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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships
The quotes below are about this issue:
Many businesses are already collaborating with MnSCU; for instance, some business representatives are active on advisory boards and in associations. Employers emphasize the importance of continuing these collaborations, enhancing communication, and partnering more frequently to develop curriculum and other solutions.
| "One concern that I have is that I've heard from a number of different sources—and we've had some experience with it personally—is that often times at meetings like this some of the really big companies in the state, that are in manufacturing, aren't at the table. They're not participating. It concerns me because I think that they have a significant presence. All the big [company] manufacturers, for example, in Minnesota are my customers. And I'd really like to figure out how we can get them to participate more. But also an economist that I know, the chief economist for the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association—and I've seen this elsewhere—is that often times those big companies are looking at small companies like mine, as the training ground for their future employees. I can understand that, but it would be helpful if there's a way to engage more with both the schools and smaller employers and the bigger employers to really discuss—if that's what the model is—how can we all benefit from that? Rather than me doing all this work with customized training and on-the-job training, and then the big companies of the world looking at my employees and thinking that they should hire them." | Central |
| "Here in St. Cloud, we are working well with the schools' advisory groups. They meet frequently. They address the issues that we're talking about here. They work to try to tailor the classes so that we're getting the kinds of people we need. And then, when we meet with the schools as a group, there's a bigger cross-section of people, and they'll hear many things over and over. And they'll also hear some separate issues that other people are having. It's been working that way well for us all these years." | Central |
| "You have to have the meetings more often and be accessible. I mean, it's a matter of catching up with—I mean, who are the people that count?" | Central |