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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:
Employers provide a great deal of on-the-job training to new hires. Even new hires who have graduated with a certificate or a degree must be trained on the specific equipment used by that particular facility.
| "We're at the other end of the spectrum, in that we have a small business with a very specific skill set. There isn't a large enough demand to train somebody for that skill set. So, we look at potential hires that have an interest or a willingness to be custom-trained. For example, we just hired an auto body graduate from [MnSCU college]; this person is now doing custom upholstery work in cars, motorcycles, etc. That individual was willing to custom-train with us and is very willing to learn. So, we're in a whole different spectrum from the needs that the mines might have." | Northeast |
| "We get candidates that come out of the two-year programs, whether it's a degree or certificate program. Then, they go into a trainee or apprenticeship program. So, they really aren't qualified millwrights. That requires 8,000 hours, and they get 4,000 at the college level. So, I'm wondering, these graduates that you're putting into the 'qualified millwright category,' is that correct? How you're classifying them? Because there's a lot of money involved for the next two years at our level to put them in the hands-on working millwright jobs." | Northeast |
| "One of the things we're doing at our company—or we're starting to do—is a mentorship program. We're assigning an experienced technician to a new technician or an intern. We're doing it in the professional jobs as well. We're trying to address that, when younger hires come in, the expectations are different than, I hate to talk generationally, but they seem to be different than the expectations of the older generations. Entitlement is a good word for it. A lot of the younger folks seem entitled when they come in. So, that's one way we're trying to address that issue." | Northeast |