Small businesses find ways to beat skills shortage

Associated Press The Rodon Group President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Araten poses March 12 for a portrait with Baxter, an adaptive manufacturing robot, at The Rodon Group manufacturing facility. Baxter was created by Rethink Robotics.

Associated Press Toolmakers work March 12 at The Rodon Group manufacturing facility in Hatfield, Pa. There are three jobs open at Rodon Group, a plastic parts manufacturer near Philadelphia. But despite the reports of a shortage of skilled workers nationwide, CEO Michael Araten isn’t sweating...