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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: Experience & Credentials
The quotes below are about this issue:
Most employers say they look for entry-level hires that have some post-secondary education. Minimally, this means a certificate, but a two-year degree is preferred. Most employers state that a high school degree or GED is generally inadequate for various positions; nonetheless, many have had to hire at this level due to the labor shortage.
| "We don't talk about manufacturing, as an industry, and we don't have the training that points to those manufacturing jobs—those high-powered production jobs, the quality that goes into it. I think that, because manufacturing now is more precise, more articulate maybe, that it could be something that's taught at a tech school level." | Metro |
| "There's not a specific program that trains them exactly in what they need to do. They have to have really good industrial electronics training, and then the mechanical aptitude." | Metro |
| "What we've seen is in production technology. We don't have very many jobs that a person can walk in with a high school diploma and go to work. You have to have some technical training or a really good mechanical background." | Metro |
| "When you start working in the workforce is when we start helping you develop some of those skills. I occasionally will see a difference between someone who got a full AAS Degree versus someone who didn't actually get a diploma. Because there are courses required—a lot more writing and speech required—for the diploma." | Metro |