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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: Experience & Credentials
The quotes below are about this issue:
Employers strongly prefer candidates who have had internships or other relevant work experience.
| "There is tremendous pressure for service departments or dealerships to be profitable, and it's very hard to take on a student that isn't trained. Upon graduation, they're pretty much turn-key, and turn-key for an employer means that they're going to be productive. They can come in. They understand the product. They understand a dealership facility because they've done an internship. Three months in school, three months in our shop and so when they're graduated, they're ready to go, and that's I'm looking for, someone that's ready to go that can be productive." | Metro |
| "I think as far as schooling is concerned, internships are extremely important. You just can't have a student go to school for a couple years and never set foot into a service department. Maybe they worked at running pizzas. All of a sudden they graduate, and they say, 'Okay. I'm going to get a job now,' and that person is going to be very hard to be employed and be productive. So in my view, internships are extremely important, extremely important." | Metro |
| "Q: So you'd be looking for somebody that has had an internship with you, or a similar business? A: Yeah. They know they can be productive." |
Metro |
| "Well, it's like a risk management. Often times, what people think the job is doesn't turn out to be that when they get there. So the internship gives them a chance to come in and see what it is that they think they want to do, but there's a window there that allows us to see who this person is, too. So it's a lot less risky for Tom when the person finishes the program and he says, 'oh, this guy shows up on time, he's a great guy, he seems to have a real wit about him, yeah, I'll hire him.' Well, the internship gives us a chance to try them on as much as them try on the occupation." | Metro |
| "I agree about the importance of internships. I mean, I'm looking at students through a college program, or any other program that has the student working either in the shop that's sponsoring them, or has gotten some good experience on the side while they're going to school. [Without hands-on experience], it's going to take me a long time to get them up to speed, and that's a lot of money to risk." | Metro |