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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: Workforce Trends & Challenges
The quotes below are about this issue:
Some employers mention high industry turnover and the need for retention efforts through various methods. This includes hiring workers with prior internship experience; hiring workers with a demonstrated commitment to the field; hiring workers from the local area; and providing continuing education to incumbents.
| "The biggest problem we run into with the internship out at the Twin Cities is that we have Twin Cities folks coming up here doing the internship here and then when they're done with their program, they leave to work in Twin Cities closer to home." | Central |
| "We can have a great high school applicant come in with a great attitude. They don't have any tooling. And if 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 I think there's a value there. It's hard to place what it is, but at least they went through that commitment." | Central |
| "If I hire the guy and have him work with Joe for six months, after six months if it doesn't work out, well, he was on the dime for six months, only to find out he wasn't the right guy—that's hard in profit. I would imagine the pressure on the independents is no less important to be profitable than it is on us." | Metro |
| "So as a company, we have to do a lot of career planning to make sure they're getting the right training when they're with us so that they want to stay in that field." | Northwest |
| "We usually try to bring in one or two [students] every year to work part time. So that it helps the student out and it helps us out. About 50 percent [stay afterwards], if that. Yeah. It's not a good ratio?" | Northwest |
| "You try to run the business, but training is a huge expense. But if you're going to want to keep the people that you have with you, it's a requirement. You've got to invest in them or they're going to take off and go somewhere else." | Northwest |
| "Locals have roots here and they plan on staying here. They know what to expect. So it's a long-term investment, obviously. The stability part is important." | Northwest |
| "As far as the demographic goes, I definitely like to see the keep-it-local attitude. When we're searching for people, I would prefer to have somebody that really grew up here and has been here his entire life. The transplants seem to some in here and run. The local farm kid that went to high school here and went to tech school here, that's who we want. That keeps the money here. Keeps everything here. It's a win-win." | Northwest |
| "Well, the biggest thing, if I look at our business, being a new car dealership in two franchises really, as we deal with Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep and Honda, you have to look at the individual. Because if we take on an individual, whether it is a technician or salesperson, whatever, there's a huge investment...You don't want to invest thousands of dollars in someone and have them a year or two years from now, say, 'Is this really for me?'" | Northwest |
| "But you talk to young mechanics that are just rock stars for us...that's not what they want to do for 20 years. And again, I'm not going to hold them back. Maybe with the right training they'll want to stay and continue working there." | Northwest |