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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: General Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Passion, drive, and commitment to the field are essential. (It is not necessarily that employers do not find these qualities in recent graduates, but it is what they are looking for in new hires.)
| "We can have a great high school applicant come in with a great attitude. They don't have any tooling. And [then] they decide three months from now that, `Geez. This really wasn't for me.' I'm hoping that the programs have kind of weeded those people out. That this is what they want to do when they get here. So there's a value there. They went through that [program] and have [a level of] commitment." | Central |
| "You have to have a passion for mechanics in order to do it day after day." | Northwest |
| "There are higher paying jobs that you don't have to work as hard at out there. So you definitely have to have a passion for automotive to stay and be successful." | Northwest |
| "If you enjoy your job, you'll never work another day in your life, so that's someone that we look for also. Just someone who really enjoys doing this. Not only for a job, but for a hobby, and someone who does perform." | Northwest |
| "Granted, you're still going to still be digging in the engine and doing stuff like that, but it's not like it used to be. So there's a different mindset out there too, but you still have to have that drive. You still have to want to have that Corvette or whatever and drive that on Sunday." | Northwest |
| "[Some new hires have] no drive or ambition. Getting to work on time. Showing up for work. Being willing to go the extra mile." | Northwest |
| "The dealerships tend to expect more of a drive from their technicians. It's the only way they're going to make any money really. So that's another reason we're always looking for the younger motivated. And one of the things I do look for is that drive for continually learning new technology." | Northwest |
| "Just looking back at the four people that I've let go in the last two years...that's the biggest thing, right there: they don't have the drive to want to be the best they can be." | Northwest |
| "When you talk about people's personalities and things, are they the type that have taken their own initiative to learn more and continued their own education, or do they walk in the door expecting to be taught by somebody?" | Northwest |
| "It's important for people to continue to learn about the new technology coming up. And that's one of the things that the dealerships can offer the students that an independent can't. Say somebody just wants to make a nice living, turning wrenches, nuts and bolts, not a problem. But then there are those people that want to be at the forefront of the technology and learning the new stuff. So that's kind of the main thing we look for in younger students." | Northwest |
| "So it's the drive and passion." | Northwest |