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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: Workforce Trends & Challenges
The quotes below are about this issue:
Many employers have positive comments about current training programs and the workforce readiness of new hires. They say many new hires have strong skills and need minimal training.
| "I would have to say the ones that have gaps are from [national programs]. The local schools have been a little bit more advanced than, say, some of those more national programs. So it's definitely impressed me for whatever you guys are doing. I think it's working." | Northwest |
| "I recently hired a person from a tech school here, who is still in school so we're working around that. Yeah. I have no problems with that. He comes and hits the ground running. I mean, with hardly any training at all to try to get him into what we do. He just had no questions. I'm really impressed." | Northwest |
| "Q: How about the technology skills? Are you seeing the same? Because I'm hearing a lot about the mechanical skills, the hands-on, but how about the technology skills? A: Oh, it's there. Yeah." |
Northwest |
| "Q: In terms of curriculum now, in terms of doing the job, are [new hires] pretty well set? A: They're pretty close to being set to start out with?" |
Northwest |
| "I think [new hires] come with a lot of skills, a lot of good set skills." | Northwest |
| "I believe [the state college] has done a great job in giving them the basic skills to begin with. Once you get them, you train them in your specific thing." | Northwest |
| "But I want to compliment [the local state college]. The product we get is really good. In our business we need brains, and we need brawn, and they bring us a lot of brains." | Northwest |