VFBATTERY REPORT

Battery Talent Census

Pages 435–465 (31 pages)

Battery Report 2024, page 443: Battery Talent Census
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Among Leading Skills - “Manufacturingˮ, “Problem Solvingˮ, “Business/Market Knowledgeˮ “IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE SKILLS MOST IN DEMAND IN THE BATTERY INDUSTRY?ˮ According to senior staff members and managers with hiring authority)

On the manufacturing side, the [supply and demand] gap is larger since thereʼs little to no undergraduate or graduate training in the top universities. This is a deep-seated issue in academic strategy. Government policy is oriented around [materials] innovation but not around process and manufacturing engineering. -

Richard Wang, Founder and former CEO of Cuberg

Companies arenʼt looking for Research Scientists anymore, theyʼre looking for Process Engineers. At the end of the day the VCs want their money back, so itʼs all about executing. This slide contains excerpts from the Battery Talent Census Report to be released in mid-2025.

Matt Anders, Pangea Talent Solutions

Extracted from the PDF; charts and images may read imperfectly.

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