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The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing

They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships

 

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Employers comment on various other existing and potential partnerships between education and the industry.

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"The Right Skills Now program does a lot of stuff. They have a whole session on problem-solving, critical thinking, and different things like that. They're hitting on the major stuff that would make that person employable for me when they walk in the door. Not hitting all the topics in-depth, but introducing them to all those things—which they really should have already had at the high school level." Southeast
"Employer 1: One more example that I wanted to share. [Out-of-state college] is actually willing to reach out to talk to [MnSCU college] because they identified this gap for welders. And they've got this nimble program—it's a 56 credit hour program—and they pull from high schools, from people that are unemployed or laid off, or whatever the case may be. But it's something that's going to give us people right away.

Employer 2: So, they're producing welders.

Employer 1: Yeah, and we're helping them on the front-end and the back-end. We're screening the applications because they're getting a scholarship. So, we're making an investment as well. And then, on the back-end, we commit to bringing them in the door. Like I said, it's short-term, and they've had success in a couple of other labor markets. We'd love to replicate it here since it's been working."		 Southeast