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Participants speak of the image of the automotive industry as being outdated and in need of change, particularly in order to recruit young workers. In the case of automotive repair, the industry is often stereotyped as "greasy" and requiring only mechanical skills. In reality, the industry has experienced vast technological changes and now requires a complex set of both mechanical and IT skills. Similarly, commercial truck driving is often seen in the light of negative stereotypes that do not accurately reflect the viable careers that the industry offers.

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"Trying to get the younger generation to say that trucking is going to be a career for the future is probably the biggest challenge right now. Everybody wants to deal with IT and they don't want to get into transportation as a whole. So there's got to be a pretty solid sales pitch on why transportation is going to be here. We talked earlier about how nothing gets here without a truck." Central
"Well, look at the classification of a truck driver. It's called 'unskilled.' That needs to be changed, as well. Because it is definitely a skill and it's definitely a challenge every day. If we're looking at it as an unskilled job, how is anybody going to think that's something they want to go into? I didn't look at the trucking industry the way that I look at it now. I mean, there's a definite respect once you get in there." Central
"[It would be good if we could] have facilities and programs that attract people and promote the careers of driver, technician, and mechanic, all these industries. A lot of kids nowadays just think it's a dead-end job and they don't want to do it. It's not the first choice. It's not glamorous." Central