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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: Workforce Trends & Challenges
The quotes below are about this issue:
Several employers are pleased with the quality of new hires and the training they have received.
| "We try to work very closely with the schools, and they've been good listeners. So, the things that we've been looking for, they have been addressing from the skill side. They come with good math skills and good reading skills. They know welding symbols. Being fresh out of school, they can whiz through a test really well because that's something that they had last week, so that's good. And that's what we really need. So, we're seeing the kind of people that we'd like to have from that skill level—understanding blueprints, and being able to read well, and comprehend what you're reading, and so forth. We've been satisfied." | Central |
| "There are excellent programs set up here between Hibbing and Mesabi in most of those categories. The majority of our millwrights, we'll hire them right here at Mesabi, and train them and—within a couple of years—they'll become journeymen, millwrights, electricians, you name it." | Northeast |
| "Four of them came out of the system at [MnSCU college], and they were excellent welders." | Northwest |
| "We've partnered with [MnSCU college] and hired three or four interns that are working part-time while they're going to school. They have pretty good basic welding skills." | Northwest |
| "Some of the people that are new in the field, they're excited to learn. 'Show me this machine, that machine, whichever one you want me to learn.'" | Southwest |
| "Our long-tenured employees are often hesitant to challenge direction. But the younger workers—if they do show up for work—they are the drivers and the thinkers and things like that. So, that is exciting to see with the younger generation." | Southwest |