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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: Occupation-Specific Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Some employers mention hiring machine operators and others without fundamental technical skills because of an inadequate labor supply. They would also like to see an increase in the technical skills of those coming in with four-year degrees as well.
| "When I think about the past—everything was much more labor intensive, like manually husking the corn. And now we have machines that do that, so we need machine operators. We don't need people who can work in the field all day. We need someone who can operate that machine in the plant. Our company is very good about bringing in return workers over the summer. But you can only absorb so many unskilled employees, and then you have to cut it off or try to train them. When I first started, we had 30 people walk in the door every day to drop off applications. That was crazy because we weren't going to hire any of those people. Even if they have a high school education, if they don't have any experience beyond that, I just don't need people who can do manual labor. I guess that's probably our biggest hurdle for the future." | Southeast |