bulletin Archive
Tech Tigers honored for impressive performance at FIRST Robotics competition
On March 19 the students on the robotics team at Austin Polytechnical Academy, Chicago’s only high school dedicated to careers in modern manufacturing, were honored for their recent 9th place finish out of 42 teams at the FIRST Robotics Midwest Regional...
This is from our 2008 News Bulletin Archive
Sales consultant Liz Weber once recommended to a business client that he and his top-level managers make a habit of wearing their company shirts to all business functions, like trade association gatherings and local Chamber of Commerce meetings. The client was skeptical, but he wore a shirt with the company logo to a community fundraising...
This is from our 2008 News Bulletin Archive
When preparing to interview job candidates, it’s important to plan out your line of questioning. Decide which skills are the most important for that position, then focus your questions on assessing those skills. Here are some sample questions to work from:
Employment history
1. If you had to evaluate your performance in your...
This is from our 2008 News Bulletin Archive
What’s in your TMA member profile? Click http://www.tmanet.com/members/alphabetical.asp and then enter the first part of your company name. Members do get found here on the TMA Website. Listing on the TMA Website is a member...
