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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:
Employers describe various hiring practices, including higher scrutiny of applicants during the interview process. Employers also express a willingness to promote and sponsor the education of promising new employees.
| "And we sponsor kids all the way through college that have been working for us. They have no debt when they're starting the job. And then we can hand pick them. If they're not working out we can work with the instructors and say, 'Hey, this is what you need to work on, or they're not going to make it.'" | Northwest |
| "Over half of our company came from service, and that's our sales fleet...over half of our technicians. The service advisor job is kind of becoming a step up. It's a step up out of the shop, a step up out of sales." | Northwest |
| "So, I mean, with the last hire...the first interview was three hours long. I sat down before I interviewed this guy, and I had several pages of questions. Because I know what I need to have. I didn't hire a new tech guy. I hired a tech from a dealership. And then when we had the second interview, it was about another three hours. He had questions and I had questions." | Northwest |