Employer Quotes

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.

Employer Quote	Region
"My personal feeling is, is that that applicant walks in with the credentials that says, 'I've been through that program.' These programs have been here for a long time, and we've had great success with them. And out of 13 people, 10 of them have been through some type of program. Most of them locally here. And we've been absolutely thrilled with what we've got and being trained from that point."	Central
"We have some people that are coming in, and they may not have the degree, but they have some relatively decent experience. And we're really looking at those people. And we just hired one lately, actually, and he's been wonderful. And we're mentoring them?we're training him and bringing him along. And I think that's kind of what we're going to have to do."	Central
"They're definitely not as afraid of technology as I was when I was working on cars. They're willing to grab and program and all those kinds of things. It doesn't mean they're doing it the right way or getting the right answer as quick as an experienced person could. But it definitely is a different mindset with a little technology savvy."	Central
"So they have to come with a higher level of aptitude, and I think that's where I'm seeing the schools are doing a great job because they've been infusing technology."	Metro
"It's kind of a hit-or-miss, at least in my experience. The colleges are doing a great job. They've got the updated information. They've got our training programs, so those guys are set to go when they come in."	Metro
"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
"I think [new hires] come with a lot of skills, a lot of good set skills."	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
"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
"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
"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 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
"We're very fortunate. We do have success coming out of our school."	Southwest