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Equipment Breakout: Growing Your Own Technicians
Kenneth CalhounTruck Centers of Arkansas
November 6, 2014
USA Worker Gap Projections
4
2010 2020
Skilled Worker Gap 5.3 million 14 million
Unskilled Worker Gap
1.7 million 7 million
Total Workforce Gap
7 million 21 million
Source: Anthony Carnevale, National Association of Manufacturers
Expected U.S. Labor Force vs. Labor Demand
Source: Employment Policy Foundation analysis and projections of Census / BLS and BEA data
Engine ElectronicsExplosive Growth Over Time
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Vehicle Complexity
Apprentice Program
• How do you help employees get acclimated?
• Does your business welcome them?
• Do your team members embrace them?
• Who takes the time to take employees under their wing…and help them grow?
Mentoring
• Supports/develops new technicians
• Helps acclimation to workplace and culture
• Builds professionalism and morale
• Mentors grow as well
Apprentice Program
• Initially our entry requirements were basically; Attend Vo-Tech and have a pulse.
Plan B
• Our objective is to create a pipeline of students to keep the class stocked with high quality candidates.
High Gear Performance Team
• We wanted clear branding that identified the graduates as part of something significant.
Community Outreach
• Arkansas State University - All Major Fair• Arkansas State University - Educator Fair• University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - All Major and
Educator Fair• University of the Ozarks Spring Career Fair• Maumelle Job Fair sponsored by the City of Maumelle
and the Maumelle Area Chamber of Commerce• Arkansas State University - Mountain Home Job Fair• Henderson State University - Educator Fair• Arkansas Tech University - All Major Fair• Arkansas Tech University Career Fair• Arkansas Society for Human Resource Management
(SHRM) Human Resource Conference Expo• Conway Adult Education Center's 2014 Job Fair• 2014 Career & Community Resource Expo• Bald Knob High School College and Career Fair• Veteran’s Benefit Fair/Boots on the Ground Job Fair• Residence Inn by Marriott Hourly Associate Job Fair• Fayetteville 5th Annual Job Fair / Expo• Sykes Job Fair• Randolph County Business Expo / Job Fair• Arkansas Democrat-Gazette / Central Arkansas Human
Resource Association (CAHRA) Spring Job Fair• Paragould Regional Chamber of Commerce Career and
Job Fair
• This list is just the first six months of 2014