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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 |