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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships
The quotes below are about this issue:
Many businesses are already collaborating with MnSCU; for instance, some business representatives are active on advisory boards and in associations. Employers emphasize the importance of continuing these collaborations, enhancing communication, and partnering more frequently to develop curriculum and other solutions.
| "We've been working with Northeast Minnesota Higher Education. There are five schools bordering on the Range that represent the iron mining industry. We've been working for the last five years very closely with them. We've been defining exactly what we need in those classes; therefore, their students immediately get hired because the businesses have a very high need for employees right now. When I first got this job about five years ago, every school wanted to do all of the programs. We finally got together with a key stakeholder who heads up that consortium, and each school picked different things to focus on. So, we could really focus on exactly what we needed. We actually met in January with the professors. We brought them to the mines and said, 'This is what you're missing.' It's been great." | Northeast |
| "There are enough mines up there that they got together and they worked as a team to collaborate with the schools. I don't know if there's anything that's happening like that down here? Where we could get together, come up with a curriculum, and then work with the colleges in the area to fulfill those needs? To say what we all need in this area for our industry? I mean, the example of these businesses working together and joining forces is great." | Northeast |
| "There are manufacturers in the Fabricating Association. We're 85 members strong. We take students into the program—through machine tooling—in the middle schools, and high schools, and MnSCU. We also work very closely with all of the MnSCU colleges, from the Iron Range to northern Wisconsin. It's a very slow process, but it's becoming quite effective right now. That's partly why we're involved in this focus group—we've got quite a few members here that are involved in this, so we're doing something about it." | Northeast |
| "Line of communication. Somebody's got to be talking to somebody. Get the word out." | Northeast |
| "Participate in the opportunities presented by the MnSCU organization. Because they're open to listening to any need that the community has. I know, I've experienced it over the last 10 years when voicing concerns and discussing the shortages that we, as an industry, have had. And they've addressed that issue somewhat." | Northeast |
| "Actually, MnSCU could help us by reacting faster. Somehow, the educational system has to react a little quicker to these job openings. All of a sudden, there are 3,000 openings for a job and the education for that job doesn't really exist." | Northeast |
| "What we're doing is talking with the colleges and businesses. And we're looking at the available resources, and we're participating in these types of events to stay current and to keep those lines of communication open." | Northeast |
| "I'm struck that we all have our individual needs—and we're all working on those—but, in aggregate, the collaborative need is for all of us in the industry to be partnering with the institutions. We've got some really innovative things going on up here as you recognize." | Northeast |