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Final thoughts from Michael Deren
After 18 years as CTE's Machinist's Corner columnist, Michael Deren retires—sort of.
Where is your career headed?
We should always be willing to listen and learn from others no matter their position.
Company benefits or lack thereof
Columnist Michael Deren compares company benefits. How does yours stack up?
Trade show time again
For Michael Deren regional trade shows signal the coming seasons
How your shop looks makes all the difference
Machinist's Corner: Michael Deren wants you to take a good look at your shop's appearance.
What a drag it is getting old
Machinist's Corner: A torn rotator cuff, a torn bicep and arthritis won't keep Michael Deren off the shop floor for long.
Consider the costs of growth
Manager's Desk: If growth is a part of your business plan, don't let the costs that go with it catch you by surprise.
A market for good employees
Machinist's Corner: It is a great time to be in manufacturing. For qualified workers that means better wages and benefits.
What type of employee are you?
Machinist's Corner: Michael Deren examines work ethics and opportunity.
Let’s have a one-on-one about goals
Michael Deren stresses the importance of setting goals and setting aside time to discuss how to meet them.
When suppliers are the weakest link in the chain
CTE Machinist's Corner Columnist Michael Deren bemoans industrial suppliers who don't care about their customers, or know how to treat their customers. This is not the '60s and '70s, when OEMs had a take-it-or-leave-it mentality.
