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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships
The quotes below are about this issue:
Many employers are already involved in internship programs with local high schools and tech schools while others are interested in beginning an internship program and/or a placement program for graduating tech students.
| "So there needs to be a partnership. Toyota used to have the T10 program, which I think was very successful. Toyota provided the schools with Toyota-specific training, and in return [there was an] internship type of program. So those things need to be tested." | Central |
| "I personally like the internship. [You can see] if you want to invest in that student on a minimal cost, and you can already start to mold them into what you want. With schooling the way it is, you're not going to get an experienced mechanic out of trade school or whatever. I think the sooner you can interact with that person and work with them, you're better off. That's my personal choice." | Central |
| "I'm not exactly sure what placement policies [schools] have. I don't even know how the process works once they graduate. Is there a placement process? That would be my first question. Maybe have a little cherry-picking process." | Northwest |
| "We just had some students apply for the internship through [college #1] and [college #2] and we're approved to have someone come in, so we are going to take part in that." | Northwest |
| "Is there a way to bridge the life of a student to full-time working person? That's quite an adjustment to make. In the past we would have mentorships or work study...that they would get an introduction to a place...Before they have to just sign on as a full-time employee. I don't know if certain schools do that. I think there's a program..." | Northwest |
| "I've got two interns, and...it was a difficult situation. They always seem to be good at first, and then as the semester wore down it was a more difficult situation, and we tried to work with it. The way that they were executed was not positive. I think that the plan of the internship is [good], but we were getting the interns too early. They weren't ready to graduate. [There was no] thinking that this would ever be a job. Pretty soon you're trying to figure out why they don't come. And by the end it's just wondering whether they're going to come. And so it was a difficult situation with the two that we had, but I was certainly open to try it." | Northwest |
| "We start 25 new students each fall. There's a few jobs at the end of the program." | Southwest |
| "So if there were programs that higher education could offer where it was some type of on-the-job, that counted as actual service in the industry, that would definitely bring people into your business quicker." | Southwest |